E. Coli Bacteria Could Become Our Next Computer Hard Drives
Image via kaibara87 via Flickr Creative Commons Researchers have figured out that data can be stored in bacteria, and that a single gram of bacteria can store more information than 450 2-terabyte hard drives! This storing and encrypting information in living organisms is called biostorage, and students at Hong Kong’s Chinese University are using E. coli to test the possibilities of how we store information in the future. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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E. Coli Bacteria Could Become Our Next Computer Hard Drives
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