Storing data in everyday objects

ETH Zurich researchers and an Israeli scientist have discovered a new method for turning nearly any object into a data storage unit. This makes it possible to save extensive data in, say, shirt buttons, water bottles or even the lenses of glasses, and then retrieve it years later. The technique also allows users to hide information and store it for later generations. It uses DNA as the storage medium.

References:
Koch J, Gantenbein S, Masania K, Stark WJ, Erlich Y, Grass RN: A DNA-of-things storage architecture to create materials with embedded memory, Nature Biotechnology 2019, doi: 10.1038/s41587-019-0356-z

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[SgabelloBello]

Buying a hard disk: brain = small

Becoming a hard disk: brain = very big

[JorgeGamaliel]

Amazing!! There are a lot of applications with high impact in security and more

[thelastcube.]

So basically I can make a life size copy of me that's also technically a part of me



Is this some new sort of inheritance?
Objectified Cloning?

[rjw]

if you could, who would you bring back to life?>

[rjw]

or constructing a programmed dna human to do what?>