Your data when literally “set in stone” will last for a 1000 years

Want to keep your digital memories for your great, great, great, great, great…grandchildren?

Well, according to this article on TWICE, “technology developed by Millenniata allows for the creation of what it claimed is the permanent archiving of data on an optical disc.” Okay, 1000 years may be close enough to permanent…a lot closer than the data life expectancy of other media types.  Assuming the media is sitting on a shelf, not being used, these are the averages I have been able to find…

  • Floppy disks: up to 5 years
  • Hard Drives: up to 10 years
  • Magnetic tape: up to 20 years
  • Optical disks: up to 100 yrs
  • SSD and Flash: up to 100 yrs
  • Stone tablets: up to 10,000 yrs

Somewhere between SSD/Flash and Stone tablets is where this new technology from Millenniata sits, and the irony…”the media is a man-made, stone-like substance that allows a laser to literally etch data onto what it is calling an M-Disc.”  Modern day fossils for future generations to discover. Could you imagine viewing photos, videos, etc. from the year 1011? Imagine how much more we would know about the people, places, and happenings of the last 1000 years.

How much more could we learn from history?
How much more connected could we be to the past?
How much influence will we have on the future?

Check it out.

What would you want set in stone for future generations to appreciate?

Image by: http://www.digitalelectronic.org/electronic-gadget-fossils/

2011-08-17T09:42:43+00:00

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  1. Shelagh Broughton August 18, 2011 at 8:23 pm - Reply

    Good Question but one that would take some time thinking about. Naturally photos and a family history and genealogy, as well as any medical information for your blood line…….thats a never ending question as there is so much one could leave. A series of newspaper articles from a few years showing history at the time. Ones taste in music…….and even articles such as this for 200 years from now no doubt it will come across as rather priceless….well, i deed a lot sooner than 200 years 😉

    • Mark Wojtasiak August 19, 2011 at 9:16 am - Reply

      @Shelagh Broughton Great points Shelagh…I like your thinking, especially on the genealogy and medical info. Thanks – Mark

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