Can a file be stored on DNA? What would be the advantages of such storage? And what developments can we expect in the future? All these answers in 12 minutes!
0:00 — Introduction.
2:00 — Inspiration from life, DNA
3:24 — Storing files.
7:35 — A technology under development.
10:51 — Conclusion.
Video produced for EchoSciences Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur https://www.echosciences-paca.fr with CNRS research director Marc Antonini (I3S — CNRS/UCA). Based on an original idea by Play Azur Prod. Video coordinated by Gulliver https://www.gulliver-sciences.fr and Play Azur Prod: https://playazur-prod.fr/
Calculations and sources of the figures :
0:42: https://lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/pe…
0:46: 100ZB for an ADSL speed of 20Mb/s = 1.2 billion years.
0:54: DVD of 1.2mm and 8.5GB, approximately 1013 DVD for 100ZB or 12 million km.
1:04: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4154…
1:12: https://www.arcep.fr/uploads/tx_gspub… / https://www.carbone4.com/analyse-faq–…
1:18: https://datacentrereview.com/2022/01/.…
2:21: human genome of 3 billion base pairs, not including redundancies = 6Gb ~ 1GB
2:34: https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-huma…
2:56: ~10µm core containing ~1GB: 1015GB/m^3. SD card of ~100mm^3 containing 1TB: 1010GB/m^3
6:35: Capsule of ~100mm^3 and compactness 1PB/mm^3 (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s…) ~ 100PB. Disk of 1TB and 100cm^3: compactness ratio of 108
6:39: For 100‑1000 ZB, need 1000–100000 capsules of 100mm^3 each containing 10-100PB, i.e. a volume of 100-10000cm^3 ~ shoebox.
11:45: https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt862
This video is narrated by Octave Masson.