Storing Digital Data in DNA

25 Jan 2013 13:20 #1 by Grady

Technique One Day May Replace Hard Drives as Web Leads to Information Deluge.
Scientists have stored audio and text on fragments of DNA and then retrieved them with near-perfect fidelity—a technique that eventually may provide a way to handle the overwhelming data of the digital age.


Wall Street Journal

I knew it wouldn't be long before data could be stored at the molecular level. Why not DNA as the medium?

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25 Jan 2013 13:35 #2 by Nobody that matters

Grady wrote: Why not DNA as the medium?



Garbage in, Godzilla out?

"Whatever you are, be a good one." ~ Abraham Lincoln

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25 Jan 2013 23:33 #3 by chickaree
It's an amazing technology. All your records stored safely in a tiny speck.

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