By last year, which is 2021.
The local team at Southeast University successfully stored the school motto "Strive for Excellence" in four Chinese characters within a DNA sequence, and this even made it to SCIENCE ADVANCES. (DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abk0100)
But on the other hand.
Although this technology has quite a promising future, it also has significant limitations.
The first issue is cost.
In general.
The cost of DNA bases AGCT is 0.5-1 US Dollar each, which is equivalent to 3-6 Huaxia Coins.
Because the "materials" are so expensive, it poses challenges for both experimental and civilian popularization.
The next issue is reading the data.
Currently, storing a movie takes several months on average, much longer than computer hardware cycles.
At present, the forefront team in this technology is led by Erlich at Yale University, and not long ago, they coded an operating system called Movie 1.
This system can not only run smoothly but even allows you to play Minesweeper.
