Works previously stored in DNAa
| Year of Experiment | Usage Description | Specific Contents |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Art | Microvenus imageb |
| 1998 | Text | Text from the Bible, Genesis |
| 2001 | Text | Parts from a book by Dickens |
| 2003 | Text | Parts from “It's a Small World,” the main song of a musical boat ride from Walt Disneyc |
| 2005 | Text | “Tomten” a poem by Viktor Rydbergd |
| 2010 | Watermark | Watermark of a synthetic genomee |
↵a Adapted from Church et al.4
↵b Image of the external female genitalia representing female Earth.
↵c Encrypted into Deinococcus Radiodurans, a bacterium extremely resistant to inhospitable environments. Information resistant to the effects of a nuclear holocaust could be saved in similar cells.
↵d A true example of “living poetry.” For other similar projects, I suggest that you Google “Project Xenotext.”
↵e Watermarking a cell designed to contain information may help us keep track of it.