DNA, Human Memory, and the Storage Technology of the 21st Century

TL;DR

This paper explores biological data storage mechanisms, highlighting their advanced features and discussing potential research directions to improve human-made storage technologies in the future.

Contribution

It provides an overview of biological data storage features and proposes research avenues for enhancing storage technology inspired by nature.

Findings

Biological storage systems have sophisticated features.

Potential research directions for storage technology are identified.

Implications for future development of storage media.

Abstract

The sophisticated tools and techniques employed by Nature for purposeful storage of information stand in stark contrast to the primitive and relatively inefficient means used by man. We describe some impressive features of biological data storage, and speculate on approaches to research and development that could benefit the storage industry in the coming decades.