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SUMMARY:Information Storage on DNA - Jossy Sayir (University of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:William Eustace
DESCRIPTION:Dr Jossy Sayir will address Cambridge University Wireless Soci
 ety on his research. https://www.facebook.com/events/241231943434909/ \n\n
 There is a lot of digital information in the world — about three zettaby
 tes’ worth (that’s 3000 billion billion bytes) — and the constant in
 flux of new digital content poses a real challenge for archivists. Hard di
 sks are expensive and require a constant supply of electricity\, while eve
 n the best ‘no-power’ archiving materials such as magnetic tape degrad
 e within a decade. One solution is to use DNA: a compact\, robust molecule
 \, as a storage medium. We call this DNA storage. The talk will introduce 
 the technology for writing and reading DNA\, cover data preparation and re
 trieval. It will also include an activity where participants will get to e
 ncode and decode their own messages into DNA in the form of coloured Lego 
 pieces.\n\n\n\n
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department\, Lecture Room 5
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