Team:Aachen
Using DNA for Digital Long-Term Data Storage
What We Achieved
As in previous years, the Aachen iGEM team was again very successful.
Best Hardware
Gold Medal
Top 10
Besides that, we were nominated for the following prices:
Track Award Foundational AdvanceBest PresentationBest Wiki
Humanity Produces Enormous Amounts of Data
Soon, it could become too much for todays storage systems.
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Are We About to Face a Digital Dark Age?
Loss of data poses a serious risk to infrastructure and safety. Whenever new storage technologies emerge, there is a risk that old media will eventually become unreadable.
The Solution:
Storing Data on DNA
With the unique properties of DNA and rapidly advancing technologies, we think that DNA data storage will replace existing solutions.
What Could we Achieve with Better Storage Systems?
Bring Artificial Intelligence to the Next Level
Training neural networks requires huge amounts of data. With a larger storage capacity, the development of better systems can be accelerated.
Efficient Data Transport for Colonization of Planets
If humanity one day becomes an interplanetary species, it will be necessary to bring lots of information to space. Since weight is always a huge concern in space, DNA would be an ideal choice as a storage medium for this.