Professor Koen Bertels presents a data storage model combining quantum computing and DNA in Riga
In September, Professor Koen Bertels presented a new model for storing ever-growing amounts of data at the University of Latvia in Riga. It combines quantum computing with DNA data storage.
Professor Koen Bertels introduced a new model for accumulating and storing ever-growing volumes of data during a visit to the University of Latvia in Riga in September. The model combines two technologies: quantum computing and DNA data storage. It addresses the question of how to preserve information as the amount of it keeps rising.
The question of a long-lasting technology
More than 20 years ago, floppy disks were widely used to move data. Today they seem a distant memory, because technology changes very quickly. That raises the question of which technology could stay in use for an extremely long time through these rapid changes and help store an ever larger amount of data.
The proposed answer
Bertels' answer is a combination of quantum computing and DNA data storage. The idea was described in an article by LSM, the Latvian public media portal, which called the professor's proposal a "crazy idea" and the conversation with him a talk with a person of the future.
The source text gives no further technical details about how the model would work in practice.
