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Microsoft just booted up the first “DNA drive” for storing data

Microsoft has been working toward a photocopier-size device that would replace data centers by storing files, movies, and documents in DNA strands, which can pack in information at mind-boggling density.

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  • kxh
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    five bytes of data. What’s more, the writing and reading process took 21 hours,

    So not actually useful just yet.

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  • Maternitus
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    Writing lots of data doesn't make something useful. Check Trump's Twitter, for instance.

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  • Gozzin
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    I've been reading this would happen,but holy cow! So soon?

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