Holographic storage!
Holographic storage ships next month! by ZDNet’s Robin Harris — Even since astronaut Frank Bowman disconnected the HAL 9000’s holographic memory in 2001: A Space Odyssey techies have been wondering when we could buy real holographic storage. Now we know: May, 2008. Promising super-high density and excellent media flaw resistance, holographic storage has been an ever-receeding technology for years. You can buy nifty 3D skull and [...]
Now that’s fascinating! I’d really love to have such a storage-device. Just the fact that it is holographic alone makes me want it and including the lifespan and the capacity makes me want it even more.
Though I haven’t really dared even looking at the prices for the reader/writer or the disks themselves. I’m pretty damn sure it’s expensive. Big time. So I guess I’ll have to wait a few years even so…
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