I’ve used Optar. It works a lot better than just printing some QR codes. It fits 188 KiB on a sheet of letter sized paper after error correction. It does require a laser printer and a flat bed scanner though.
How to store data on paper?
Submitted 4 months ago by hamburgheftig@feddit.org to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.monperrus.net/martin/store-data-paper
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cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
It fits 188 KiB on a sheet of letter sized paper
Maybe I won’t use that to back up my photo library as few rough web searches suggests that the pile of paper would be something around 500 meters tall. Pretty neat technology and I suppose if you really need something stored you can etch that to stainless steel plate or something similar, but data density isn’t the best around.
sprite0@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
that is really neat
underline960@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
This has to be a shitpost.
Transportation of paper-stored data
You can take the sheets with you, send them by post, or even attach them to homing pigeons
DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Storage is easy. Retrieval is more difficult. Test your backups.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 months ago
Commonly with a pen or pencil.
Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
Technology!
And009@lemmynsfw.com 4 months ago
Toilet paper do not count