As technology grows and components shrink, data storage usually follows suit, with ever-increasing capacities being packed into the tiniest of spaces.Though their needs are drastically different, consumers, researchers and scientists alike ask for the same thing: More available space packed in a smaller package. The rapid advancement in this area has already given many pause to contemplate how a handful of megabytes was once considered precious real estate. These days, the same amount of data is instantly streamed and then forgotten on our smartphones.
Thanks to a new technology developed by Case Western Reserve University researchers, this kind of massive storage on a tiny optical disk could be possible in coming years. With this new technology, optical discs could be capable of bearing the weight of 1 to 2 TERABYTES of data, providing not only an easier and more flexible way of storing data, but a cheaper way as well.
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