Imagine having an iPod
capable of holding thousands of years of high definition video. A DNA computer
would make such a device very possible. DNA is the substance that living
organisms use to store genetic information. What makes DNA special is that it is
extremely efficient when it comes to storing information in a limited space.
Just one milligram of DNA is capable of holding all the printed material in the
world. DNA computing is currently in its infancy, with prototypes such as
MAYA-II only capable of showing the concept. If DNA computing is perfected,
computers will become capable of holding amounts of information that are hard
to imagine by today's standard.
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