Bug Protein Powered USB Flash Drives - 50 Terabyte Capacity
Professor Venkatesan Renugopalakrishnan of the Florida International University has developed a way to store information on a protein layer, made from tiny genetically altered microbe proteins. This technique could allow DVDs and other external devices to store terabytes of information, it is assumed that a simple Flash drive could contain 50 Terabytes worth of information.
We probably won’t see an actual commercial bug drive for a few years, but even Renugopalakrishnan sees potential misuse stating “Unfortunately science can be used and abused. Information can be stolen very quickly.One has to have some safeguards there.”
Source: ABC Australia