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Paper disks
« on: February 21, 2005, 01:27:34 PM »
 Hum,
i spotted this quirky article...

"Japanese researchers have created eco-friendly paper disks that can hold 25 gigabytes of data, almost five times more than a normal DVD.  
Happily for environmentalists, paper disks could save some 1,200 trees, the amount needed to print out the data they contain.
You can print any label directly on the disk and dispose of the information by cutting up the paper with a pair of scissors.
These disks will be on the market within a few years"

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Re: Paper disks
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2005, 02:14:58 PM »
Gives a whole new meaning to burning a CD...
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Re: Paper disks
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2005, 02:23:32 PM »
I'd only need a few of those for all my data!!! :-D
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Re: Paper disks
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2005, 03:25:40 PM »
Hum,
most of my data can be written on the back of a napkin...
But it`s great when these things just pop out from nowhere...


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Re: Paper disks
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2005, 04:38:03 PM »
Sounds very cool, however how durable would this media be? :-?
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Re: Paper disks
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2005, 05:08:07 PM »
@Phelps & his ironic force
Hum,
don’t know...
(5 seconds?)

But a recent test on normal DVDS show that they start to show signs of `DVD rot` after only 18 months....(and become unreadable)...

Perhaps we were all a bit conned at the resilience and longativity of CDS @ DVDs...

At least we will be told the truth about these new disks - er, that they are supposed to self destruct...


Good luck, jim...


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Re: Paper disks
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2005, 08:46:44 PM »
Half the blu-ray discs I've seen pictures of are in plastic cartridges, which would provide some protection... But suddenly it's not so environmentally friendly.

It's a classic conflict of interests. Nobody wants their data to be biodegradable.
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Re: Paper disks
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2005, 09:00:45 PM »
Sorry to have to be the dummy here, but how do these paper storage devices work?
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Re: Paper disks
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2005, 09:04:00 PM »
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Re: Paper disks
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2005, 09:11:10 PM »
:lol:

Signs everywhere...
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Re: Paper disks
« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2005, 09:14:29 PM »
I think that a new Amiga.org fad is emerging. ;-)
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Re: Paper disks
« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2005, 09:22:12 PM »
In answer to my own question clicky

So it's just the substrate is made of a paper based material. For a while I thought they were implying the paper itself was the storage medium :lol:
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Re: Paper disks
« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2005, 09:28:46 PM »
and here karlos was expecting to have more than one use for his paper DVD's!!!! :-o
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Re: Paper disks
« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2005, 10:07:49 PM »
Image no workee :-(
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Re: Paper disks
« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2005, 10:17:25 PM »
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cecilia wrote:
and here karlos was expecting to have more than one use for his paper DVD's!!!! :-o


The whole back catologue of Playboy could fit on one paper disc.  Oh the irony of it, back to paper we go. :-)
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