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Re:Scientists can now tweak DNA molecules to store data by sethbannon on Monday November 20, 2017 @10:18AM (#15740448)
A startup called Catalog Technologies has been already demonstrated DNA storage. For their demo they encoded Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy in DNA.

https://youtu.be/ESGVJBXR4KE

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Re:Scientists can now tweak DNA molecules to store data by netrap on Monday November 20, 2017 @03:35PM (#15743010)
Very cool. Long road to get to commercialization. Can you imagine a 2.5" HDD that has some crazy DNA reading mechanism in it?!
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