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    Microsoft Builds Device That Stores Data Onto DNA

    March 22, 2019 3:35PM CDT
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    • Forget hard drives – Microsoft is working on a device that would store digital information on strands of DNA.
    • The machine uses bottles of chemicals to build DNA strands and a sequencer to encode them with data.  The total cost of parts is only about $10,000.
    • DNA strands are capable of storing a staggering amount of information –   Researchers say they could potentially fit a data center the size of a warehouse “into a set of Yahtzee dice”.
    • However, that’s a long way off.  The current device took 21 hours just to encode five bytes of data – the word “hello”.
    • Does the idea of storing data on DNA freak you out?  How could this be used in the future?  Will we download movies and albums directly into our molecules?

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