New tech massively expands DVD storage - A novel optical recording method known as "five-dimensional" recording could dramatically increase the storage capacity of standard DVDs to 1.6 terabytes.Nature journal reports suggests that the novel approach of adding dimension to current technology can put as much as 1.6 terabytes of information on a DVD-sized disc.Nanometer-scale particles of gold are used as a recording medium and information is recorded in a range of different color wavelengths on the same physical disc location.
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