Scientist developing a 50 Terabyte DVD.

[lazzhar]

Quote:
"Sydney, Jul 8 (ANI): An Indian born scientist in the US is working on developing DVD's which can be coated with a light -sensitive protein and can store up to 50 terabytes (about 50,000 gigabytes) of data.

[...]
The light-activated protein is found in the membrane of a salt marsh microbe Halobacterium salinarum and is also known as bacteriorhodopsin (bR). It captures and stores sunlight to convert it to chemical energy. When light shines on bR, it is converted to a series of intermediate molecules each with a unique shape and colour before returning to its 'ground state'.

Since the intermediates generally only last for hours or days, Prof Renugopalakrishnan and his colleagues modified the DNA that produces bR protein to produce an intermediate that lasts for more than several years. They also engineered the bR protein to make its intermediates more stable at the high temperatures generated by storing terabytes of data."

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[Cheba_Mami]

at the moment lot of new CD's and DVDs are developed. there will be a 'digital war' and we -consumers- will not know what to buy


Jun 15, 2006 - Samsung Launches Industry's First Blu-ray Player

Samsung today announced that the industry's first Blu-ray player has been shipped to retailers in the U.S. market for availability on June 25th. The Samsung BD-P1000 plays Blu-ray software titles at the highest resolution available via a native 1080p HDMI output for films digitally mastered in 1920×1080p. The BD-P1000 also up-converts conventional DVDs to 1080p through the HDMI digital interface so the picture quality of any traditional DVD will look noticeably more detailed when used with the disc player. The BD-P1000 is backwards compatible and plays both standard DVDs and CDs in addition to supporting all DVD formats including, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+RW, and DVD+R. Connectivity includes HDMI, Component, S-video and composite outputs. Supported audio formats include Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS, MP3 and 192KHz LPCM. The BD-P1000 will be available in stores on June 25, 2006 at a MAP of $999.99.

Read more: Samsung

[k_s]

3 years ago I was working on Blue DVD at Philips, as expected it`s out now.
Using biology is very promising in technology really can`t wait to be able to carry human knowledge in my pocket.

[Cheba_Mami]

yes- that blue ray-HD "war" should be a new thread, seperate from the bio-informatica as written by Lazzhar. yes- bio-informatics will change the world, and lets hope it will be very positive

[k_s]

A bio-informatics enthusiast?

[Cheba_Mami]

yes, only if used it in a GOOD manner/for good purposes!