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| skot_e |
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A BLANK disc that can store two million photos and 100,000 songs will be available within 10 years, Melbourne researchers predict.
The team at Swinburne University of Technology yesterday revealed it had used nanotechnology to record information in five dimensions. Today's discs record in two or three dimensions.
This means DVDs could potentially hold up to 10 terabytes of data -- equal to 10,240 gigabytes, whereas the average disc now can store 4.9 gigabytes.
Dr James Chon, co-author of the research, which will appear in Nature magazine, said the new disc could hold 100,000 songs instead of fewer than 100, and the equivalent of 2000 movies.
Professor Richard Evans, from the CSIRO's Molecular and Health Technologies division, said the technology would first be used in medicine, finance and government sectors.
"Things like medical imaging, with MRIs that generate huge amounts of data, will be where this is introduced first," he said.
The research was conducted by Swinburne University of Technology's centre for Micro-Photonics, supported by a discovery grant from the Australian Research Council.
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By the time this is ready, who's gonna need DVDs? Though the technology would probably be useful. |
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| Domesticated |
Does Australia suck?
I think we have just proven why we do not. |
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| Domesticated |
| p.s this article doesn't say that they have already created a 1.5TB disc, so the 10TB thing is not bull like a majority of these articles usually are. |
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| jonSun |
| This will happen sooner than 10 years. |
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| nekholm |
| 100 000 songs instead of 100? WTF? 100 songs fit on a CD, idiots. |
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| Sunsnail |
| ummmmmmm .flac songs |
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| dj_alfi |
| look at you up there, in you christmas hat and sunglasses so noone can see your .flacy eyes. shame on you, mr president! |
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| Rasidel Slika |
I read 12TB the other day, not 10. :D
http://technews.am/conversations/ubergizmo/12tb_dvds_could_be_in_the_works
http://www.technama.com/2009/12tb-storage-disc-demonstrated/ |
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| cmay119 |
A standard DVD holds 4.7GB not 4.9. Double-Layer Holds 8.5GB. JonSun is absolutely right as well, should be within the next 5 years, really.
EDIT: Also, I was under the impression data back up via discs were on the way out. Flash media is the future, IMO. Though, movies I suppose will still be disc based. |
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| flavdave |
I'd rather have 10 TB DVDs than Ton TB DVDs.
FUTURE SOUNDS...MAGIK! |
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| jonSun |
| quote: | Originally posted by cmay119
EDIT: Also, I was under the impression data back up via discs were on the way out. Flash media is the future, IMO. Though, movies I suppose will still be disc based. |
Thats what I thought too. Disk based storage was on the way out & flash drive type storage was the way things were going. Less moving parts for data storage. |
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