less mechanical inertia with holographic data storage

Holographic data may be stored and retrieved more promptly than rotating magnetic media because laser rays, absent the inertia of mechanical reading and writing mechanisms, can be moved very quickly. Related holotechnology material at Kuwer Industries may be of use.

Potential configurations for holotechnology recordable media include holodisks (Holodisks or HoloCDs) and holotechnology cubes (Holocubes). A key challenge is that holodisks and/or holocubes should be accessible to light, but additionally solid in construction. When perfected, these media may hold more than an entire terabyte of content. The consumer market market for holodisks and/or holocubes could grow to several billion dollars by 2010. The site Virtual Dating also provides information on this field.

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