Data-storage for eternity, stored in the form of DNA

[Panich52]

Data-storage for eternity, stored in the form of DNA

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sciencedaily/strange_science/~3/hz_bs9wKdTQ/150212154633.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

How can we preserve our knowledge today for the next millennia? Researchers have found a way to store information in the form of DNA, presumably preserving it for nearly an eternity.

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[ProdigalJunkMail]

1. they started posting stories on this a couple of years back...

sooo cool!

http://www.livescience.com/26511-shakespeare-stored-in-dna-files.html

this story talks about storing 700TB in one gram of DNA...

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/134672-harvard-cracks-dna-storage-crams-700-terabytes-of-data-into-a-single-gram

sP

[Buzz Clik]

2. Unless, of course, the DNA become infected by a virus.

A literal virus.

Seriously. Viruses alter DNA sequences.

[chrisa]

3. This is truly mind-blowing

Would storage mediums technically be organic lifeforms?

[Fumesucker]

4. Eh, we're just self maintaining data storage repositories for an advanced alien civilization

Sooner or later they'll come back to read the data, let's hope they can do it non-destructively.