Reply With QuoteLooking forwards to my 100 TB USB stick for $19.99 in the near future.
Harvard cracks DNA storage, crams 700 terabytes of data into a single gram
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/1...-a-single-gram
Didn't mean to usurp your position Lt-Col A. Tack, but this is very interesting.
Just think about it for a moment: One gram of DNA can store 700 terabytes of data. That’s 14,000 50-gigabyte Blu-ray discs… in a droplet of DNA that would fit on the tip of your pinky. To store the same kind of data on hard drives — the densest storage medium in use today — you’d need 233 3TB drives, weighing a total of 151 kilos. In Church and Kosuri’s case, they have successfully stored around 700 kilobytes of data in DNA — Church’s latest book, in fact — and proceeded to make 70 billion copies (which they claim, jokingly, makes it the best-selling book of all time!) totaling 44 petabytes of data stored.
Looking forward, they foresee a world where biological storage would allow us to record anything and everything without reservation. Today, we wouldn’t dream of blanketing every square meter of Earth with cameras, and recording every moment for all eternity/human posterity — we simply don’t have the storage capacity. There is a reason that backed up data is usually only kept for a few weeks or months — it just isn’t feasible to have warehouses full of hard drives, which could fail at any time. If the entirety of human knowledge — every book, uttered word, and funny cat video — can be stored in a few hundred kilos of DNA, though… well, it might just be possible to record everything (hello, police state!)
It’s also worth noting that it’s possible to store data in the DNA of living cells — though only for a short time. Storing data in your skin would be a fantastic way of transferring data securely…
Looking forwards to my 100 TB USB stick for $19.99 in the near future.
I guess the DEA can afford more server space soon.
Then again, maybe not.
Fascinating, though. Beyond my comprehension.
I have been doing some reading on DNA and had my own DNA run at a place called 23andme.com for my b-day recently. Turns out my ancestors are all "white bread" europeans, but there are some interesting information bits on my own pre-disposition for disease, various genetically passed markers etc. My reading indicates there are around 30 mutations each generation in the genes, most of which go away if not beneficial.
So no ties to the Holy Land!Originally Posted by commanding
The genius is that it's pretty much guaranteed that there will be DNA sequencers around. No need to worry about keeping some legacy systems alive just so you can retrieve data.
640k of memory should be enough for anybody.
-Bill Gates
actually the test does not denote Jewish ancestry. ONly breaks into three parts: 1. european 2. african 3. either Asian or Native American
there are companies that do tests for Jewish ancestry but not 23andme.com
I believe I have some Jewish ancestry as I have a disease that is prevalent in Jewish people.
You mentioned the illness before so that's why I was curious.
yep, as you know, there are and have been many Jews in Europe for centuries. Ashkenaz jews come to mind. My maternal grandfathers family is a huge questionmark of lineage.
and probably get cancer or worse...Storing data in your skin would be a fantastic way of transferring data securely…
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So my left arm will be able to store the internet?
Talk about having all the p0rn you want at your fingertips.
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