The Future of Storage
The future of storage methods will bring change to us all, but how will it change and which current storage devices will be long gone in years to come compared to the new advancements that will be made?
With the popularity of flash memory on the rise, and the current downfall of the magnetic tape and CDs, it may seem odd to think about the other possibilities of storage devices and how they could work; but why not start saving your favorite music and precious text-files for post-apocalyptic life and let the people of the future know about the life of today!
There is no denying that storage methods are getting smaller as time goes on with more and more size within, but have you ever considered the power within your very own DNA! This type of storage is more compact than magnetic tape or hard drive storage systems, due to the density of DNA and is capable of constantly holding data when kept in cold, dark and dry conditions.
The idea of being able to store data within DNA has been around for years, but big companies (such as Microsoft) are now looking into storing the world's data within synthetic DNA. Despite this, being able to store information within DNA has been a key in discovering the world's past as it has allowed scientists to discover information about prehistoric animals like the woolly mammoth, as they can retrieve information from the mammoth's frozen and dry body.
The storage method is strictly Read-Only, once made, but can hold up to an exabyte of data (10^18 bytes) per strand, which can store a 53,000 word book with 11 JPEG images and a java script program (as an example).
Despite the large amount of time required to store data and the vast cost of storing the information within DNA, it is clearly a storage device of the future and will definitely become more advanced and more popular as time goes on.
However, another microscopic form of storage data is a-foot, in the shape of atoms! Scientists have been manipulating atoms for the past 25 years, but have only recently been able to store information within atoms; because of how atoms become unstable at high temperatures, let alone how difficult it actually is to re-code an atom to begin with.
Like DNA, atomic storage needs to be kept in a dry and very cold environment of at least -196°c and can also hold lots of information as it can be as dense as 500 terabytes per square inch of data. Atomic storage works by programming a series of 1s and 0s (binary code) into an atom, that can then be decoded.
Because of the high density and the amount of data that can be put into the atoms, this allows scientists to manipulate the atoms so that they can work in a specific sequence and can, therefore, contain specific data in certain sequences. The data is also highly accurate, reported to be around 99%, giving a very efficient store of data.
Finally, DNA and atomic storage are both, clearly, storage methods of the future and will almost definitely one day replace magnetic tape and hard drives, how long until then though? We will have to wait and see!
With the popularity of flash memory on the rise, and the current downfall of the magnetic tape and CDs, it may seem odd to think about the other possibilities of storage devices and how they could work; but why not start saving your favorite music and precious text-files for post-apocalyptic life and let the people of the future know about the life of today!
There is no denying that storage methods are getting smaller as time goes on with more and more size within, but have you ever considered the power within your very own DNA! This type of storage is more compact than magnetic tape or hard drive storage systems, due to the density of DNA and is capable of constantly holding data when kept in cold, dark and dry conditions.
The idea of being able to store data within DNA has been around for years, but big companies (such as Microsoft) are now looking into storing the world's data within synthetic DNA. Despite this, being able to store information within DNA has been a key in discovering the world's past as it has allowed scientists to discover information about prehistoric animals like the woolly mammoth, as they can retrieve information from the mammoth's frozen and dry body.
The storage method is strictly Read-Only, once made, but can hold up to an exabyte of data (10^18 bytes) per strand, which can store a 53,000 word book with 11 JPEG images and a java script program (as an example).
Despite the large amount of time required to store data and the vast cost of storing the information within DNA, it is clearly a storage device of the future and will definitely become more advanced and more popular as time goes on.
However, another microscopic form of storage data is a-foot, in the shape of atoms! Scientists have been manipulating atoms for the past 25 years, but have only recently been able to store information within atoms; because of how atoms become unstable at high temperatures, let alone how difficult it actually is to re-code an atom to begin with.
Like DNA, atomic storage needs to be kept in a dry and very cold environment of at least -196°c and can also hold lots of information as it can be as dense as 500 terabytes per square inch of data. Atomic storage works by programming a series of 1s and 0s (binary code) into an atom, that can then be decoded.Because of the high density and the amount of data that can be put into the atoms, this allows scientists to manipulate the atoms so that they can work in a specific sequence and can, therefore, contain specific data in certain sequences. The data is also highly accurate, reported to be around 99%, giving a very efficient store of data.
Finally, DNA and atomic storage are both, clearly, storage methods of the future and will almost definitely one day replace magnetic tape and hard drives, how long until then though? We will have to wait and see!
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