News tagged with optical disc

Team uses high-tech optical technique to pull sound from 125 year old recordings

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have succeeded in using 3D optical scanning technology to effectively lift the voices from 125 year old recordings created by researchers ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

General Electric Develops a 500GB Optical Disc

(PhysOrg.com) -- G.E. has unveiled a 500 GB micro-holographic disc that is the same size as existing DVD's. The storage capacity is equivalent to 100 DVD's and is aimed at the archive industry but eventually ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 12 weblog

GE announces 500 GB holographic disc writer that runs at Blue-Ray speed

(PhysOrg.com) -- GE's technology research group has announced the development of an optical disc writer capable of writing 500 GB of data onto a disc the same physical size as a DVD, at roughly the same speed ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

Sharp's New Semiconductor Laser for Triple- and Quadruple- Layer Blu-ray Discs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sharp Corporation has announced the development of a new 500 mW semiconductor laser for triple- and quadruple- layer Blu-ray discs.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 5 weblog

Five-Dimensional DVD Could Hold Data of 30 Blu-ray Discs

(PhysOrg.com) -- While many people think that Blu-ray will replace DVDs in the near future, a new study shows that DVDs may still have a lot to offer. Researchers have designed a five-dimensional DVD that ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (20) | comments 14 weblog

Sony moves industry toward the creation of new mass-storage optical disc archive solutions

Sony Corporation today announced that it will be commercializing a next-generation optical disc archive storage system. Sony will also organize an Optical Disc Archive Advisory Group to promote the adoption ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Mitsubishi, Hitachi eye disc for cloud computing era

Hitachi Ltd., Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. and some other organizations plan to jointly develop a next-generation optical disc that can store 25 times more data than a Blu-ray Disc, with the aim of putting the technology into ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

USB stick makes easy automatic backups to discs

There's really no excuse for not backing up your computer these days. Used to be that making a backup was a fairly complex task. But today's backup offerings make it pretty much a no-brainer. In the recent months, I've written ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Study identifies risk factors for transformation of eye growths into melanoma

Eight factors may predict whether a choroidal nevus -- a benign, flat, pigmented growth inside the eye and beneath the retina -- may develop into melanoma, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0