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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.

Professor V Renugopalakrishnan of the Harvard Medical School in Boston has claimed to have developed a layer of protein made from tiny genetically altered microbe proteins which could store enough data to make computer hard disks almost obsolete.

Imagine a DVD that could store more information then any single hard drive. Finally something that could store almost everyones porn collection! I would definately like this as it would be a good means to store different OS’s as well all the software and utilities I use. If I want to play an MMO, put in the Windows dvd with the game all ready installed, or if I want to setup a linux server, I could have it fully configured and ready to go. The one concern I would have is that it would have to have a very fast read/write speed in order for it to truly replace a hard drive. While it is definately an innovative creation, I would have to agree with the professor that it could create an easier means by which information could easily get stolen. For the full article, click on the link below.

50TB DVD

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