Si-Fi Bunny

[JackLuis]

British scientists announce breakthrough in turning DNA into data storage

A speck of man-made DNA can hold mountains of data that can be freeze-dried, shipped and stored, potentially for thousands of years, they said.

The contents are “read” by sequencing the DNA — as is routinely done today, in genetic fingerprinting and so on — and turning it back into computer code.

There must be a way to use this.

 

[R. Richard]

Not too long ago, I read a very old scifi story that used a tattoo to sneak coded information past 'the empire.' DNA coding takes it to the next level.

 

[Ironiclaconic]

Given the recent news about hominid cloning, I see a future trend in Neanderthal rape fantasies.

Jean Auel would be proud.

 

[GinaeEvans]

Given the recent news about hominid cloning, I see a future trend in Neanderthal rape fantasies.

Jean Auel would be proud.

I liked her first book. The rest went steadily downhill.

 

[Handley_Page]

Not too long ago, I read a very old scifi story that used a tattoo to sneak coded information past 'the empire.' DNA coding takes it to the next level.

I seem to recall a [true?] WW2 story about a prisoner who had his head shaved and tattooed with some 'secret' information. Eventually, he made it with a very ignorant enemy, and his head was read and the information passed.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I seem to recall a [true?] WW2 story about a prisoner who had his head shaved and tattooed with some 'secret' information. Eventually, he made it with a very ignorant enemy, and his head was read and the information passed.

That was clear back in Alexander the Great's time. A very old technique, indeed.

 

[Stella_Omega]

I co wrote a novel in which a woman's bone marrow was used as memory banks. It left her not in the best of health, but in a position to blackmail a couple of world powers... SciFi is so much fun