Pioneer Electron Beam DVD 302
wordboy writes "Pioneer Electronics just announced that they will introduce an electron-beam recorder for next-generation optical data storage. The electron beam is much finer than that of a typical laser so they are able to achieve densities of 50GB or more with a standard 12cm disc. But can it cook my TV dinner, too?"
Doctor Octopus (Score:5, Funny)
First post (Score:1, Funny)
That's microwaves you're thinking of, Michael.
I don't like it.... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Thing is... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:One use for 50GB (Score:3, Funny)
Self-building computer (Score:3, Funny)
No, but put a silicon blank in it and it can etch you a new CPU.
Re:I don't like it.... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:One use for 50GB (Score:1, Funny)
Maybe smaller capacity discs are a Good Thing(tm).
Bring back the CRT. (Score:5, Funny)
This world will look like the set of Brazil before we know it.
Star Wars Trilogy Electronic Beam Edition (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Case or Caddie? (Score:5, Funny)
You mean like this [amazon.com].
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition)
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Widescreen Edition)
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Full Screen Edition)
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition Collector's Gift Set)
The Lord Of The Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (Widescreen Edition)
The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring / The Two Towers (Widescreen Editions) (2-Pack)
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Super Turbo Championship Edition)
X-Ray machine anyone? (Score:3, Funny)
Acceleration voltage: 50kV
So are we in the X-ray range yet? Will the drive be enclosed with lead and have a prominent sticker on it WARNING: Radiation Hazard ?
Looks almost ready for prime time too... (Score:1, Funny)
Whatever. (Score:2, Funny)
Solid state storage is overrated. Here at Infinium Labs we have gone beyond solid and liquid state for the Phantom console, and prefer to use something we call "vapour state."
I eagerly await the day when other companies will catch up to this revolutionary technology.
-- Tim
Dr. Evil (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Thing is... (Score:3, Funny)
OT, but this reminded me of a conversation I had with a friend of mine about quantum computers. It took her a second to realize why I had a funny look on my face when she said "Imagine what you could do with only a handful of atoms."
Election beams? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Thing is... (Score:2, Funny)
Don't you have that backwards?
-b
Re:And electrons ditto. Need ION beams to be subat (Score:0, Funny)
It is so much more the Star Trek way
"50GB or more with a standard 12cm disc" (Score:2, Funny)
RIAA Shits Pants. News at 11.
Re:Thing is... (Score:2, Funny)
It's cool enough that tweaked 52x cd-rom drives can be used to fire CDs at people/places/things at an insane velocity. It'd be even cooler to modify one's electron beam storage device/reader to fire electron beams at undesirables. Oh, the possibilities . . .
Re:Thing is... (Score:5, Funny)
Yoda teaches physics.
-B