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Nature 422, 556-558 (10 April 2003) | doi:10.1038/422556a
Holographic data storage: The light fantastic
Mark Haw1
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Abstract
A decade ago, holographic systems promised to revolutionize data storage. The early hype may have evaporated, but the technology quietly progressed, and working devices are now on the market. Mark Haw reports.
Science is suffering from information overload. Astronomers struggle with huge image files from their telescopes; high-energy physicists are bombarded with numbers; and a new kind of scientist — the bioinformatician — has emerged over the past decade to help to make sense of vast biological databases.
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