UnRaid 6 feature request - 700 TB in less than a gram

[ixnu]

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/134672-harvard-cracks-dna-storage-crams-700-terabytes-of-data-into-a-single-gram

 

A bioengineer and geneticist at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have successfully stored 5.5 petabits of data — around 700 terabytes — in a single gram of DNA, smashing the previous DNA data density record by a thousand times.

[PeterB]

Storing data in your skin would be a fantastic way of transferring data securely…

 

... but think of the consequences of data theft!

 

I never did fancy a car which used fingerprint identity - I'm not sure whether the stories of digit amputation are factual, but I'd rather not tempt the thieves!

[lainie]

Storing data in your skin would be a fantastic way of transferring data securely…

 

... but think of the consequences of data theft!

 

I never did fancy a car which used fingerprint identity - I'm not sure whether the stories of digit amputation are factual, but I'd rather not tempt the thieves!

 

I've felt the same way. Finger print scanners are one thing, but retinal scanners freak me out.

[bonzi]

Well this is very interesting. I work as a scientist...I have a PhD in biochemistry. While this would definitely work...I think it would take an unimaginably long time to read and write information.

[PeterB]

I think it would take an unimaginably long time to read and write information.

 

That was my immediate thought, but then I see that the arrangement is that they use short dna chains, with an index to locate the correct chain.  In any case, they do seem to be proposing the technology for archival, rather than online storage.