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450GB developed by MCA Student<br />
By Adm inistrator - Nov 25, 2006 | General<br />
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According to a report<br />
from the Arab News,<br />
a university<br />
technology student<br />
at the Muslim<br />
educational society<br />
Engineering College<br />
in Kerala, Sainul<br />
Abideen has<br />
invented a method of<br />
storing massive amounts of digital data on just a plain old piece of<br />
paper. Abideen claims that the paper has the storage capacity which<br />
is many times more than the capacity of the best Blu-ray or HD-DVD<br />
discs.<br />
Abideen’s invention, which goes by the name of <strong>Rainbow</strong> technology<br />
can enable him to store up to a massive 450GB on just a piece of<br />
paper. However, after a real life demonstration of the same, it was<br />
concluded that the technology still needs more development.<br />
Abideen claims that his <strong>Rainbow</strong> system is much better than binary<br />
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4/25/12 <strong>Rainbow</strong> <strong>Technology</strong> Paper capable of storing 450GB developed by MCA Student - TechShout<br />
storage, because it<br />
uses geometric shapes<br />
such as squares and<br />
hexagons to represent<br />
data patterns, instead<br />
of the usual binary<br />
method that uses ones<br />
and zeros to represent<br />
data.<br />
Besides, color is also<br />
used in the <strong>Rainbow</strong><br />
system, to represent<br />
other data elements.<br />
In order to read the<br />
<strong>Rainbow</strong> prints, all that is required is a scanner and specialized<br />
software.<br />
The reporter of Arab News claims to have seen 450 pages of fully<br />
printed foolscap being stored on a 4-square inch piece of <strong>Rainbow</strong><br />
paper. The reporter also claimed that he was shown a 45-second video<br />
clip that was stored using the <strong>Rainbow</strong> system on a plain piece of<br />
paper.<br />
Interestingly, the 45-second video didn’t say a lot, and if the <strong>Rainbow</strong><br />
system can store up to 450 GB, then soon we would be watching fulllength<br />
high-definition videos from a piece of paper!<br />
One of the major advantages of the <strong>Rainbow</strong> system is the fact that it<br />
should cost a lot less to produce than the typical polycarbonate DVDs,<br />
CDs and now Blu-rays. Abideen claims that huge data banks can be<br />
constructed out of <strong>Rainbow</strong>-based storage medium. The main attraction<br />
seems to be the cheap paper.<br />
As of right now, Abideen’s system is still under research at the Muslim<br />
Educational Society Engineering College and although no major<br />
companies have expressed interest, Abideen is confident of the<br />
system’s future. According to the report, Aibdeen is hard at work at<br />
developing a <strong>Rainbow</strong> scanner that would be small enough for<br />
integration into notebook computers. If developed, a <strong>Rainbow</strong> printer<br />
will likely be next up.<br />
Currently, of the several options available for data storage, DVDs are<br />
the best mode, but are yet expensive. Sianul has said that a CD or DVD<br />
consumes 16gms of polycarbonate, which is a petroleum by-product.<br />
While a CD costs Rs. 15, his paper or plastic-made RVD will cost just<br />
about Rs. 1.50 and will even have 131 times more storage capacity.<br />
Sainul is also working on project Xpressa, a software package for<br />
regional languages. This will enable the Internet browser to access the<br />
newspapers available on Internet through mobile phone in audible<br />
form.<br />
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Readers Comments<br />
July 24th, 2007 at 3:06 am<br />
i congrgulate u<br />
please give reply about the technic behindas brief<br />
Posted By: MANU FRANCIS<br />
October 3rd, 2007 at 2:50 am<br />
i encorage ur discovery iwanted to know more about it<br />
Posted By: SERIN<br />
March 13th, 2008 at 3:15 am<br />
i m really impressed by ur invention.congratulations!!!!!!!!!!! i wish to<br />
know about this technology more deeply.how we can adopt this in daily<br />
life……..<br />
Posted By: ABHISHEK MISHRA<br />
July 12th, 2008 at 2:20 pm<br />
its really a cool invention frm gods own country….. love to know<br />
more..pls send details regarding the rainbow tech<br />
Posted By: SRIJITH<br />
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