Topic: Financial Times: Scientists look to DNA for data storage (Read 961 times)
I thought it was interesting they used ternary (instead of binary) for the DNA encoding.
"Printing" DNA is simply awesome and revolutionary. Data storage is just a minor detail such technology may revolutionize.
Anything can be converted to a private key. I just don't think you'd really like to use your DNA for that though...
A persons DNA as public key/address would be great, but I don't think bitcoin works that way.
Anything can be converted to a private key. I just don't think you'd really like to use your DNA for that though...
maybe it's a complex work as long as we can do so far!
How can bitcoin take advantage of this technology?
Store blockchain snapshots as DNA? Kind of a gimmick though.
A persons DNA as public key/address would be great, but I don't think bitcoin works that way.
Store blockchain snapshots as DNA? Kind of a gimmick though.
A persons DNA as public key/address would be great, but I don't think bitcoin works that way.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b69975f6-64af-11e2-934b-00144feab49a.html#ixzz2IsajjG1n
Genetics may offer the best option for archiving vast amounts of man-made data, according to scientists who have demonstrated a working DNA storage and retrieval system.
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The DNA code was emailed to Agilent, a biotechnology company in California, which turned it into physical DNA molecules and posted the resulting freeze-dried powder back to Cambridge. “The result looks like a tiny piece of dust,” said Emily Leproust of Agilent.
Using a DNA reading machine, EBI was able to reconstruct the original digital data with 100 per cent accuracy.
Genetics may offer the best option for archiving vast amounts of man-made data, according to scientists who have demonstrated a working DNA storage and retrieval system.
...
The DNA code was emailed to Agilent, a biotechnology company in California, which turned it into physical DNA molecules and posted the resulting freeze-dried powder back to Cambridge. “The result looks like a tiny piece of dust,” said Emily Leproust of Agilent.
Using a DNA reading machine, EBI was able to reconstruct the original digital data with 100 per cent accuracy.
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