So you think Blu-Ray has won the war or that HVD is the next big thing?
Well some student from the university of Riverside have an entirely new idea.
Basically as they put it
The human genome consists of the equivalent of approximately 750 megabytes of data
Which isn’t much compared to Blu-Ray or HVD, however that 750 is only taking up 3% of the space available to store data in our humane genomes…
So in essence we could walk into our local Incredible Connection, stick our finger in a machine and have a game written into our body. We then get home and plug ourselves into the console to download the game.
Trading may be a problem however 🙂
UCR: UCR’s Researchers Discover New Way to Store Information Via DNA
Last Updated: February 23, 2008
scotty777
February 23, 2008 at 15:06
but utilising this new found tech will be hard. and i don’t think that people will want to be the flash disks themselves. Funny thing is that our ultimate tech will be involving ourselves and nature.
Fox1
February 23, 2008 at 18:54
lol… I hope they don’t see it as an advertising opportunity.
doobiwan
February 23, 2008 at 20:34
Data transfer by bodily fluid exchange, hmmmmm . . . . .
scotty777
February 24, 2008 at 09:59
lol… doobi just think what you could transfer with the misses
doobiwan
February 24, 2008 at 21:29
Yeah, although there’s enough bytes and nibbles being exchange already :p
Wogan May
February 24, 2008 at 21:57
This gives “Viral marketing” a whole new meaning. Imagine how popular it would be in our STD-infested sub-saharan countries…
Thomeval
February 25, 2008 at 07:16
Lol… This would make piracy an interesting affair.
Milesh Bhana ZA
February 25, 2008 at 08:57
“Which isn’t much compared to Blu-Ray or HVD, however that 750 is only taking up 3% of the space available to store data in our humane genomes…”
But but… using that free space will overwrite all the genetic memories stored there. Haven’t you people played Assasin’s Creed?
No animus for you!
abe
February 25, 2008 at 10:16
Im also going to eat all my food in pill form 😉