Some cultures used stone, others used parchment. Some even, for a time, used floppy disks. Now scientists have come up with a new way to keep archived data safe that, they say, could endure for millennia: laser-writing in glass.
From personal photos that are kept for a lifetime to business documents, medical information, data for scientific research, national records and heritage data, there is no...
The development of laser-written glass as a long-term data storage solution is an exciting advancement that could potentially address some of the challenges associated with current digital media archiving. However, there are still important questions to consider, such as how much it will cost to deploy the technology at scale and whether the necessary infrastructure for reading the glass will remain accessible in the future. Additionally, it is worth examining the broader implications of this te...