Molecular Computing

Question 1

What are the advantages of DNA storage?

Answer 1

• Very high storage density, 3 orders of magnitude higher than flash storage
• Data retention time is 1 order of magnitude higher than flash storage

Question 2

What are the cons of DNA storage?

Answer 2

• Access time is 7 times longer than flash storage
• Reactive to environment
• Difficult to read data
• Expensive

Question 3

What are the advantages of DNA computation?

Answer 3

• Parallel processing
• Low power consumption
• High processing power

Question 4

What are the disadvantages of DNA computing?

Answer 4

• Expensive
• Noise
• Difficult to access results
• Difficult to debug

Question 5

What are the applications of molecular computing?

Answer 5

• Biomedical diagnostics

- DNA origami to construct nanorobots for drug release

Question 6

What are the ethical considerations of DNA computing?

Answer 6

• If large volumes of data can be stored, more data is at risk of becoming vulnerable from malicious attacks, so how can we protect it?
• If nanoparticles can swarm, how can we be sure they are only doing what we cant them to do?