Comment on IBM has found a way to store data on a single atomComments−mrfusion9yI like the idea of storing information by using two stable isotopes of carbon into a diamond. It would last a long time and be extremely compact.Has anyone looked into that?−marcosdumay9yPush something other than carbon there and it will be much easier to read¹, without sacrificing any reasonable² amount of shelf life.1 - If you do it with a surface, there's commercial tech available for reading it. But you'll still have to develop the entire writing stack.2 - For a "my info is secure for N times longer than the Universe will take to get into heat death" you'll get a smaller N.−adrianN9yHow would you read that information?−mrfusion9yI guess that's what they have to work out.You could do graphene instead and then just read it out row by row?
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I like the idea of storing information by using two stable isotopes of carbon into a diamond. It would last a long time and be extremely compact.
Has anyone looked into that?
Push something other than carbon there and it will be much easier to read¹, without sacrificing any reasonable² amount of shelf life.
1 - If you do it with a surface, there's commercial tech available for reading it. But you'll still have to develop the entire writing stack.
2 - For a "my info is secure for N times longer than the Universe will take to get into heat death" you'll get a smaller N.
How would you read that information?
I guess that's what they have to work out.
You could do graphene instead and then just read it out row by row?