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A bioengineer and geneticist at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have successfully stored 5.5 petabits of data — around 700 terabytes — in a single gram of DNA, smashing the previous DNA data density record by a thousand times.
I wonder how much longer it will be until we have DNA hard drives or we all become walking datacenters. Absolutely fascinating!
DNA Hard Drives
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+56Reminds me a bit of Johnny Mnemonic film! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mnemonic_%28film%29
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That's one of my favorite movies from the 90's!
The DNA storage may be a ways off, but cybernetic implants are just around the corner. You know about Steve Mann and his Eyetap right?
The DNA storage may be a ways off, but cybernetic implants are just around the corner. You know about Steve Mann and his Eyetap right?
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