Given recent breakthroughs in DNA sequencing technology and the work of a bioengineer and a geneticist at Harvard’s Wyss Institute, it is now possible to backup 700 terabytes of data into a single gram of DNA. To put that in perspective, an average PC has a 500GB harddrive so that’s enough space to backup 1,400 computers in a single gram of organic substance! If you had one kilo of the stuff, you could easily store all the data of a large corporation (700 Petabytes)! And it’s stable enough to last for thousands of years sitting in a jar on your desk. I highly doubt the desk or the jar would last that long! It’s all very futuristic and makes me think of many a sci-fi flick where the world depends on the heroes protecting a crystal that contains the code for life itself! Given that scenario, it’s quite poetic that the all powerful crystal would be in fact made of DNA.

For a technical breakdown of how it works, visit this page – http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/134672-harvard-cracks-dna-storage-crams-700-terabytes-of-data-into-a-single-gram.