Storing data in the DNA of the living bacteria brings new visions for data transport and space explorations.

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Storing data in the DNA of the living bacteria brings new visions for data transport and space explorations.

Researchers are storing data on the DNA of living bacteria. That thing makes it possible to make biological data storage, which can store data "forever". The requirement, in this case, is that the bacteria can transmit the data to its descendants. The fact is that the data can pass the organism's offspring. The data can store two ways in bacteria.

One is to benefit the bacteria that carries iron crystals. Storing the data happens in electromagnetic from inside the bacteria. That iron where the data is stored could be in the hemoglobin of the blood cells. Which can use as miniature hard disks. And the second is to store the data in chemical form like it's done now(1).

Transmitting data over the generations is possible in both versions. In the electromagnetic version, the iron atoms inside the bacteria would store data. Then that data is driven in the mass-memory, where its reload to the next generation of the bacteria. In the chemical version, the data would transmit automatically.

Making the living bacteria the data storage is a very interesting idea. Those bacteria can use for living data storage. They can freeze to hypothermic conditions and the data can transport those bacteria between planets. And download to the receiver. The use of living and active bacteria as the data storage would bring brand new visions for data storage and many other things.

If the data is stored in cell-cultures of living bacteria, that thing can revolutionize data storage and transportation. If this thing is accomplishing the right way, those bacteria can store data forever. And even if bacteria dies, the same data can transport to the next generation of bacteria.

The system is quite easy to make. The data is stored in bacteria that is in cell culture one. Then those data bacteria are creating the descendants, which are transfer to cell culture two. Then the data of the original bacteria would conduct to the next generation of bacteria. But if data can store in the DNA of the bacteria that would make the transfer of the data between generations automatic process.

But what if the living bacteria can use as the living USB-memories. If the bacteria can store data and stay active, that thing can make new visions for data transportation. In this version, the USB-stick is like the cell-culture, where is living cells. When the USB-stick is put in the right port, the system would upload the data to the computer.

The problem with extremely long-term space flight is that even if we can make the crew travel in the form of the embryo, we should make sure that the data that makes those space travelers humans will download to their brains. So what if we can store the data to the DNA of those space travelers?

If we are thinking about human clones, we are facing the fact that without memories the clones are "useless". The memories are the things that make us individual. So if we want to live forever there is the possibility that we will clone ourselves. But we must transfer memories to that clone that it can live like the original person can be. So this is the thing where we can benefit the biological data storage.

Sources:

(1) https://futurism.com/data-dna-living-bacteria

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2264383-crispr-gene-editing-used-to-store-data-in-dna-inside-living-cells/

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