OT: Star Trek - Isolinear Storage

From: Kevin McQuiggin <mcquiggi_at_sfu.ca>
Date: Thu Apr 16 10:20:04 1998

> A few years back I read a facinating article on holographic storage systems.
> Where the medium was a 'slide sized' wafer and was recorded and read
> holographically using a laser beam. Being holographic in nature the denisty
> was way more then magnetic disc or CD. That was the closest that I've read to
> Star Trek like storage.

This article was in a special topic issue of Scientific American, on the
future of information technology. About 3 yrs ago I think. All the
articles were good.

Kevin


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Received on Thu Apr 16 1998 - 10:20:04 BST

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