Hitachi Data Glass
New Glass-Based Data Storage System Would Last For 100 Million Years
Thursday, September 27, 2012 by RedneckDude | Discussion: Personal Computing
Sick of transferring your files from device to device, risking loss and corruption?
Reply #2 Thursday, September 27, 2012 8:41 PM
Lol I have trouble finding my SD cards at times around let alone a transparent glass chip.
Still looks interesting. I have to wonder how durable this is case you drop it or something. Even thought it goes on being super temperature and radio wave resistant.
Reply #4 Friday, September 28, 2012 10:51 AM
It's write only (write once), which is why it's for archives and such only.
Reply #5 Friday, September 28, 2012 11:05 AM
Only needs a microscope to access... imagine what havoc one tiny piece of lint would wreak, or just a bit of a focus problem? Would have to be hermetically sealed and shock proofed...and it's etched...so one shot per piece.
Wonder what a cat could do to it. 
I think it's an idea which will need some development... but in principle? Could be great.
Reply #6 Friday, September 28, 2012 3:21 PM
Wow...100 million years huh! Testing must have taken a looooong time.
Reply #7 Friday, September 28, 2012 3:26 PM
This does seem to be any important part of a lot of sci-fi movies, so I aprrove. Now I want my hoverboards and lazer guns.
Reply #8 Friday, September 28, 2012 7:44 PM
This is just the first step. Next another awesome team of geeks (or nerds) will improve the storage density even further and produce a practical laser based reading system. Then they will move onto holographic storage in cubes of the material capable of storing all the information ever produced by human kind in a 4 by 4 inch cube. This will of course be perfect for the early quantum computing devices that become self aware as they seek to duplicate themselves and rule the universe.
I for one welcome our new computer overlords...
and yes, there will be cake (best to get there early)
backs out of the room slowly... 
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Reply #1 Thursday, September 27, 2012 8:39 PM
One drop of Windex and it's all over.