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Brains behind HDTV revolution want to deliver storage tech that is near indestructible — and can shrink a DVD movie to the size of a human thumbnail

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Clark Johnson and Richard Jay Solomon are tackling a major challenge in data storage: keeping information safe and intact for centuries without using energy.

Their standing-wave storage ( SWS ) system offers a resilient, tamper-proof solution for safeguarding digital information in a tiny format.

NASA tested the technology’s durability by sending 150 SWS samples to the International Space Station in 2019 , where they were exposed to cosmic radiation for nine months .