Human Genome Preservation
Challenge
Professor Peter Kazansky wanted to see if it was possible to store the human genome for eternity using his femtoetch™ onto a crystal, inspired by the passing of a close family member.
Solution
Working with his team and scientists at HelixWorks, human DNA was digitised to binary code before ultra fast lasers etched it into the structure of the 5D Memory Crystal™.
Outcome
The crystal includes a visual key to show details about what data is stored inside and how it could be used by a future intelligence — species or machine — to create a human. The key shows the universal elements (hydrogen, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen); the four bases of the DNA molecule (adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine) with their molecular structure; their placement in the double helix structure of DNA; and how genes position into a chromosome, which can then be inserted into a cell.