Monday, April 27, 2009

GE's Breakthrough in Holographic Data Storage

Start saving your pennies, G.E. has just announced a big breakthrough in digital storage. G.E. researchers have developed what could be the next generation of low-cost digital storage which is based on holography.

If things go well, it could be on the market by 2011. Storage cost could be as low as 10 cents per gigabyte. It also should be backwards compatible with CDs, DVDs, and Blue-ray discs. Disc capacities should be about 500 gigabytes.

This is a big move forward that will impact the entertainment industry as well as the medical arts.

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