REMEMBER when computer discs were floppy? Well, they’re back with a vengeance. A German firm has worked out how to make CDs and DVDs floppy, so you’ll soon find album previews wrapped around your beer can or movie clips on DVDs you can peel off a birthday card.
The floppy medium has been developed by Sonopress, the disc-pressing plant owned by the publishing giant Bertelsmann. Sonopress is using technology developed by another Bertelsmann subsidiary, FlexStor, to produce thin and flexible optical discs that can be bent or rolled up.
Until now, it has been impossible to make CDs or DVDs…
