Independent of technology and generating curiosity – paper as an age-resistant data store medium

Schaffrath, Heinz Joachim

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/sand-2-233-2023

Articles | Volume 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/sand-2-233-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/sand-2-233-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 2

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06 Sep 2023

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| 06 Sep 2023

Independent of technology and generating curiosity – paper as an age-resistant data store medium

Heinz Joachim Schaffrath

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Short summary

Humankind is known to be curious and inquisitive. Even if the code were lost, future individuals would be eager to find out what kind of message a printed paper offers. Paper as an analogue data store medium provides an interesting redundancy to deliver important information to future generations. The presentation deals with topics of age resistance of paper and inks as well as recommendations of how to empower printed or written paper to be a long-term data store.