• Indian Unravels New Storage Format

    Indian Unravels New Storage Format

    Techtree News Staff, Apr 16, 2007 1235 hrs IST

    An Indian by the name Sainul Abideen has reportedly discovered a method to represent data in the form of color combinations...

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An Indian by the name Sainul Abideen has reportedly discovered a method to represent data in the form of color combinations instead of the existing binary format that uses zeroes and ones. Abideen's discovery forms part of his postgraduate research.

Abideen calls the new technology 'rainbow format,' which uses color patterns to hold any kind of file, whether text, MP3, or film. He says storage density can be hugely increased by using the new technology.

For instance, a conventional pen drive can hold up to 64GB of data. But by using rainbow format, it is possible to store terabytes of data, Abideen says. Conversely, if very little data needs to be stored, CDs/floppy drives are not required to be used.

According to Abideen, the new technology could allow safer and longer term data storage. It is possible the technology might even help reduce data storage costs.

Sainul sees endless possibilities for the new technology: one being likely use in visiting cards. In this case, small dots on the cards would hold all personal details of visitors, which can then be read using a 'rainbow' card reader attached to any device.

Sainul plans to set up his own company in Kerala in future, though for now he is content with pursuing his research.

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(9) Comments
Pradip Shah
,Vadodara, on Apr 18, 2007 07:32 AM
Has anyone thought about deterioration of "colored" data with time & wear & tear? The whole idea of binary data is its longevity.
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H.S Bawa
,Khanna(Ludhiana), on Apr 17, 2007 10:28 PM
it is amazing and kudos for this great INDIAN. I am very new person to this computer world
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Richie
,Jhansi, on Apr 17, 2007 02:03 PM
Ancient Story! U people just rip em off better news sites, like theenquirer an post em here a month later! An btw, this rainbow storage was a crackpot idea! Guy suggests u use paper to store data in the form of colored dots! Paper! Now y didnt anyone think of that :) Only, ull hav to b printing nanoscale dots to store anyusefull amount of data on paper, an representation in dots is absurd as binary is much better for compression! And the cost for such a specialized printer and paper would most certainly b a lot more than a simple 7200.10 hdd :) So, goodluck to him for his engineering! He's in kerela? Well, he's staying there!
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WilderNess
,pune, on Apr 16, 2007 08:54 PM
All right, all right. But how is colour itself stored !!?? In bitmaps .. What difference really?
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altamash
,mumbai, on Apr 16, 2007 08:48 PM
this is a very very very old story..!!!!
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Anupam
,pune, on Apr 16, 2007 03:51 PM
one more doubt... will not the color which is reflected by the device depend on the type of light it is exposed to...???
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Rahul
,Ernakulam, on Apr 16, 2007 01:57 PM
hey.........just one doubt...is a rewritable storage medium??
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Grawp
,The Dark Forest, on Apr 16, 2007 01:18 PM
Hell.. This is a very old story... Came months ago in newspapers!!! :-X
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naveenchaudhary
,Meerut, on Apr 16, 2007 12:57 PM
good going abideen, best of luck, this is a great achievement looking at the obsolete technology used in storage devices, especially hard disks, we always look out for faster cpus, chipsets, graphics cards, RAMs, ODDs, but in fact the hard disk is always a bottleneck in a system's performance, last year Seagate introduced Perpendicular Recording technology in its 7200.10 series of HDDs, but the difference is nominal compared to other SATA 7200RPM HDDs. I dont know about the system developed by Abideen, but if its faster than conventional recording system, its gonna go to the masses, best of luck Abideen, once again..........
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