Fw: Welcome to Archimedes' Lever (Candela LAser, Holographic Storage, Genetics Aging Breakthrough)
Welcome to Archimedes' Lever
In this Issue...
* Candela Laser hits 52-week high
* Turner Looks into Holographic Storage
* Geneticists Discover Ageing Breakthrough
Dear Archimedes Lever reader:
Welcome to the first issue of Archimedes' Lever.
I am very excited and extremely pleased that you decided to join us.
We promise to do our best to keep you consistently ahead of the curve
when it comes to future market trends, leading sectors and perhaps most
important of all, profits.
Two of the big trends we see having a dramatic impact in the 21st
Century are biotechnology (specifically longevity) and the
computerization of the world. We address those 2 issues in today letter.
Also, before you jump into today's AL, I want to draw your attention to
Lever stock Candela Laser (CLZR - NASDAQ), which I recommended in August
'05.
Today, the cosmetic laser giant hit a 52-week high of $14.35 a share,
for a gain of 37% since my recommendation.
If my thesis pans out. that as gen-Xers head into their 40s, especially
women, the last thing they want is a massive lower back tattoo of Tweety
Bird saying "Pretty Girl".
Since Candela Laser controls the tattoo removal laser market, we're
extremely bullish on the stock.
So without further ado, I present Archimedes' Lever.
Turner Looks into Holographic Storage
4 times faster that the fastest high-speed broadband internet available
today
He might be an oddball. Even a mad genius. But he knows a money-making
idea when he sees one. I'm talking about legendary media mogul, and
one-time billionaire, Ted Turner.
Old Ted has finally wised up and found a way to make money on the
maturing cable TV industry, which he pioneered. He now has his sights
set on the future: holographic storage.
Turner Entertainment is planning to develop a holographic storage system
for archiving and retrieving its movies, cartoons and commercial spots.
The network giant reported that it has completed a test of the
cutting-edge storage technology, which it said will soon move the
company away from the conventional magnetic tape- and disk-based
storage.
Using standard magnetic disk drives data can only be stored on the
surface of a disk.
But because holographic technology allows data to be stored throughout
the polymer material that makes up a disk, holographic disk storage
attain far higher density.
Holographic storage is well suited for broadcasting and video editing
because the data is read and stored in parallel a million bits at a
time.
Because of this, holographic disks are capable of transferring data at a
rate of 27MB/sec. To put that in perspective, that's about 4 times
faster that the fastest high-speed broadband internet available today.
Turner Entertainment has more than 200,000 movies, 25,000 commercials
and 49,000 promotional spots that it stores on digital tape libraries.
And as its content continues to grow, the company's disk costs and tape
retrieval lag time is becoming a challenge.
And high-definition movies, which are gaining much popularity, use six
times the storage space of traditional movies.
This is where the holographic disks come in to play.
Turner recently tested a prototype holographic disk from Colorado-based
InPhase Technologies called Tapestry.
InPhase plans to ship production models of the new holographic disks as
early as next year.
We call today the Information Age. And it's fitting that we'll need
someplace to store all this information.
Holographic disks will allow more data to be stored in a smaller place.
That's something everyone is looking for right now.
The market for holographic disks doesn't exist as of today. But be sure,
as companies begin to become overwhelmed with data storage, the
holographic data market will boom.
Geneticists Discover Anti-Aging Breakthrough
Organisms live six times longer in laboratory tests
Cells genetically 'tricked' into slow-ageing mode
After years of trying experiments, researchers have finally found a gene
that may unlock the possibility to slow the aging of humans.
Geneticists attempting to unlock the secrets of the aging process have
created organisms that live six times their usual lifespan.
The scientists who conducted the study say they believe that they may
have tapped into one of the most fundamental mechanisms that control the
rate at which living beings age.
The tests were carried out in single-celled organisms. Researchers
forced these organisms into what geneticists call an "extreme survival
mode".
When the geneticist put the organisms in extreme survival mode, the
organisms became resilient to damage and were better able to repair the
genetic defects that build up with age.
Research has already shown that severely restricting diet can boost the
lifespan of flies, worms and mice by around 40%.
Scientists now believe that drastically cutting calories triggers a
switch in an organism's behavior.
This trigger stops organisms from growing and being able to reproduce
and puts them in state of stasis in which growth and aging are put on
hold at the expense of reproductive capability.
Researchers are now attempting to imitate the effect by fiddling with
genes in the hopes of creating anti-aging treatments that work without
having to cut food intake.
In the experiment, the research team took yeast cells and knocked out
two key genes, named Sir2 and SCH9.
The geneticists believe that the Sir2 gene normally plays a role in
limiting an organism's lifespan, and allows energy from the food it eats
to be directed into growth and reproduction.
But by blocking the gene, the cells were essentially fooled into
believing that food was scarce and switched them into survival mode.
Hence making them live much longer.
This research is a big step in a small field that has been progressing
at pace since the advent of the new tools of genetics.
Studies in animals are likely to continue for the next 10 years before
tests in humans.
If the same genetic mechanisms prove to exist in humans, it could lead
to drugs that suppress ageing.
Just image what the market for a "fountain of youth" drug.
Until next time,
Luke Burgess
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