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Researchers at the University of Washington and Microsoft are developing one of the first complete storage systems to house digital data in DNA.
“Life has produced this fantastic molecule called DNA that efficiently stores all kinds of information...
“We’re essentially repurposing it to store digital data, pictures, videos, documents, in a manageable way for hundreds or thousands of years.”
The team of bioengineers and computer science and electronic engineers were able to encode data from four image files into the nucleotide sequences of synthetic DNA snippets.
researchers then reversed the process by retrieving the correct sequence from a large pool of DNA and reconstructing the images without losing a single byte of information
Ceze and his team think they can go much further, moving on to store video and large digital files. They claim it could be possible to “shrink the space needed to store digital data that today would fill a Walmart supercenter down to the size of a sugar cube.”
Researchers said DNA molecules can store information many millions of times more densely than existing technology for digital storage, such as flash drives and hard drives, as well as magnetic and optical media. Those systems also degrade after a few years, while DNA can preserve information for centuries.
originally posted by: GetHyped
a reply to: LifeisGrand
That's a lot of words for a baseless argument for creationism.
originally posted by: GetHyped
a reply to: LifeisGrand
It's nothing more than an Argument from Personal Incredulity fallacy. "I can't believe this arose naturally therefore it was designed!" Is neither original or compelling.
DNA is the most compact form of digital coding there is.
originally posted by: LifeisGrand
a reply to: GetHyped
Actually, no you are wrong on every point. And since you are. And did not even address my original post with any real substance, and I have gathered you cannot and will not. I will leave it at that. Since you cannot respond to any proofs given to you. I will not give you any more answers. Peace, out.
originally posted by: GetHyped
a reply to: LifeisGrand
Let's see:
1) You start off by arrogantly pronouncing your "revelation" and calling those who understand and accept the evidence for evolution as "haughty, close-minded,fools".
2) Your argument is nothing new, it's tired, old unoriginal and demonstrates nothing but your ignorance of the scientific discovery over the last few hundred years.
3) Unsurprisingly, your argument is riddles with scientific inaccuracies, misunderstandings and general ignorance and utterly devoid of any actual, tangible substance beyond "I can't believe this arose naturally therefore it was designed!".
This may be new to you, but for those who have seen the same rehashed, fallacious creationist (sorry, "Intelligent design") arguments ad nauseum, it's tiresome.
Oh, and just FYI, the OP has to do with repurposing DNA for data storage, not any of the wild quasi-religious parallels you have been drawing.