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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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[-] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

If all of this came true at an affordable consumer price, I think I would build a new computer just to use it

[-] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

if this comes even semi consumer grade Internet archivists (and pirates) are gonna have a field day

Why did you say the same thing twice like that? 🤔

[-] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Hence my need for a new computer to take advantage of this lol

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