lousiest August 17, 2012 Share lousiest Member August 17, 2012 Thought this was pretty cool: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/134672-harvard-cracks-dna-storage-crams-700-terabytes-of-data-into-a-single-gram 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lousiest August 17, 2012 Author Share lousiest Member August 17, 2012 The first comment on Reddit here gives a pretty good overview of the research too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aarkovi August 17, 2012 Share Aarkovi Member August 17, 2012 So basically you're telling me that we'll be able to encode data into ourselves and become androids? Oh god my body is ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggs August 17, 2012 Share Biggs GC Alumni August 17, 2012 That's not what he's telling you at all, but I believe you when you say your body is ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingCat August 20, 2012 Share walkingCat Member August 20, 2012 Basically it tells me something like "We can and know how to fly, but we have no idea how to land." Thanks to Reddit guy for the explanation. good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goofus Maximus August 21, 2012 Share Goofus Maximus Member August 21, 2012 I can't help but think "Yes, they've put the data in a small space, but to read/write to it will require a gargantuan heavy power-hungry machine." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amertrash August 21, 2012 Share amertrash Member August 21, 2012 I can't help but think "Yes, they've put the data in a small space, but to read/write to it will require a gargantuan heavy power-hungry machine." Well being computer power has doubled every 2 years for the last 45+ years(or faster) it won't take too long to have a machine capable of handling it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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