Microsoft develops ultra durable glass plates that can store several TBs of data for 10000 years::Project Silica’s coaster-size glass plates can store unaltered data for thousands of years, creating sustainable storage for the world

  • @[email protected]
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    811 months ago

    I hope this will end up being available to regular consumers one day and not just as an expensive enterprise solution.

    • @[email protected]
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      411 months ago

      Maybe if we build it for ourselves. Looks beautifully simple. The encoding is probably a little trick but we can get there.

      Just need a laser that can make marks in glass at different depth.

      • @z00s
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        111 months ago

        Doesn’t sound impossible, CD burners for home consumers would once have been thought of as an outlandish idea