The main difference between the two codes is that while the computer code uses 0's and 1's (again binary code), this code uses 4 symbols - A, T, C, and G. That's why I call it the "Quaternary Code."  Without getting too technical...A, T, C, and G - are four different chemical molecules. These molecules combine in different ways to form different protein molecules. The protein molecules in turn, combine to form cells. And as you know, cells form plant tissue and animal tissues. In a nutshell - The quaternary code is a manufacturing code. "Biology is the next frontier in computing."  Every bit of technology, from computers to smartphones, to AI, to robots, to 5G, to blockchain, is possible thanks to binary code programming, but now scientists have finally figured out how to program the quaternary code. This code is going to change the game for manufacturers. Within the next decade, it will be hard to imagine life before this transformation took place - just as today it's hard to imagine how we functioned before smartphones. What binary code is to the software industry, the quaternary code is to a rapidly developing industry called "Synthetic Biology." In fact, before his death, Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, said..."I think the biggest innovations of the 21st century will be the intersection of biology and technology.  Ever since the beginning of the internet...the number of transistors on the computer chip kept increasing - from less than 1 million then, to over 50 billion in 2020. As the number of transistors doubled every two years (an observation known as Moore's Law), the price per unit of computing power plunged. This depleting cost of the computer chip was a huge factor in the explosion of the internet. And now a Moore's Law - like phenominon is happening with Synthetic Biology.  Just as computer chips became cheaper by the year...The "Synthetic Biology Chip" is also seeing a rapid drop in price. While computer chips cannot get much smaller, or cheaper, the cost of the "synthetic biology chip" is still falling. Soon, it's going to cost just a penny. At which point...there will be nothing to stop synthetic biology from taking over the world of manufacturing. "This industry's innovations will transform economies, societies, and our lives." But the biggest technology story involving the quaternary code is data storage. By 2025, the cost of storing data will be 2.7 trillion. Clearly, the world needs a better solution for data storage. Harvard scientists have figured out how to use the quaternary code to store data (both natural and synthetic). Here's how...Currently your data is stored as 0's and 1's on your computer. Those 0's and 1's are converted to A's, T's, C's and G's, and stored in DNA-When you want to get this information, it gets decoded to 0's and 1's. Sophisticated machines will do all this coding and decoding. "Microsoft, the world's most valuable company, wants to transfer all the data stored in massive data vaults into storage devices the size of a match head. In 2020, 25 software companies, including Microsoft formed the DDS Alliance to promote quaternary code data storage. One of the companies in the DDS Alliance recently went public and in approximately 2 years the stock went up as high as 1,257%. {Twist Bio Science (TWST). Animal free beef was just a start. Synthetic biology is set to bring us dairy, egg products, and more." -Forbes-  Beyond Meat is already marketing "Beyond Pork" in China and Impossible Foods is making plant based fish. From fertilizers to oils to meats to dairy...synthetic biology is changing the face of farming and agriculture. Scientists succeeded in changing the  face of farming and agriculture. Scientists succeeded in tweeking the quaternary code of E-Coli (bacteria in your gut) to produce a chemical compound used to make everything from spandex to car bumpers.