A Sapphire Hard Disk Will Last 1 Million Years (But You Can't Afford It) [Guts]

Though hard disk drive technology has improved in recent times, you'd be a brave soul indeed to use one for more than a couple of years without backing it up. But now a team of scientists has made a hard disk from sapphire which it claims will last 1 million years—just don't expect to be able to afford it. More »

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