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Hong Kong Team Stores 90GB of Data In 1g of Bacteria
Bananana writes "A research team out of the Chinese University of Hong Kong has found a way to do data encryption and storage with bacteria. The project is called 'Bioencryption,' and their presentation (as a PDF file) is here."
Hopefully they will contain the spelling of the word Bacteria :P
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it.
My anti-virus software just deleted all my data!
My Windows computer has been infected! Go buy another 2TB hard drive, I'm running out of space at an exponential rate!
In Soviet Russia, bacteria infects your data!
The Bacteria Protection Agency is up in arms!
Hello nerds. Look at your keyboard, now back to me, now back at your keyboard, now back to me. Sadly, it's infected with bacteria, but if you stopped washing your hands, it could be a lot worst. Look down, back up, where are you? You’re still at your desk reading this shit. What’s on your hand, back at me. I have it, the solution to your storage problems. Look again, the bacteria are now data. Anything is possible when you stop bathing. I’m a trojan horse.
etc.
Does "1g of bacteria" mean 1000 or 1024 milligrams?
Now we've got three meanings for GB:
1GB = 10^9
1GB = 2^30
1GB = 1 Gram Bacteria
When will the madness end!?
When information is power, privacy is freedom.