100x Faster Hard Drive In Lab

Gary lets us know about research out of the Netherlands that has succeeded in reading and writing a hard disk using polarized laser light. The researchers claim this offers a 100-times speedup over reading/writing using magnets. People have been trying for years to write data using polarized light; the secret of the current work's success lies in its disk's materials — gadolinium, iron, and cobalt. Working prototype drives should be available within a decade.

Reverse the polarity of the tachyon pulse!

[jollyreaper]

Gary lets us know about research out of the Netherlands that has succeeded in reading and writing a hard disk using polarized laser light.

Oh my god, dicking with the polarity actually did fix something! I take back half of the mean things I've said about Wesley Crusher.

Ten Years

[Kuvter]

Working prototype drives should be available within a decade.

Sweet, just around the time Starcraft 2 and Duke Nukem Forever come out.

Re:Do we even have to say it?

[commodoresloat]

Seriously, I can't think of an otherwise plausible tech that's been vaporware longer than light- or holography-based data storage.

Duke Nukem Forever?

Re:A decade?

[wilsonthecat]

What you're really admitting to is having a 4 x 320gb porno store