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Squeezing the Entire Internet Into a Shoebox
Squeezing the Entire Internet Into a Shoebox
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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Jun 30, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Emily Leproust is the co-founder and CEO of Twist Bioscience. Her problem: How do you store data in DNA -- and make it cheap enough to work in the real world.
The cells in our bodies contain an incredible data storage system: DNA. Now, scientists have figured out how to use DNA as a digital storage device that is stable and incredibly compact. If you stored all the data on the Internet in DNA, it would fit in a shoebox.
But there's a problem: It's still too expensive to work in the real world. On today's show, Emily Leproust explains how DNA storage works, and what it will take to bring it to market.
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The cells in our bodies contain an incredible data storage system: DNA. Now, scientists have figured out how to use DNA as a digital storage device that is stable and incredibly compact. If you stored all the data on the Internet in DNA, it would fit in a shoebox.
But there's a problem: It's still too expensive to work in the real world. On today's show, Emily Leproust explains how DNA storage works, and what it will take to bring it to market.
If you’d like to keep up with the most recent news from this and other Pushkin podcasts be sure to subscribe to our email list.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Jun 30, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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