DNA: The hard drive of the future – Computerworld

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Computerworld | Mar 3, 2017 5:11 AM PT

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Humans create a lot of digital data. And figuring out the best way to store it is a challenge.

Well, researchers think they may have started to solve that problem, by figuring out an efficient way to store digital data: on DNA. But how does it work?

In IT Blogwatch, we get our science caps on.

So what exactly is going on? Eva Botkin-Kowacki has some background:

But how do you store digital data on DNA? Robert Service has the details:

But how exactly does it work? Charles Choi fills us in:

So what did the scientists store on the DNA strands? We let the Columbia University give us the official line:

How exactly did the researchers store the information on the DNA? And how did they then read it again? Brooks Hays has that info:

And what are the benefits of storing data this way? Ed Yong is in the know:

This isn't the first time this has been done, though, right? Vlad Dudau has some background:

Is there a downside to all this? Alyssa Navarro has a reality check:

So what does this all mean? Stuart Ponder has an "ah-ha" moment:

Rebecca Linke is a Senior Associate Editor at Computerworld who writes about social media and personal technology. She also helps manage Computerworld's Facebook and Google+ pages.

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