Holographic storage


The movie:

	Laser burning data into a holographic disk.

Cruise and his fellow cops obviously haven't heard of networking. Every time they need to play back a video file, they have to dig up a disk from a drawer. The disk itself looks like a palm-sized plate of perspex. The transparency of the media seems to indicate that it's some kind of light-coded storage. Holographic storage, to be exact.

The reality:
Several firms today are chasing the Holy Grail of holographic storage. At the current explosive rate of data creation, contemporary technologies such as hard disk storage and DVD writables will prove inadequate in a few years. Holographic storage, with its promise of packing incredibly dense amounts of data per unit volume of media, is one candidate as the universal storage format of the year 2054.

Faking it:
Take a computer screen filter and pretend it's one of the cool transparent monitors that everyone uses in 2054. Take a compact disc case and separate the lid from the body. Glue the body to the monitor screen: It's your "media slot". The media? The cool transparent compact disc lid you're holding in your hand, of course.

Intro

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Maglev vehicles

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In-ear phones

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Data gloves

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Holo storage

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