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Microsoft is developing a DNA storage

Microsoft разрабатывает ДНК-хранители информацииMicrosoft creates organic storage.

Microsoft is already quite a long time working on the idea of creating organic storage long-term storage of information.

In cooperation with specialists from the University of Washington, the Microsoft team was able to record on DNA strands 200 MB of data. This achievement immediately became a record in this direction.

Scientists say that this “drive” is very small and was smaller than the tip of a simple pencil. Experts have managed to record on the “memory stick” video by the band OK Go, a few digital works of art, 100 literary works of the library Gutenberg, the Universal Declaration of human rights in more than 100 languages and database seed company Crop Trust.

Theoretically, DNA storage, whose dimensions are similar to a Shoe box, you can fit all of the available Internet information. This technology is considered to be one of the most promising.

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