All the Data on Earth Can Fit in a Cup Full of DNA. This Is MIT’s Jurassic Park-Inspired Project
All the Data on Earth Can Fit in a Cup Full of DNA. This Is MIT’s Jurassic Park-Inspired Project
DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the molecule of life. While there are other essential molecules for life as we know it, DNA holds a special significance...
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Damn it's gonna take me a while to make a whole cup but I'll get started
23 0 ReplyI can lend a helping hand. 😘
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And has data integrity for a few hours, if no mechanism to constantly repair them (almost correctly) exist.
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I hint at
ribosomesRNA polymerase here.13 0 ReplyThis was my thought. DNA isn’t stable so it’s a lousy storage medium. Degrades over time, mutations in living organisms, etc.
8 0 ReplyHow would the thing in your spoiler repair DNA?
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6 0 ReplyMy, i'm getting old. I meant RNA polymerase.
Btw, i came across this article while searching for the right term.
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This Is MIT’s Jurassic Park-Inspired Project
They did get to the end of that story, right?
8 0 ReplyThe scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, that they never stopped to ask if they should finish watching the movie
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This would work well with the dna fountain encoding method
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2016/12/04/074237.full.pdf
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