Forget silicon - SQL on DNA is the next frontier for databases

[Kent Sharkey]

ZDNet[^]:

A couple of years back, even researchers would wave off using DNA to store data as something too futuristic to have any practical value. Today, you can extend PostgreSQL with the right software and bio-chemical modules, and run SQL on DNA.

SELECT * FROM nucleus WHERE G!=C

[Lost User]

ZDNet wrote:

Initially, storing a megabyte of data took scientists a week.

Haha :D

ZDNet wrote:

But data and databases are going to the cloud anyway, and as long as your data is safely stored in a data

Hahaha :D

Kent Sharkey wrote:

This is because it's abundant, and cheap -- or, to be more precise, the hope is that it eventually will be.

It may also prove to be a big dud.

ZDNet wrote:

Eurecom, CNRS, ICL, UCA, plus Helixworks, a DNA synthesis start-up, have secured EU funding to further pursue research on DNA storage.

Because it's the future man! In a few years, we will all be replaced by robots! :rolleyes:

Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

[Bassam Abdul Baki]

My program in DNA code is equivalent to the ebola virus. Can I still share it? How do I re-access it to make changes without killing myself? :D

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