Re:A cheap way of storing information in DNA
by AllegedAlec on Friday June 29, 2018 @05:43AM
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Not all that useful for consumers. At this time, as least. The advantage of DNA is that it's fairly dense (human DNA in each nuclear is 3 billion base pairs * 2 bits per base ~= 6 Gbit of information in roughly 3 μm^3). It's less dense than the IBM method described by Problem Factory, but it has the advantage that copying DNA is a lot easier than reading and recreating the patterns made by a sheet of copper atoms.
When creating ustom DNA because a less a cumbersome process, it could be a cheap and space-effective way to do cold storage (both literally and figuratively).
Also, it'd be a quite sneaky way to transfer data. Spray some DNA on someone's jacket, go through all the security measures and afterwards, swab the jacket, clone and sequence and bob's your uncle.
When creating ustom DNA because a less a cumbersome process, it could be a cheap and space-effective way to do cold storage (both literally and figuratively).
Also, it'd be a quite sneaky way to transfer data. Spray some DNA on someone's jacket, go through all the security measures and afterwards, swab the jacket, clone and sequence and bob's your uncle.