Do you know about Project Silica? I'm posting few links here about this amazing/ weird tech in data today. It is data stored on glass, in layered form. Just wild. You may ask, what's next with data after
Hacking, it will be literal Cracking (if we believe Microsoft Research)- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/project-silica/
- https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/innovation/ignite-project-silica-superman/
- https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-repositions-7tb-project-silica-glass-media-as-a-cloud-storage-solution
What can be upsides/ downsides (besides cracking) of such medium? I still think storage in tapes is best for archival purposes, but I might be wrong.