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Rainbow Storage is a developing paper-based data storage technique first demonstrated by Indian student Sainul Abideen in November 2006.〔("Data Can Now Be Stored on Paper" ) by M. A. Siraj, ''ArabNews'' (published November 18, 2006; accessed November 29, 2006)〕 Abideen received his MCA from MES Engineering College in Kuttipuram in Kerala's Malappuram district. Initial newspaper reports of the technology were debunked by multiple technical sources, although Abideen says those reports were based on a misunderstanding of the technology. The paper meant to demonstrate the capability of storing relatively large amounts of data (and not necessarily in the gigabyte range) using textures and diagrams.〔(Paper storage man misunderstood ) — ''The Inquirer'' article, 12 December 2006 (retrieved 15 December 2006.〕 The Rainbow data storage technology claims to use geometric shapes such as triangles, circles and squares of various colors to store a large amount of data on ordinary paper or plastic surfaces. This would provide several advantages over current forms of optical- or magnetic data storage like less environmental pollution due to the biodegradability of paper, low cost and high capacity. Data could be stored on "Rainbow Versatile Disk" (RVD) or plastic/paper cards of any form factor (like SIM cards).〔("Store 256GB on an A4 sheet" ) by Chris Mellor, Techworld (published November 24, 2006; accessed November 29, 2006)〕 The technique is, nonetheless, widely regarded as a scam (see Criticism). ==Criticism== Following the wide media attention this news received, some of the claims have been debunked by various experts; however, Sainul Abideen says that the articles are all based on misunderstandings.〔 (IT Soup: Scam of Indian student developing technology to store 450 GB of data on a sheet of paper ) By ITSoup (published November 25, 2006; accessed November 25, 2006)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rainbow Storage」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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