Reading and Writing a Book With DNA

16 August 2012—Harvard University researchers converted a 53 000-word book into DNA and then read the DNA-encoded book using gene-sequencing technology, the researchers report this week in Science. The project is by far the largest demonstration of digital information storage in DNA and the densest consolidation of data in any medium, the authors say. There is a clear need for improved long-term storage of massively large data, says George Church , a geneticist at Harvardʼs Wyss Institute and one of the leaders of the research. There is data that we are throwing away or donʼt collect because we canʼt afford to store it, such as video surveillance of public spaces and large research projects, he says. Someday that won’t be necessary. The question is, What will get us there first: electronic or molecular memory? DNA offers advantages over electronic storage, but whether it w...

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@AlawiAssaggaf » 28 Aug '12, 9pm
Can this be our data storage solutoin soon? [link]
@davidrsol » 24 Aug '12, 10pm
Libro de 53,000 palabras en código DNA, proyecto desarrollado en Harvard [link]
@zerneto » 24 Aug '12, 4pm
Wow! Nice advance... :) Reading and Writing a Book With DNA [link]
@jgonzalez_es » 24 Aug '12, 2pm
Futuro: Almacenamiento masivo de información digital en forma de DNA - via @IEEESpectrum [link]
@assiamoon » 24 Aug '12, 11am
Reading and Writing a Book With DNA: Storing digital information in the form of DNA, is it practical? [link] via @IEEESpectrum
@d_henriques » 24 Aug '12, 12am
Livros inteiros codif. em 1 cadeia de DNA > [link] Já pensou, herdar conhecimento? PS: ler e estudar ainda serão necessários.
@YUC_CSE » 23 Aug '12, 10pm
When an organic being can store data.... [link]
@nbarkakati » 23 Aug '12, 7pm
@Harvard researchers read and write a book with DNA from @IEEESpectrum [link]
@theMarix » 23 Aug '12, 6pm
Impressive: "Reading and Writing a Book With DNA" [link] /cc @suvidu
@ImranAnwar » 23 Aug '12, 5pm
Reading / Writing #Books With #DNA: @IEEESpectrum. Stunning #Science #Technology #Medicine #News -- [link]
@synopsys » 23 Aug '12, 5pm
Reading and writing a book with #DNA! Densest #memory to date [link] - @shemmady
@jeroen_nieboer » 23 Aug '12, 4pm
Seems a bit pointless but cool anyway: Reading and Writing a Book With DNA [link]
@SwnSng » 23 Aug '12, 4pm
@ID_AA_Carmack [link] The way they write and read the data sounds similar to Megatexture. Cool read anyways.
@jhrgallagher » 23 Aug '12, 4pm
DNA as a digital storage technology: High density and longevity. [link]
@SEARCH2INNOVATE » 23 Aug '12, 4pm
Reading and Writing a Book With DNA - IEEE Spectrum [link]
@HapalHapooKhan » 23 Aug '12, 4pm
RT @takis_metaxas: A 53,000 word book converted into DNA... Cool but impractical? [link]
@djoppio » 23 Aug '12, 4pm
Dna as tech: Using DNA as a media to store books [link]
@shemmady » 23 Aug '12, 4pm
Reading and writing a book with #DNA! Densest #memory to date [link] #snps
@eliz_kelly » 23 Aug '12, 4pm
RT @arockley: Encoding books as DNA, cool! [link]
@cinhanez » 23 Aug '12, 3pm
RT @sugatam Harvard researchers wrote 53,000 word book into DNA and read it back. A whole library in a drop of saliva. [link]
@mwinandy » 23 Aug '12, 3pm
Storing data in DNA. Will it be practical in near future? [link]
@takis_metaxas » 23 Aug '12, 3pm
A 53,000 word book converted into DNA... Cool but impractical? [link]
@arockley » 23 Aug '12, 3pm
Encoding books as DNA, cool! [link]
@Nada_Obaid » 01 Sep '12, 6pm
Reading and Writing a Book With DNA [link]
@presse2k » 31 Aug '12, 3pm
Storing digital information in the form of DNA - [link]
@DavidFdzP » 24 Aug '12, 4pm
“Reading and Writing a Book With DNA - IEEE Spectrum”: [link]
@markcsinclair » 24 Aug '12, 11am
IEEE Spectrum: Reading and writing a book with DNA [link]
@LesKendall » 23 Aug '12, 5pm
Reading and Writing a Book With DNA [link]