Though the research for storing data in a square inch of glass began in the year 2009, Hitachi ,a major player in mass storage hard drives couldn't crack the puzzle until a few days back.Yes now one can store data that wouldn't get corrupted even if
- Exposed to a 1000 degrees celcius
- Thrown into water
- Hit by radioactive waves
- Oh! come on... what else would you want the poor storage device to withstand.. a missile or a bullet perhaps... hmmm
So coming back, this new technology is finally feasible and Hitachi promises would hit the commercial market by the year 2015.You probably know that hard-disks are aluminum alloy disks contained in a tin box..well basically.This magic immortal glass is made of four quartz glass layers that are etched with dots by a machine so its not a R/W kind of storage device and is not an easy plug n play type either but a real miracle when all other data is lost except the backup in this glass.A special machine needs to decipher the dots to data,more like a QR code scanner and a square inch glass can store 40 Megabytes of data which when produced in larger planes would fit in your important documents and pictures.
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