The participation of the HEIA-FR in international research and innovation projects is extremely important for the development of its network, for its openness to other sensibilities and for the promotion of its know-how. In a world driven by data, the need for innovative and sustainable data storage solutions has never been more pressing. Data fuels the pulse of modern society - driving advancements in artificial intelligence, healthcare, astronomy, climate science, and countless other fields.
The need to store massive data sets efficiently and sustainably has become a top priority for researchers and industries worldwide. Simultaneously, more than 6 billion smartphone users are generating constant streams of location data, photos and videos with data storage demand. The challenge: The world is running out of data storage. At the same time, current technologies for digital data storage have hit various technological and sustainability limits.
A significant share of new data is not yet stored beyond the short term, and conventional storage media do not have the capacity, longevity, or data density to meet global demand.
Successfully kicked-off on October 1, , this ambitious project aims to develop and evaluate a complete end-to-end chain of innovative next generation solutions for DNA-based digital data storage, offering an environmentally sustainable solution to the data challenges of today and tomorrow.
The platform will be developed in a fully modular and interoperable way, promoting seamless integration with other DNA-data storage solutions to accelerate the uptake and wide adoption of the PEARL-DNA technology.
