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R&D Projects - Overview

safely for up to 500 years and will be based on open standards • Preserve the data with highest possible speed of data writing and reading on the new medium • Create a cost-effective and practical packaging solu- tion for the medium with the same longevity properties as the medium and with efficient logistics during long- term storage; the piqlBox. The MiLoS project has managed to demonstrate enhanced storage capacity, improved longevity with logistical flexibility and higher writing and reading speeds with the piqlFilm. In addition to developing the medium material, the project has also had other objectives: • Establish reliable, cost-effective manufacturing methods for the medium and packaging • Develop a photochemical processing and related equipment for the new medium • Evaluate and prove the longevity and reliability of the new medium and its packaging • Establish a full-scale integrated process chain or work- flow with skilled and demanding users of long-term

MiLoS (E! 7360) Eurostars project

Project duration: 2012-2015 Project budget: 4 mill Euro

Project Abstract The MiLoS Project has developed a long-term storage and preservation medium that eliminates the need for costly and repetitive migration of data. It has under- taken the necessary R&D to create a new European- based solution and workflow that will be a strong and competitive alternative to US and Asian hard disk and tape technologies that currently is used for long-term archiving. The main objectives of the project have been to: • Develop a new storage and preservation medium the “piqlFilm” based on nano-sized photosensitive materi- als for migration-free long-term storage and future re- trieval as well as required preservation processes. This new storage medium, together with other aspects of the storage solution, will have the capacity to store data