This is a potentially huge breakthrough for everything from data storage to nano metrology.
1 posted on
07/27/2007 8:54:59 PM PDT by
Nanomaker
To: Nanomaker
As advanced as this is I still want to use it to start papers on fire and burn ants. ;-)
2 posted on
07/27/2007 9:00:33 PM PDT by
festus
(I'm a fRedneck and proud of it.)
To: Nanomaker
With the new technology, a CD could hold up to one hundred times more information That's a lot of porn.
3 posted on
07/27/2007 9:01:47 PM PDT by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
To: Nanomaker
4 posted on
07/27/2007 9:01:55 PM PDT by
RFC_Gal
(It's not just a boulder; It's a rock! A ro-o-ock. The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles!)
To: Nanomaker
It seems this could be a boon to photolithography as well.
5 posted on
07/27/2007 9:02:31 PM PDT by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: Nanomaker
Using mathematical models, Merlin developed a formula that removes the wavelength limitation. Get back to me when it's more than a formula, OK Professor?
To: Nanomaker
“Using mathematical models, Merlin developed a formula that removes the wavelength limitation. Merlin is now working with assistant professor Anthony Grbic from the U-M College of Engineering to build the device, and they have filed for a patent. “
Fantastic! Thanks for posting it. If the device actually works, it will indeed be a tremendous breakthrough.
9 posted on
07/27/2007 9:32:41 PM PDT by
QQQQQ
To: Nanomaker
Scientists at the University of Michigan have developed a way to make a lens-like device that focuses electromagnetic waves down to the tiniest of points.
Here is a graph of those electromagnetic waves. Go Blue!
11 posted on
07/27/2007 9:59:25 PM PDT by
quantim
(The U.S. 110th Congress is the first duly elected 'Politburo' of the new millennium.)
To: Nanomaker
One hundred times as much data as a CD? That’s 70GB; slightly more than a Blu-Ray disc and less than a third of an HVD. Perhaps they meant all optical disc capacities will increase by a factor of 100?
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