A new recordable DVD, Cranberry DiamonDisc, is said to be rated for 1,000 years to preserve photos, videos and other important files using a high-tech, diamond-hard stone.
Invented by professors at Brigham Young University (BYU) and commercialized by a Springville, Utah, start-up, Millenniata, it is now available to consumers for less than $30 each. The Cranberry DiamonDisc has no adhesive layers, dye layer or reflective layer to deteriorate; as a result, the company says it avoids the “data rot” that corrodes recordable DVDs. The transparent Cranberry DiamonDisc is engineered to be environmentally stable and remain unaffected by UV and changes in temperature and humidity.
“I was under the assumption that DVDs were a safe storage medium,” said David McInnis, founder of Cranberry DiamonDisc and an avid family photographer. In 2005, McInnis began the quest for a permanent solution and ultimately found the answer in the low-tech Stone Age when a dedicated group of professors at BYU developed and tested the “stone-carved” technology that McInnis has licensed. “I was immediately captivated by the possibilities of their discovery. Inspired by ancient Anasazi Indian petroglyphs, it was a simple solution to a real problem.”
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