04 November 2003

Reclaim your brain


"Researchers from the University of California estimate that 800MB of new information is produced and stored each year for every member of the human race...."

Where is the 800MB stored?

92% is information stored on magnetic media. The vast majority is held on computer hard drives as well as audio and video tapes
7.75% is photographs and films
0.03% is on paper, including books, newspapers and magazines - this has increased by 36% since 1999, largely due to people printing computer documents
0.001% Optical storage media such as CDs and DVDs