Microsoft Preserving Music On Glass For ‘Doomsday Vault’
June 13, 2022 8:40AM EDT
TOPSHOT – People stand in front of the entrance to the international gene bank Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV), on February 25, 2020 outside Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen, Norway. – The Arctic “doomsday vault” is set on February 25, 2020, to receive 60,000 samples of seeds from around the world as the biggest global crop reserve stocks up for a global catastrophe. (Photo by Lise Åserud / NTB Scanpix / AFP) / Norway OUT (Photo by LISE ASERUD/NTB Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)
Microsoft is working to ensure that music is preserved for future generations – but putting it on glass.
The company has developed a method for storing music on a glass platter that can store up to 100 gigabytes of data.
The glass plates will then be stored in the so-called ‘Doomsday Vault’ in Svalbard, Norway, where the plates will be immune to electromagnetic radiation or other environmental harm.
What else would you like to store in the ‘Doomsday Vault’?
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