Name: How we can store digital data in DNA
Uploaded: 2019-03-06T15:47:53Z
Duration: 12 min 44 s
Description: From floppy disks to thumb drives, every method of storing data eventually becomes obsolete. What if we could find a way to store all the world's data forever? Bioinformatician Dina Zielinski shares the science behind a solution that's been around for a few billion years: DNA.

From floppy disks to thumb drives, every method of storing data eventually becomes obsolete. What if we could find a way to store all the world's data forever? Bioinformatician Dina Zielinski shares the science behind a solution that's been around for a few billion years: DNA.

Dina Zielinski: How we can store digital data in DNA

How we can store digital data in DNA

Humanity's digital footprint eclipses all preceding history, highlighting a pressing need for sustainable data storage solutions.

DNA, nature's ancient hard drive, emerges as a revolutionary medium capable of compactly archiving the world's ever-growing data.

Leveraging DNA for data storage merges the ancient with the futuristic, offering a durable, timeless archive for humanity's story.