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Nearly everything we interact with in today\\u2019s world is digital, and every application we use without thinking twice about it is dependent upon various types of digital storage technology. With a seeming endless increase in the amount of digital data, there needs to be a solution for storing it all. According to Thomas Coughlin, that solution may be found in synthetic DNA. Coughlin is the president of Coughlin Associates, author of\\xa0Digital Storage in Consumer Electronics: The Essential Guide,\\xa0and well-regarded expert in the field of data storage.

He brings over three decades\\u2019 worth of data storage industry experience to the discussion today, explaining the future of data storage in a world that\\u2019s becoming increasingly digitized. He describes how synthetic DNA has the potential to store 1,000 times more data than current forms of data storage, such as flash memory and hard drives. He also discusses new research that\\u2019s exploring unprecedented forms of data storage, commenting that, \\u201cThere\\u2019s enormous creativity that goes in to trying to create new ways in which we, as information processing creatures\\u2026can capture and understand the world around us\\u2026and I don\\u2019t see it ever diminishing. I think it\\u2019s just the nature of who we are.\\u201d

Neuromorphic computing, brain to electronics interfaces, artificial telepathy, deepfake technology, and the associated legal and ethical implications of these capabilities are just a few of the other topics explored on today\\u2019s episode.

Don\\u2019t miss it\\u2014tune in for the full conversation and learn more about Coughlin\\u2019s work by visiting\\xa0tomcoughlin.com.\\xa0