Microsoft develops ultra durable glass plates that can store several TBs of data for 10000 years
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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
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Didn’t someone make a holographic cube some ten or so years ago with the same promises.
I never get excited by this stuff. If I see it in Best Buy, then I’ll believe it.
Many people have made such devices I think. There's probably a guy somewhere with a shelf full of them.
Yeah, also writing 10 GB of data to rolls of sticky tape in the late 90s. It can be done, but it's not practical.