Organic data memory using the DNA approach

Abstract

For very long-term storage and retrieval, encode information as artificial DNA strands and insert into living hosts. As vectors, bacteria, even some bugs and weeds, might be good for hundreds of millions of years.

References

1. Clelland Taylor, C., Risca, V., and Bancroft, C. Hiding messages in DNA microdots. Nature 399 (June 10, 1999), 533--534.
2. Sherman, R.M. and Sherman, R.B. It's a Small World. Walt Disney Enterprises, Inc., 1963.

Index Terms

• Information systems

  • Information retrieval

  • Information storage systems

    • Record storage systems

      • Record storage alternatives