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digital preservation

Data Archives That Can Last Forever?

5 January 2010
Carbon Nanotube Interior

Scientists have developed technology using carbon nanotubes that may permanently preserve individual bits of data. This means that it may now be possible to create digital data archives that will last not just for 100 years, but possibly, forever. The technology promises to solve the problem of the physical media degradation that is common to [...]

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Team Digital Preservation and the Aeroplane Disaster

18 December 2009
Team Digital Preservation saves the world from mid-air disaster caused by the work of Team Chaos

“Team Digital Preservation saves the world from mid-air disaster caused by the work of Team Chaos.”

This is the second animation of Digital Preservation Europe’s series on digital preservation.

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“Keeping Up with Data Rot”

8 December 2009
Bye, Tech: Dealing with Data Rot

CBS News ran this nice overview of the digital preservation/data (bit) rot problem. I have found this to be a great way to explain the problem in a way that doesn’t put the average listener to sleep.

Go ahead, send the article and video out to your friends and family without fear. You know you want [...]

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Team Digital Preservation and Nuclear Disaster

6 December 2009
Team Digital Preservation saves the world from nuclear disaster caused by the work of Team Chaos

“Team Digital Preservation saves the world from nuclear disaster caused by the work of Team Chaos.”

Digital Preservation Europe released this cute animation a few months ago. It provides a nice overview of the digital preservation problem.

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