Name: 我們如何在DNA中存儲數字數據｜Dina Zielinski (How we can store digital data in DNA | Dina Zielinski)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T08:14:10.000Z
Duration: 12 min 55 s

I could fit all movies ever made inside of this tube.

譯者: Lilian Chiu 審譯者: 易帆 余

If you can't see it, that's kind of the point.

我可以把過去所有的電影 都放進這個試管中。

Before we understand how this is possible,

it's important to understand the value of this feat.

我們在了解這怎麼可能辦到之前，

All of our thoughts and actions these days,

重要的是先了解這項技術的價值。

we rarely think about our digital footprint.

我們幾乎不會去思考 我們儲存了多少數位資料。

But humanity has collectively generated more data

比先前人類歷史上所產生的都還要多。

and none of these devices that we have really stand the test of time.

我們現有的儲存裝置 都無法經過時間的考驗。

There's this nonprofit website called the Internet Archive.

有一個非營利的網站 叫做網路檔案庫。

you can access web pages as far back as 1996.

你還能取得過去的網頁， 最早可追溯到 1996 年。

but I decided to go back and look at the TED website's very humble beginnings.

但我決定回去看看 TED 網站最初低調的樣子。

As you can see, it's changed quite a bit in the last 30 years.

各位可以看到，在過去 三十年間它確實改變了不少。

這讓我回憶起第一次與 TED 的接觸，

and it just so happened to be a Sony executive

Now, it's really incredible to be able to go back in time

能回到過去，存取當時的那一刻，

It's also really fascinating that after 30 years, after that first TED,

有趣的是，在第一次 TED 演講過後的三十年，

we're still talking about digital storage.

如果我們回頭看看另一個三十年，

Here it is being loaded for shipping in front of a small audience.

這張照片是硬碟在一小群 觀眾面前被裝載上連輸車。

它的容量等同於 一首 MP3 格式的歌曲，

I don't think anyone in this room would be interested in buying this thing,

我不認為在座有人 會想要買這個東西，

But it's the best we could do at the time.

但在當年，我們最多也只能做到這樣。

We've come such a long way in data storage.

我們在資料儲存方面 有很大的進步。

But all media eventually wear out or become obsolete.

但，所有的儲存媒體終將 會損耗掉或被淘汰掉。

If someone handed you a floppy drive today to back up your presentation,

如果現今有人給你 一張軟碟片來備份簡報，

you'd probably look at them kind of strange, maybe laugh,

你可能會用奇怪的表情 看著他們，也許會笑出來，

but you'd have no way to use the damn thing.

但你完全沒辦法 使用那該死的古董。

These devices can no longer meet our storage needs,

這些裝置已經無法滿足 我們在儲存上的需求，

只是其中某一些還能 轉做其它目的使用。

All technology eventually dies or is lost,

所有的科技最終都會停用或過時，

There's this illusion that the storage problem has been solved,

「儲存問題已經解決」 只是一種幻覺，

事實上，我們只是把它外化了。

We don't worry about storing our emails and our photos.

我們不擔心電子郵件 和相片的儲存。

But behind the scenes, storage is problematic.

但在這些場景背後的儲存卻問題多多。

After all, the cloud is just a lot of hard drives.

畢竟，雲端是由很多硬碟組成的。

Now, most digital data, we could argue, is not really critical.

我們可以爭辯說，大部分 數位資料都沒那麼重要。

當然，我們可以輕鬆地 就把它們刪除掉。

But how can we really know what's important today?

但現今，我們怎麼可能 知道什麼才是重要的？

We've learned so much about human history

我們從人類歷史中得到很多知識，

有來自在洞穴裡的壁畫和文字，

We've deciphered languages from the Rosetta Stone.

我們破解了羅塞塔石碑上的語言。

You know, we'll never really have the whole story, though.

但，我們永遠不可能 知道完整的故事全貌。

We won't have our record recorded on stone tablets.

我們的記錄不再需要刻在石碑上。

But we don't have to choose what is important now.

現在我們不需要去選擇什麼重要。

有種方法可以把它們全部儲存起來。

It turns out that there's a solution that's been around

原來，這個解決方案 其實一直都在我們身邊，

DNA 是大自然最古老的儲存裝置。

After all, it contains all the information necessary

嗯，就拿我們的基因組來當例子。

如果我們想要列印出所有三十億個 A、T、C、G（DNA 的鹼基），

If we were to print out all three billion A's, T's, C's and G's

接著我們把印出來的紙張 全都堆疊起來，

and then we were to stack all of those papers,

這高度大約是介在自由女神像 和華盛頓紀念碑之間。

somewhere between the Statue of Liberty and the Washington Monument.

如果我們把所有的 A、T、C、G 轉換成

Now, if we converted all those A's, T's, C's and G's

DNA 能夠在極小的空間中 儲存超大量的資訊。

DNA can store a ton of information in a minuscule space.

and it doesn't even require electricity to store it.

我們會知道這些， 是因為科學家重獲了

We know this because scientists have recovered DNA from ancient humans

that lived hundreds of thousands of years ago.

其中之一就是冰人奧茨（Ötzi）。

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