New Books!
viral data storage: harvard scientists encode a movie in bacterial DNA
viral data storage: harvard scientists are trying to find new ways to store our data, as usage grows substantially every day, and they have just revealed a movie that is …literally viral. consisting of just five frames, this movie has been encoded into bacterial DNA and it could revolutionize the digital world. to do so, they have taken eadweard muybridge’s ‘horse in motion’—one of the first animated stop-motion films ever made—and instead of capturing it on photographic plates, it is now set within DNA. Click the picture for more.
Democracy: Time to Refresh Your Understanding
With all the chaos and violence we saw at our Nation’s Capital, it’s a good time to stop and reflect. Our library has a wealth of books that can inform our understanding of America’s seemingly fragile democracy. Whether you lean right, left, or stand firmly in the middle, knowledge continues to be our most valuable asset moving into the future. Click here to open our catalogue and search for “democracy”. Whether it’s American history or contemporary, political commentary; we have it!
Data breaches on the rise. Here is a 2020 report.
With data breaches on the rise this last year, I thought it prudent to list the bigger ones in case anyone affected did not know. Click the image below for more information.
