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Microsoft develops ultra durable glass plates that can store several TBs of data for 10000 years (unlocked.microsoft.com)

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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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[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

I think they were talking about making the screen also a storage device but yeah doesn't seem possible with this tech at least.

[-] crawley@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Good point, maybe. But yeah, this isn't rewritable media, this is archival data storage.

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