Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Scientists turn E. Coli Bacteria into Hard Drives

Yup, its what the title says, Chinese scientists are learning to turn bacteria into data storage devices. "The team has devised a way to encrypt and store information in the DNA of bacteria to such an effective degree that they say just one gram of E. coli could store the same amount of data as 450 two-terabyte hard drives." That is crazy futuristic. They even have a three tier sercurity system devised so there could be no cyber threats. Another interesting thing is that since bacteria keeps replicating theoretically they could store data reliably for millennia. I wonder if were going to find some hidden data infused in our own DNA left from some alien speices that's been extinct.



For the full story click on the link http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-01/biostorage-scheme-turns-e-coli-bacteria-data-storing-hard-drives
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21 comments:

  1. ZakkJanuary 12, 2011 at 5:08 PM

    That's so crazy! The future is exciting :)

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 12, 2011 at 5:12 PM

    That's awesome! I love reading about stuff like this.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 12, 2011 at 5:36 PM

    Woah. This is some serious stuff. Can't wait to see how it unfolds.

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  4. not2bnamedJanuary 12, 2011 at 5:50 PM

    Awesome, I can't wait to see what they come up with in the future. Great post.

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  5. ChristianJanuary 12, 2011 at 6:43 PM

    That's insane. I wonder if it will be practical.

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  6. BrutJanuary 12, 2011 at 7:17 PM

    Uh what.

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  7. tempotonicJanuary 13, 2011 at 12:52 AM

    The power of SCIENCE!

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  8. BTN Hip HopJanuary 13, 2011 at 2:31 AM

    damn man, i was learning about this in my lecture the other day.

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  9. LawlsauceJanuary 13, 2011 at 2:48 AM

    That is pretty fucking awesome.

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  10. Monster MadnessJanuary 13, 2011 at 4:02 AM

    Awesome stuff!!! :D

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  11. JubedubeJanuary 13, 2011 at 6:43 AM

    That's just ridiculous. And they say Moore's Law is debunct.

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  12. NthnJanuary 13, 2011 at 7:48 AM

    Wow, I never even thought that could be possible. Really makes me want to look into it!

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  13. The Facts of VidyaJanuary 13, 2011 at 8:33 AM

    Wow, makes you wonder whats going to happen in the future!

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  14. balls_of_steelJanuary 13, 2011 at 9:07 AM

    um..... wow. Epic win for humanity. E. coli costs..... nothing. It's goddam everywhere, and we are always trying to get rid of it.

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  15. HorussJanuary 13, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    what a breakthrough

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  16. SDGJanuary 13, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    Just think, computers that can be hit with real viruses.

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  17. Mister SharafJanuary 13, 2011 at 1:16 PM

    awesome post

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  18. efrenJanuary 13, 2011 at 3:31 PM

    Damn, that's crazy cool. One day we might even be able to use our own bodies for storing stuff.

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  19. epicwallpapersandart.blogspotJanuary 13, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    this is so incredible im with anonfourtwenty i think we might find data from other being

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  20. TombomJanuary 13, 2011 at 5:04 PM

    So sick! I love science.

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  21. DesignAndLaughJanuary 15, 2011 at 1:08 AM

    China, turning hair into soy sauce, and E.Coli into harddrive space. I love it.

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