For years, information like music, software, or movies were primarily stored on CDs. If you grew up listening to music in the 80s or 90s, or watching movies stored on DVDs, then you have benefitted from technology originally invented at the federally funded Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. There, James T. Russell first developed the idea of storing information by using a laser to mark tiny, tiny dots onto a light-sensitive material. This concept would be refined during the 70s and eventually used to create CDs and DVDs, enabling convenient access to cultural works.
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