MODEL RELEASED. Magna Carta recorded in 5D nanostructured glass. Footage of optoelectronics researcher Peter Kazansky (born 1956) holding a 5D data storage disc that has been etched with a recording of the Magna Carta. The round quartz glass disc has been modified by an ultrafast (femtosecond) laser (in background) to produce patterned layers of nanostructured dots and gratings. The 3D position of the dots, as well as the size and orientation, results in five dimensions of information encoding. The optical and thermal stability of the quartz means that the digital data recorded by this method will last for over 13 billion years. Each disc has a capacity of 360 terabytes. The technology is known as 'Superman memory crystal'. The Magna Carta of 1215, the Great Charter of English liberties, established the principle that the King was subject to the law and limited the power he had over his barons. The 800th anniversary of this charter was celebrated in 2015. Footage filmed in 2016 at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton, UK. | |
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