ZeoSync
ZeoSync is a company that in 2002 announced a lossless data compression product they claimed could achieve a compression ratio of 100:1 on random data. If true, this would have exceeded the Shannon limit—an established principle of information theory held true since 1948. The technology was never demonstrated, and the company's website disappeared a few months later.
Though Zeosync's claims were ridiculed on Usenet [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.compression/search?groupcomp.compression&qzeosync&qt_g=Search+this+group] and Slashdot , the naming of several well-known mathematicians on their staff generated interest. Fields Medal winner Steve Smale was listed as a consultant, though Smale quickly distanced himself from the project by stating that he'd only spent "one hour" on the project and was "in no position to say anything about these claims."
Though Zeosync's claims were ridiculed on Usenet [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.compression/search?groupcomp.compression&qzeosync&qt_g=Search+this+group] and Slashdot , the naming of several well-known mathematicians on their staff generated interest. Fields Medal winner Steve Smale was listed as a consultant, though Smale quickly distanced himself from the project by stating that he'd only spent "one hour" on the project and was "in no position to say anything about these claims."
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