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by jbarrs 1681 days ago
I remember when I first heard about 5D storage back in 2013 [1][2]. The concept isn't at all new; in fact, there's a 5D storage device floating around in a Tesla in space, and Musk has another in his personal library. Nonetheless, it's great to see that it hasn't just dropped off the radar and that developments are still being made. I hope that this technology can one day be as widely available as CDs are; its potential usefulness to archivers/data hoarders really excites me, and (so long as the price is right) who can really sniff at extremely high-capacity, long-lasting storage?

[1] https://www.orc.soton.ac.uk/news/4282

[2] https://doi.org/10.1364%2FCLEO_SI.2013.CTh5D.9