Scientists at UT Austin have found a way to store and read data from polymers, molecules that make plastics. The main breakthrough is their ability to read the data with a portable electrochemical system that could one day fit on a circuit board. https://spectrum.ieee.org/plastic-data-storage

Could Plastic Be the Future of Secure Data Storage?
Forget cloud storage! UT-Austin scientists have unlocked data storage in plastic, using electrochemistry to read molecular sequences without costly machinery. Could this revolutionize secure data storage in everyday objects?
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