Eric Rosenthal

New York University | NYU · Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television

In this paper we discuss a next generation archival architecture for ultra rapid, high-density, parallel writing and retrieval of Big Data. We term this WORF (Write Once, Read Forever)—repurposing a proven long-life optical media technology for digital data, using no power for storage. The data is stored as nano-scale standing waves, optimized for...

This paper presents the results of the HELIOS (Hardened Extremely Long Life Information Optical Storage) mission on the International Space Station (ISS) which tested a unique solution for the long-term storage and retrieval of data in space. For this mission Creative Technology (CTech) developed test media— termed WORF (Write Once, Read Forever)—t...

Executive Summary. The HELIOS project provides a unique solution for the long-term storage and retrieval of data in space: e.g., on the ISS, for lunar and Mars probes, etc. The results presented in this report indicate that there has been no discernible degradation of the HELIOS media after 8 months on the ISS as compared to a control set of media...

A Digital Noah’s Archive — DNA Ark This presentation is about: 1. An update on advances in our archival Write Once, Read Forever (WORF) interference data storage media; 2. An experiment for NASA testing radiation hardness of WORF media on the International Space Station 3. A proposal to create a space-based store of our knowledge base, including hu...

Visions for the future range from utopian to dystopian, with at least one instance suggesting that human progress will take forms none of us can imagine. Lacking any Delphic oracle, it seems prudent to prepare for the worst even while hoping for the best. In this paper we propose applying a novel, archival,silver-based medium to preserve the data o...

This invention teaches a methodology and an optical apparatus that provides long-term, archival storage using a chemically stable, high-resolution, photosensitive emulsion, such as silver halide, for the long-term, archival storage and retrieval of data, images and text. Multiple state data substantially increasing data density is stored as vertica...

We report on the test results of a recently fabricated data reader for our Write Once, Read Forever (WORF) high-density, very long-term archival data storage system. At the 2014 and 2015 IS&T Archiving conferences we described our technology and our progress establishing that multi-state data can be stored on monochromatic, dye-free, silver halide...

Immutable, non-hackable media, engineered for long-term archiving with applications for computer security and other fields. Storing lightwave interference frequencies in an emulsion representing multiple (M-ary) data states, among other features.

Based on a proven, century-old archival technique, we have successfully demonstrated the feasibility of storing high density, multi-state data in the form of interference gratings embedded in archival silver halide media. Data stored as interference gratings cannot be erased remotely, or altered after writing and processing, yielding a verifiable b...

The invention combines several techniques applying highresolution photosensitive emulsions for the long-term, archival storage of data, images and text. Data is stored as vertical interference patterns of multiple frequencies in a photographic emulsion. Read-out of the stored data uses a precision mechanism to locate and decode stored data.

The urban sound environment of New York City (NYC) is notoriously loud and dynamic. The current project aims to deploy a large number of remote sensing devices (RSDs) throughout the city, to accurately monitor and ultimately understand this environment. To achieve this goal, a process of long-term and continual acoustic measurement is required, due...

We are proposing a novel, patented imaging system designed to be a better match for-and potentially to augment-human vision. This system is comprised of wave-based nano-antenna arrays, with antennas sized for the wavelengths of light. The arrays can detect phase, as well as frequency and intensity, so that algorithms can replicate the functionality...

Successful archiving of data requires a storage medium capable of persisting for times measured in centuries, and providing an absolute trust in supportable and permanent hardware. While all media decay, data on magnetic media, solid-state drives and conventional optical disks must be cyclically refreshed over relatively short time frames, requirin...

In an exemplary embodiment, the color resolution of a first image display screen is increased by assembling the first display screen with a second image display screen in an overlaid manner. Transmissive color filter elements are provided associated with addressable sub-pixels of the display screens. A first set of sub-pixels of the first screen an...

The invention relates to imaging devices and methods, pertinent to electromagnetic energy in visual and other spectra, to capture and reproduce substantially all image information in a relevant spectrum through all-electronic sensors and electronic computation means. 4 Claims, 16 Drawing Sheets

Exemplary embodiments provide devices, systems and methods that enable viewing of three-dimensional images on an autostereoscopic display using a barrier grid of dynamically configurable grid characteristics. The barrier grid is configurable to include alternating light-transmitting and light-blocking portions that may be characterized by and confi...

Nano-antenna, phase detecting array sensors, optimized for the light band region with SDL processing would be a fundamental transformation for imaging, spectroscopy, and numerous related analytic disciplines. Essentially, imaging would shift from photonic detectors (film, CCD, CMOS, etc.), with glass lenses, to a wave-defined, powerful software pro...

This invention teaches how to fabricate a new type of fullspectra wavelength detector and spectrum analyzer in the form of antennas that make use of the wave properties oflight. The detector's frequency detection range is controlled through the fabrication process. By miniaturizing the antenna detectors to the nanometer range and arranging them in...

This invention comprises the means for the capture of full spectrum images in an electronic camera without the use of color primary filters to limit the spectral color gamut of the captured image. The fundamental principle of the invention is that each pixel of the image sensor acts as an independent spectrophotometer and spectral separator. Electr...

An apparatus providing full spectrum electronic images includes a full-spectrum light source, a programmable diffraction grating to separate light from the source into its spectral components, a reflection system controllable on a pixel by pixel basis to modulate light output from the diffraction grating, and a scanning mirror to form an image from...

Human Vision & Image Engineering • Current vision theories inadequate for advanced image engineering – High dynamic human range not explained – Wide color sense not explained by trichromatic vision – Extreme acuity not explained by optical model – Current cameras incompatible with human vision system • Our Proposed Human Vision Wave Theory – Full s...

Image engineers have been following a traditional theory of how we see, based on tri-chromatism and an optical model of the eye, to design film and electronic imaging systems for the past 100 years. Digital computation and transmission has permitted numerous advances — in particular, compression and on-the-fly processing — yet no observer has ever...

For the past 100 years, image engineers have been following a traditional theory of vision based on an optical model of the eye to design film and electronic imaging systems yet no observer has ever confused images from any motion imaging system for reality. Nature has done a better job at handling complexity with physical and chemical structures t...

Understanding how the human perceptual system works is crucially important for the engineering of new imaging and acoustic systems. Current theories have difficulty explaining numerous visual and auditory anomalies, making conventional systems design dependent on exceedingly complex kludges to do what nature does using much simpler, more robust arc...