- Eugen Pavel
Dr. Eugen Pavel is a
Romania n scientist and the inventor of the "Hyper CD-ROM ", a3D optical data storage medium with a claimed initial capacity of 10 TB and with a theoretical capacity of 1 PB [http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/10000-GB-can-be-stored-on-one-Hyper-CD-ROM.html cdfreaks.com's translation of a Romanian article on the Hyper CD-ROM] ] on a single disc. It is considered by some to be the next revolution incomputer storage .Dr. Pavel graduated with a
physics degree from theUniversity of Bucharest in1976 [http://www.dntb.ro/users/frdbuc/hyper-cdrom/hyper.htm Hyper CD-ROM: Three Dimensional Optical Memory with Fluorescent Photosensitive Glass] ] . He was awarded theRomanian Academy Prize in1991 and obtained hisdoctorate in Physics from the Romanian Institute of Atomic Physics in1992 [http://ponteuxin.tripod.com/science.html The Center of Excellence for Advanced Technologies "Euro-Asia"] "The Gutenberg era sets - the Pavel era begins."] .He won the "Prix International de l’Organisation Mondiale de la Presse Periodique" and a gold medal at the November
1999 EUREKA Contest inBrussels for inventions that lead to the creation of the "Hyper CD-ROM". Dr. Pavel has published more than 40 books and articles, and he is the holder of 62 patents and patent applications.In an interview about his work on the Hyper CD-ROM, Dr. Pavel stated that "the research for this project is 100% personal, (and) so is the support for experiments." (English translation of quote originally published in Romanian)
Dr. Pavel's Hyper CD-ROM technology is patented in 21 countries: the USA, Canada, Japan, Israel and 17 European states.USA company
Constellation 3D announced on June 7, 2000 a similar optical storage media under the name "Fluorescent Multilayer Disc " [http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,31724-page,1/article.html "Hyper CD-ROM Packs Terabytes"] PC World,12 October 2000 ] Recently "Hyper CD-ROM" was reported again [http://www.our-picks.com/archives/2006/12/07/the-future-of-discs-100tb-cds/ The future of discs: 10TB CDs] News article,7 December 2006 ] but it is not clear what progress has been made since first announcement in 2000.References
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