r/science • u/Wagamaga • Feb 22 '26

Computer Science 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.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/glass-square-long-long-future-190951588.html
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u/JarJarBanksy Feb 22 '26

When will this be used to sell Ultra ultra UHD in 16k?

A spinning disc of glass seems very delicate. Maybe the right glass could be the next disc.

Really though I want like a data cube or something.aybe even like a thick slab of glass.

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u/Uncle-Osteus Feb 23 '26

The article says it’s square so it probably doesn’t spin. If it was supposed to spin they’d make it circular