The Future is Now People!

This seems pretty freaking cool, maybe completely impractical in its first iteration but pretty cool.
  How I found it: http://www.geekosystem.com/piece-glass-store-data-forever/
 Original Article: http://www.scenereport.pk/tag/hitachi-silver-glass/

Apparently Hitachi has developed a glass like storage device that can contain about 40MB of data per sq. inch.  Although that isn't a lot they only just developed it.  Oh yeah, it can withstand pretty much anything except a ball peen hammer.