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.

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    2 hours ago

    This comes just as news about old music collections on hdds are starting to fail.

    Even if this tech gets replaced soonish, ide love to start moving old media to more permanent storage solutions