Microsoft wants Project Silica to be the future of storage
First developed as a tool that could be used to see through walls, that humble amorphous solid has a wide array of applications that have helped create technological breakthroughs. Microsoft is looking to use glass for the next big step forward in information preservation for their Azure platform, with the most recent proof of concept being the transfer of the entire 1978 Superman movie to something that’s the mere size of a beer coaster.