Light has always carried more than brightness. In this case, it also carries direction and twist. That mix may open a new path for storing far more data in the same physical space. A research team led ...

WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed a holographic data storage approach that stores and retrieves information in three dimensions by combining three properties of light — amplitude, phase and ...

As the capacities of hard drives and other storage media grow, so does the need for archiving data for long-term storage. Around 2007, a standard emerged for an innovative technology called ...

In the era of big data, global data volume is growing exponentially. The development of numerous technologies depends on massive data and also generates massive data. Data mining, storage, and ...

Holographic storage is one of those snake-oil technologies that's almost as vaporous as Duke Nukem Forever or Half-Life 2: Episode 3. It has been been something of a digital philosopher's stone since ...

Optware will have specifications for its holographic storage technology approved by an international standards body in 2006, making it the first company to attempt to create an industry standard for ...

The technology, developed by GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Co., differs from current optical storage such as Blu-ray and DVD, which store data only on the ...

InPhase Technologies is one step closer to bringing holographic storage drives to market. On Wednesday, the company plans to demonstrate the first fully functioning prototype of its Tapestry ...

Every now and then, it’s nice to sit back, drink in hand, and contemplate the future. When done in the wrong environment of course, this often leads to job loss or worse, but under the right ...