M-DISC might be the only acceptable option right now, if it works as advertised, but its $/TB is awful. It would be nice to store photos, videos, whatever without the relatively high risk of data loss associated with HDDs, SSDs, and CD/DVD/Blu-ray (20-50 years). Write-once is certainly less convenient, but ordinary people would definitely do it if they could archive terabytes or hundreds of terabytes with indefinite longevity. The industry is reluctant to make a new type of spinning 12 cm optical disc or "hard drive" for consumers. Project Silica seems to be similar to other technologies like the "5D optical / Superman memory crystal". Similar to the Optolythic Data Rod or Isolinear Rods that was used in Star Trek by the Cardassians for WORM (Write-Once Read Many) type storage.As described with the stationary slab and complicated write/read equipment, consumers are not getting it. I can see them using DLP like Mirrors to read/write across a volume of Glass. Kamen Rider Blade said:But when will this type of technology become consumer ready?
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