FEBRUARY 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 19

I

n contrast to Microsoft’s new Edge browser,

natural-language querying in Excel and other near-

term innovations, one of the more interesting

announcements you won’t see anytime soon is storing

data within glass: Project Silica.

At Microsoft Ignite, the company showed off how it

developed (with help from the Warner Bros film studio)

Project Silica glass can withstand microwaving, flooding, and other

environmental hazards. MARK HACHMAN reports

‘Project Silica’ targets

glass as the storage

medium of the future

FEBRUARY 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 19

I

n contrast to Microsoft’s new Edge browser,

natural-language querying in Excel and other near-

term innovations, one of the more interesting

announcements you won’t see anytime soon is storing

data within glass: Project Silica.

At Microsoft Ignite, the company showed off how it

developed (with help from the Warner Bros film studio)

ProjectSilicaglasscanwithstandmicrowaving,flooding,andother

environmental hazards. MARK HACHMAN reports

‘Project Silica’ targets

glass as the storage

medium of the future