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A technician carries a box containing a "digital genome" into a vault at the Swiss Fort Knox bunker in the mountains near the Swiss Alpine resort of Saanen May 18, 2010. In a secret bunker deep in the Swiss Alps, European researchers on Tuesday deposited a "digital genome" that will provide the blueprint for future generations to read data stored using defunct technology. The high-security digital storage facility, near the slopes of upmarket ski resort Gstaad, will ensure that a time capsule containing an encyclopedia of data formats threatened by obsolescence will remain safe from man-made and natural disasters for years to come. To match Reuters Life! TECHNOLOGY-DIGITAL/GENOME REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SOCIETY SCI TECH)