UW, Microsoft Successfully Encoded 200MB of Data Onto Synthetic DNA Molecules

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Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Washington said Thursday that they had successfully encoded about 200 megabytes of data onto synthetic DNA molecules. The information included more than 100 books, translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and a high-definition music video from the band OK Go. Previously, the record was 22 megabytes encoded and decoded on DNA, said the researchers. Microsoft's lead researcher on the project, Karin Strauss, said DNA storage of the type demonstrated in the UW lab could, theoretically, store an exabyte (one billion gigabytes) of data in about one cubic inch of DNA material. "Our goal is really to build systems to show that it is possible," she said. DNA is also very durable. If stored in the right conditions, data encoded on DNA could be readable for thousands of years, compared to typical hard disks or flash drives that can fail in a few years.

 

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UW and Microsoft researchers rehydrate the sample, and after a process that causes the selected DNA to replicate itself, they run it through a DNA sequencer that translates the molecules’ contents back to letters. Researchers then decode those letters back into the digital ones and zeros of each file.

intresting...seems like a one time read then they have to build new molecules

ideal for archiving but i doubt well see see DNA video rentals

 

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i doubt well see see DNA video rentals

WE INADVERTENTLY HAD THIS BACK IN THE VHS PORN DAYS, BROTHER!

 

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WE INADVERTENTLY HAD THIS BACK IN THE VHS PORN DAYS, BROTHER!

they should have given you free gloves with every rental

 

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Synthetic DNA with exabytes of data encoded....

Sounds like they trying to make a Data from Star Trek ....