If this becomes a practical reality and takes off, the this may very well breathe new life into the paper shredder industry. Watch out, Paper Mario!

According to Sony, researchers were able to make a paper disc as Blu-ray technology does not require laser light to travel through a key layer of a disc called the substrate. The paper discs are also expected to be cheaper to produce than current DVDs.

Imagine the latest Dean Koontz novel weighing more than your entire DVD collection? Just don’t let the kids spill the milk on the paper copy of Star Wars III. Yeah, they said practical uses and purchased media like DVDs not very likely. I’m waiting on the holographic credit card sized storage, wonder how far down the pipeline that is in coming?