Re: [MBZ] OT: Future Hard Disk

2016-07-19 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
Theoretically DNA wouldn't store as much data since more atoms would be involved, although a working, saleable hard disc based on DNA would be a more likely possibility using current technology. Has such a disc using DNA been built? Gerry > I thought DNA was the Next Big Thing in data storage.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Future Hard Disk

2016-07-19 Thread Joel Cairo via Mercedes
I thought DNA was the Next Big Thing in data storage. --R On 7/19/16 4:57 AM, archer75--- via Mercedes wrote: World's smallest hard disk stores data atom by atom DELFT, Netherlands, July 18 (UPI) -- Researchers in the Netherlands have unveiled the world's smallest hard disk. The disk uses

[MBZ] OT: Future Hard Disk

2016-07-19 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
World's smallest hard disk stores data atom by atom DELFT, Netherlands, July 18 (UPI) -- Researchers in the Netherlands have unveiled the world's smallest hard disk. The disk uses chlorine atoms to represent each bit of information, the most efficient data storage method yet devised. The