Computers 'could store entire life by 2026'

LJK — 12/18/2006 3:38:39 PM (archived)

Computers 'could store entire life by 2026'

Telegraph Dec. 13, 2006

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A device the size of a sugar cube
will be able to record and store
high resolution video footage of
every second of a human life within
two decades, according to speakers
at the Memories for Life conference
at the British Library. Also see:
Memories for life: a review of the
science and technology, J. R. Soc.
Interface (2006) 3, 351-365...

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Computers 'could store entire life by 2026' - LJK - 12/18/2006 3:38:39 PM
- Here's another web article on the idea. - Robert Clark - 1/8/2007 2:57:17 AM
- I don't believe it - SDF - 12/19/2006 1:30:30 PM
  - Might be possible with the rate of hard disk storage increase. - Robert Clark - 1/7/2007 8:32:11 PM
    - As for the current state of the art for data/video storage... - Robert Clark - 1/8/2007 2:46:59 AM
  - And they always thought computers would be the size of rooms - LJK - 12/19/2006 1:37:57 PM
    - Maybe the universe is a quantum computer - SDF - 12/19/2006 2:10:42 PM
      - re: Maybe a black hole is a decoherent quantum computer - SDF - 12/19/2006 2:14:30 PM
        
        Maybe you can see the entire universe without light... - alcaray - 12/19/2006 10:59:14 PM
        
        Actually, I can - Fox - 12/20/2006 4:16:20 AM

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