The Memory Crystals in SUPERMAN Are Now a Reality
"I found...this crystal...uh...this is kind of hard to explain. It...called to me. It brought me here. It built this place." So go the words of Christopher Reeve in Superman II, in which he explains how the memory crystals held all the information he needed to build his fortress of solitude.
While scientists may be far off from launching our latest technology into water and turning it into a badass fortress, they have perfected the memory crystal in a very impressive way. The Creators Project writes that researchers at The University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Center have created 5D crystal storage.
These small, cylindrical discs are capable of storing 360 TB (1 TB=500 hours of film) for about 13 billion years at 130 degrees Celsius (233 degrees F). That's longer than our sun has to live!
Obviously, the implications for this are staggering. This means humanity will be able to store data indefinitely for future generations, for travel to other planets, even to reopen Steven Avery's case (if Mantiwoc County will allow for it next millennia).
Super cool technology here, guys. I can only wonder what we will do with it.