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600 smartphones of data can fit in a drop of DNA

April 8, 2016/

All the baby pictures, financial transactions, funny cat videos, and email messages that we hoard often require technology companies to build sprawling data centers.

A new technique could shrink the space needed to store digital data that today would fill a Walmart supercenter down to the size of a sugar cube.

University of Washington

Posted by Jennifer Langston-Washington

Full Story: http://www.futurity.org/dna-data-storage-1135162/?utm_source=Futurity+Today&utm_campaign=bc6f5a463b-April_8_20164_8_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e34e8ee443-bc6f5a463b-203916893

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