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The first heritage video stored on DNA: A case study on the future of digital storage

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  • MüLler, Jan

    (The Netherlands Regional Public Broadcasting Organisation, The Netherlands)

  • Meichtry, Yasmin

    (Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage, Switzerland)

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It has been projected that by 2025, humanity will have outgrown its capacity to store the large volumes of data it creates. To compound matters, it will not be long before the storage of data on spinning or solid-state drives is no longer sustainable, economically viable or environmentally responsible. DNA storage has the potential to vastly exceed capacity for writing to disk and tape, but with dramatically smaller physical space and energy requirements, and far greater stability. This paper will demonstrate the potential of DNA as an archival storage mechanism by describing how the Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage — the body responsible for managing the International Olympic Committee’s audiovisual archive — collaborated with the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, to store heritage video data on synthetic DNA, resulting in a world-first for archives.

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  • MüLler, Jan & Meichtry, Yasmin, 2023. "The first heritage video stored on DNA: A case study on the future of digital storage," Journal of Digital Media Management, Henry Stewart Publications, vol. 11(2), pages 161-170, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:aza:jdmm00:y:2023:v:11:i:2:p:161-170
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    Keywords

    DNA; storage; archives; innovation; heritage; audiovisual; digitisation;
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    JEL classification:

    • M11 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Production Management
    • M15 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - IT Management

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