Jason Dunn
09-24-2007, 10:35 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9782107-7.html?tag=head' target='_blank'>http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9782107-7.html?tag=head</a><br /><br /></div><i>"An Israeli start-up has created a way to store a whole lot of data on optical discs using fluorescence. The TeraDisc looks like a regular CD, except it's chartreuse and see-through. Mempile says its disc will start off able to store 600GB to 700GB and in a year will be able to write 1TB worth of data. There are two physical layers of plastic, but 200 virtual layers on the one-sided disc. That means 250 hours of high-definition content or 300,000 digital photos. HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc can currently hold about 50GB of data on dual-layer discs...The TeraDisc will need its own drive, which won't be all that different than optical drives currently on the market, according to Beth Erez, Mempile's chief marketing officer."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/Mempile_TeraDisc_2_270x133.JPG" /><br /><br />Every time I see the words "optical data discs" and "fluorescence" I think of the $1000 USD or so I spent buying <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation_3D">stocks in a company</a>, just like this one, that was going to change the world of storage using fluorescent data story. They went bankrupt, and my stock is worth nothing - hopefully this company will fare better. :wink: