DNA For Information Processing and Data Storage

Haydn Fenton writes "Here is an article on using DNA for data storage and even information processing. From the article, "The DNA molecule - nature's premier data storage material - may hold the key for the information technology industry as it faces demands for more compact data processing and storage circuitry. A team led by Richard Kiehl, a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Minnesota, has used DNA's ability to assemble itself into predetermined patterns to construct a synthetic DNA scaffolding with regular, closely spaced docking sites that can direct the assembly of circuits for processing or storing data.""

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Cheaters Paradise?

[Anonymous Coward]

If you could really store info in your DNA, wouldn't it be impossible for proctors to stop cheating on exams? I mean seriously... when you register for university you will have to have a full blown DNA scan. Then they will have to force students to walk through metal-detector-type-DNA-scanners just to make sure that the DNA you come to the exam with is the same DNA you registered with. And then trolls could mess with you by resequencing your DNA when you pass out at parties. *sigh* More evidence of the complications of technology, although the future is always interesting to see unfold -- mostly like watching a car accident!