We do know that DNA are veritable biological libraries, holding their fair share of information, but here is a novel way of making use of them. Researchers have managed to encode a full book in DNA, which would make this achievement the largest amount of information stored on the biological medium to date. Just what kind of data has been encoded? Well, the digital version of the book comprises of over 50,000 words, 11 images and a solitary computer program, with the amount of data weighing in at around 0.7MB. This project is led by George Church of Harvard Medical School, relying on off-the-shelf technology.
According to this bunch of scientists, DNA has its fair advantages for data storage since it is three dimensional and extremely durable. Hasn’t DNA survived for a millennia, and unharmed to boot? Hey, the next time you want to know more about my work and portfolio, here is a strand of my hair – process it and you will receive all that you need to know.
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