data storage
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Microsoft Makes Breakthrough in the Quest to Use DNA as Data Storage
The world has a data problem. Each day, we created another 2.5 million gigabytes of data, and each year, the amount of data produced globally increases exponentially. This puts us on a collision course with a serious problem: the rate at which we produce data is outpacing our ability to store it.
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Record-Setting Hard Drive Writes Information One Atom At A Time
Researchers working in the Netherlands have developed an atomic-scale rewritable data-storage device capable of packing 77 terabits onto a single square centimetre. Incredibly, that’s enough to store every book written by humans on a surface the size of a postage stamp.
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The Isolated Vault That Could Store Our Data On DNA For Two Million Years
Inside a permafrost-encrusted mountain below the Arctic circle sits the seed bank that could be humanity’s last hope during a global food crisis. This month, scientists suggested that this unassuming vault is the ideal space for preserving the world’s data on DNA.
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Step Inside The Historic Photo Archive Stored In An Underground Mine
Boyers, Pennsylvania, is home to the Iron Mountain storage facility, a former limestone mine that is now the storage site of more than 15 million photographic negatives and prints, all preserved underground. This documentary, produced by the Hillman Photography Initiative, takes you inside for a glimpse at the collection and the folks who maintain it.