DNA - Nature's Ultimate Hard Drive

Long before, people use floppy disk to save data  but in little amount. Then later on, USB or universal Serial Bus memory disk is developed which can save more than a hundred folds as compare to the former. Until recently, cloud storage is invented wherein you can save your files in the database via internet. This is very convenient and you can even have your files on the go and sync whenever you want just in case you forgot it at home as long as internet is available. Still, computer enthusiasts and scientists want to revolutionize a  high-caliber storage where  everything is perfect in terms of weight, capacity, safety and durability of the stored data.

The Ultimate Hard Drive

Deoxyribonucleic acid or simply DNA is found in all living cells that carries the genetic information of all living organisms. It bears billions of pieces of biological information that eventually classifies the whole kingdom into different classes, groups and specie. For example, an apple is different from guava because of the unique DNA they each carry. Recently, scientists decoded an information of wholly mammoth which has been frozen for the long the time. They were amazed that even the subject has been stock for a very long moment, the data are still accurate as long as the DNA is preserve. Many biologists wonders that even in it is incredibly small, compact and does not require energy for packaging.

Copy Cat

Scientists all over the world are very jealous to DNA's capacity to store data and working fine even with extreme conditions. So they synthesized a DNA which works same with the authentic one. They tries to stock media files such as musics, photo, videos and others. Using this approach like a 1 gram of artificial DNA saved files as much as 3,000,000 CD's can then later decoded the stored information with 100% accuracy. The researchers said that the information may last more than thousand of years with out using much power to preserve it.

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