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How we can store digital data in DNA | Dina Zielinski

How we can store digital data in DNA | Dina Zielinski

What if we could find a way to store all the world's data forever?

TED Talks Daily · TED

March 6, 201912m 55s

Show Notes

From floppy disks to thumb drives, every method of storing data eventually becomes obsolete. What if we could find a way to store all the world's data forever? Bioinformatician Dina Zielinski shares the science behind a solution that's been around for a few billion years: DNA.

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