Advancements in technology are happening at rapid pace – and with that comes the need to store massive amounts of data. But demand is outpacing our current storage capabilities.
Steffen Hellmold of Twist Bioscience, is encoding digital information into the building blocks of DNA: “When you think about how DNA is written in nature, and the ability for it to store information, I think we have the blueprint for how we can solve a number of our problems.”
What does that mean for the world? Better ways to improve energy consumption and utilization of natural resources.