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Manipulating trapped air bubbles in ice for message storage in cold regions

https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-physical-science/fulltext/S2666-3864(25)00221-8
52•__rito__•3d ago

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dzink•6h ago
How did they come up with this idea?
macintux•4h ago
Probably inspired by the first Michael Bay Transformers movie.
lmpdev•6h ago
Is this article trying to milk an Ig Nobel Prize?

If so, they’re very talented at it

moralestapia•6h ago
Can't wait to use the AWS version of this.
nomel•6h ago
Perhaps it will become their cheapest tier of Amazon Glacier?

[1] https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/glacier

AlienRobot•6h ago
This will be really useful after the nuclear winter.
sprior•5h ago
Let's call it Amazon Glacier
SketchySeaBeast•4h ago
New cold storage tier?
sandworm101•2h ago
Minimal contract measured in literal ice ages.
drfuchs•4h ago
1979 called, and they want their "Intel Magnetics 7110" one megabit bubble memory chips back. At the time, it seemed that bubble memory would supplant disk, tape, and even core memory (RAM to you). Maybe memristors will happen.
hnanon12341•4h ago
Incredible abstract image.
0xbadcafebee•3h ago
> The ice media can be preserved for a long time

lol I have some bad news

Mistletoe•2h ago
It’s neat but I can’t think of a worse storage medium.

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Manipulating trapped air bubbles in ice for message storage in cold regions

https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-physical-science/fulltext/S2666-3864(25)00221-8
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