Data is what we live for so until human race is currently producing data it needs to be stored somewhere but the things or storage devices developed so far are just not enough even the so called cloud would get out of shape some time so the natural solution to the problem is the solution that existed long before humanity ever started thinking-- DNA ,after all it stores the data equivalent to what can produce a whole human being.

1. DNA Digital Data
Storage

2. Contents
• Introduction
• In the Past
• Last few decades
• Solution or Illusion ?
• Where actually is data
• DNA Sequence’s – The Solution to all
• DNA to Data -- How?
• Process
• Procured Results
• An effort

3. Introduction
The Concept of storing data is so fascinating that we want to store everything &
leave nothing. All of our actions and thoughts even our fitness activities are stored
as digital data. In the last few years humanity has generated more data then all of
the preceding human history. Big Data has become a big problem.
But a solution existed in the nature long before humanity ever thought of storing
data. The human genome or the DNA. Currently 1 gm of DNA, can store 455
exabytes of data & there are one billion gigabytes in an Exabyte.
In simpler terms it can be said that :
All the movies ever made from the black and white films to the VFX one’s, all of
them from all around the world can be stored inside this bottle

4. In the Past
In 1956, the first Hard drive made by IBM which could store the equivalent of 1
mp3 song, weighed over a ton that costed around $10000.

5. Last few Decades
All technology eventually dies or is lost along with our precious data, all
of our precious memories. It’ll wear out or become obsolete, these
devices can no longer meet our storage needs.

6. Solution or Illusion ???
There’s this illusion that the storage problem is solved. By what – Cloud ??
Not Really, we all just externalized it. We don’t worry about storing our
photos or emails , why? Because they are in the cloud, it’s that simple.
But behind the scenes, storage is problematic.
After all what is a Cloud.
Certainly not this

7. This is what a cloud is, just a lot of hard drives. But it too will run out,
sooner if not too soon.
Where actually is Data

8. This solution from the nature contains all the necessary information to build a human being.
If we were to store all 3 billion A’s T’s C’s & G’s from our genome in the form of 0’s and 1’s it’ll be a
few gigs in each cell of our body and we have more than 30 trillion cells. Simply saying DNA can
store a ton of data in a miniscule space. DNA is highly durable as the data stored in it remains intact
even after hundreds of thousands of years ago. The point being that there is a better chance of
recovering data from DNA rather than a old phone.
DNA Sequence’s – The Solution to all

9. How do we store data on DNA
• We first learned to sequence or read the DNA, & then synthesize or
write it.
• Now we can create, copy & read DNA.
• Literally anything that can be stored in the form of 0’s & 1’s can be
stored in DNA like this

10. Process
We can write DNA much like an inkjet printer can print letters on a page.
We just have to convert our data form all of those zeroes and ones to A’s T’s C’s &
G’s and just send it over to a synthesis company and when we wanna recover it we
just have to sequence it.

11. Procured Results
But DNA too, just like anything has its own weaknesses. Once we
recover the data by sequencing, we lose the DNA which is unavoidable
as it’s a part of sequencing process.
But there’s a way to copy DNA that’s even cheaper & easier then
synthesizing it. It’s an algorithm similar to streaming videos where we’re
recovering the original files without ever changing them

12. Writing and Reading data on DNA is obviously time consuming but only for
now. So what should be focused is on storing data for long terms until a much
simpler solution is available. This program by UNESCO, called Memory of the
world, it’s been created to preserve historical materials that are considered of
value to all of humanity. But it doesn’t have to be only selected materials for
preservance when we can save it all. Storage isn’t actually about bytes but how
well we can store and recover the data. DNA will never become obsolete DNA
storage is the future.
An Effort