Researchers at the University of Southampton in the UK successfully stored the entirety of the human genome sequence onto an indestructible 5D optical memory crystal no bigger than a penny. The indestructibility claims are no joke since the discs can withstand temperatures up to 1,000°C, cosmic radiation, and even direct impact forces of 10 tons per cm2.

  • Cadeillac
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    113 months ago

    If all of this came true at an affordable consumer price, I think I would build a new computer just to use it

    • @TriflingToad
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      3 months ago

      if this comes even semi consumer grade Internet archivists (and pirates) are gonna have a field day

      • Cadeillac
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        33 months ago

        Hence my need for a new computer to take advantage of this lol