Project Silica Achieves 4.8TB Glass Storage
Data stability is estimated for over 10,000 years.
A decade of research used old physics principles.
Peter Kazansky's 2014 work established laser encoding of terabytes into glass.
Richard Black demonstrated a practical data storage system using femtosecond lasers.
Data is encoded via 3D voxels with birefringence or refractive-index changes.
Reading uses phase-contrast microscopy and a neural network with error-correction.
The process is repeatable and automated.
Supports robotic data facilities for libraries and cultural records.
The system has low energy and recyclability.
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