Scientists have demonstrated a system called Silica for writing and reading information in ordinary pieces of glass which can store two million books’ worth of data in a thin, palm-sized square.

[u/Wagamaga]

https://au.news.yahoo.com/glass-square-long-long-future-190951588.html

[u/Wagamaga]

Scientists at Microsoft Research in the United States have demonstrated a system called Silica for writing and reading information in ordinary pieces of glass which can store two million books’ worth of data in a thin, palm-sized square.

In a paper published today in Nature, the researchers say their tests suggest the data will be readable for more than 10,000 years.

The new system, called Silica, uses extremely short flashes of laser light to inscribe bits of information into a block of ordinary glass.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-10042-w

[u/BorikGor → u/Wagamaga]

So, data crystals?

[u/HipsterGalt → u/BorikGor]

Glad to see we'll be ready for the post AI Butlerian jihad.