The volume of digital data worldwide is growing faster than ever before. Photos, videos, documents, and other digital files are created in huge quantities every day, and with the development of artificial intelligence, this volume continues to grow exponentially. This raises the increasingly pressing question of how to store this data securely and for the long term.
This topic was discussed on Latvian Radio’s program “Zināmais nezināmajā” (The Known Unknown) by experts from various fields, including EDI Director and Senior Researcher Modris Greitāns, who shared his views on the development of data storage technology and future solutions.
The program discussed Microsoft’s “Project Silica” technology as an example. It involves recording information on glass using a powerful laser. In this way, data is recorded in three-dimensional structures on a glass plate that is highly resistant to heat, moisture, electromagnetic radiation, and other environmental factors.
Modris Greitāns also talks about the history of data storage development – from the first records of information to modern digital solutions. The discussion emphasized that in the future, technologies that allow data to be stored not only in large volumes but also securely over a very long period of time will become increasingly important.
Listen to the broadcast here (starting at 8 minutes, language – Latvian).