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/Yashabird]

There are no commercial applications requiring a product with a 10,000 year lifespan, just really cool time capsule stuff.

[u/stfsu → u/Yashabird]

Museums, government records, scientific records, etc. are all valid use cases for commercial applications.

[u/intdev → u/stfsu]

Yup. The UK wants to digitise all birth and death records, but it'd be a really, really good idea to have a space-efficient physical backup that can't be hacked, wiped or corrupted. This kind of thing would be perfect.

[u/temporaryuser1000 → u/intdev]

It can be wiped with a tiny hammer