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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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