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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With a name like "Seeman"

[Doc Ruby]

As America's original "Melting Pot", NYC has always been a hotbed of cutting-edge DNA research. Dr. Seeman's NYU lab leads the world in the other kind of DNA chemistry, that doesn't rely on COOH in the bars and clubs of Greenwich Village. Ever since Dr. Seeman taught me in college to see stereoscopic molecular images by going crosseyed, his work has been messing with my mind, and making my longest molecules even more interesting. If you want a part of the info revolution of the millennium, forget California and Germany - NYC is the future, where it all comes together.