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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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[-] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Many people have made such devices I think. There's probably a guy somewhere with a shelf full of them.

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

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.

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