DNA: The Ultimate Hard Drive
By ScienceNow
By John Bohannon, ScienceNOW
When it comes to storing information, hard drives don’t hold a candle to DNA. Our genetic code packs billions of gigabytes into a single gram. A mere milligram of the molecule could encode the complete text of every book in the Library of Congress and have plenty of room to spare.
Can you say "biological computer"?
That and other variations have been said before, which is why I still find it surprising the show “Dollhouse” did not get past two seasons.