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"the medium is silica crystal, similar to optical cable, it's highly durable. It's also capacious: The technology can store up to 360 TB of data on a 5-inch glass platter."

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[–] scholar@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Similar concepts have been developed before, Microsoft and Southampton University were working on glass cubes with 3D laser etchings in the centre around 2015-16

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

If you squint this is a weird shrine to a fictional marriage between Elvis and Britney Spears

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I saw Shakira and that chef on YouTube who makes ornate sculptures out of chocolate and has a weird, fixed PanAm smile the whole time.

[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 hours ago

Okay yeah, now that you've said it I can see that too XD