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Hard Drive Dq

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Firstly, with a hard drive, much information can be stored and kept safe, including maps, videos, photos, and statistics to show and explain the past. Like ancient Greek manuscripts, the hard drive would be the most important part of the time capsule. The files stored in the capsule would not take too long to gather, but a long time to read. The files contained in the storage unit would include global warming statistics, stocks of that past couple years, census statistics, medical statistics, and all that could fit in 15 terabytes of space. Other than statistics, photos, videos, and maps would be on the drive. Documentation of the current world would be placed on the drive, including a video message from the creator of the time capsule, and pictures and maps of the area it was planted. In conclusion, the hard drive would be the main item of the capsule, containing all the information needed. Secondly, an item that would be more valuable over time could be useful such as a ring. The finder of the capsule could either make use the ring or sell it and make a bit of money. The item would have no need for a fourteen-karat gold ring, but even simple titanium or maybe silver make. Then after a century the ring would be considered antique. The idea of …show more content…

That is why a time capsule should include the three, a hard drive, a ring, and seeds. So a hard drive to inform and educate the future would be placed in the capsule. The ring just for a keepsake of the finder, and finally seeds to heal and captivate the next generation. Time capsules have so many possibilities, whether a major science breakthrough or just a smile on someone's face as they uncover someone's third-grade project. Understanding the uses of them is the most important part of a capsule project; they provide fun, mystery, learning, and entertainment. It would never hurt to try making

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