A new proposal borrows from the principles of quantum mechanics and a technique called "wavelength multiplexing" to ...

Researchers at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Lab have developed a new type of optical memory that stores ...

this method encodes information using two optical dimensions and three spatial coordinates, creating the ‘5D’ data storage ...

The "5D" name refers to degrees of freedom, or the dimensions used for writing data. The simplest optical data encoding would be something like a CD, which has reflective pits and non-reflective ...

The Canon 5D Mark II offers a fairly accurate optical viewfinder, which Canon says provides about 98% frame accuracy (we measured 97%), a slight improvement over the 5D's 96% coverage. Most other ...

“In conventional optical storage, such as DVDs, data is stored by burning tiny pits or pixels onto the flat surface of a plastic disc. Similarly, flat surfaces are used for magnetic storage technology ...

How 5D Crystals Work . So, what exactly is "5D"? It sounds futuristic, but it refers to the five dimensions used to store ...

An earlier removable, rewritable optical disk that also used magnetic technology. Introduced in 1985, magneto-optic (MO) media and drives are no longer manufactured. Refurbished drives and media ...

The most common types are CD, DVD and Blu-ray. As removable media, optical discs superseded the earlier magnetic disk cartridges because they weigh less, have higher capacities and are not subject ...

Your physical disc collection will be nothing more than a stack of plastic paperweights if you have no way of playing them. With players becoming more rare, it's a good idea to ensure yours last as ...

The French jewellery house has a special something embedded in its Quatre 5D Memory – a recollection of a childhood by the ocean, in the form of audio data In the year that Boucheron celebrates ...

In the simplest terms, an optical drive is the piece of hardware that lets a device read and interact with a disc. These discs can be CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, game discs, and more. All optical drives ...