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Researchers at the University of Southampton in the UK successfully stored the entirety of the human genome sequence onto an indestructible 5D optical memory crystal no bigger than a penny. The indestructibility claims are no joke since the discs can withstand temperatures up to 1,000°C, cosmic radiation, and even direct impact forces of 10 tons per cm2.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

can i get this for my phone?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fits fine in the "three body problem" novel.

More on the serious side of this news, I can't imagine the speed of writing or reading, but shouldn't be very fast, or am I wrong?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Well I assume writing is one-time, so the speed is not really an issue

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago
[–] anzo 1 points 1 month ago

Human genome would be a handful of gigabytes, depending the file format, compression and so on... But it can hardly fill 1 of those 360 TiB.

Indestructible? Yeah, sure...

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