Concept
Mount info is a physical representation of the amount of code contained
within the human genome compared to the amount of information that can
be stored on a floppy disk.
Physical interface
The exhibit will consist of a pile of books with a cell (invisible
of course) on top of a pin in a glass case on top of a pile of 13,000 books.
Next to it is another plynth with a glass case on top, within which is
a 1.44mb floppy disk sitting on top of three novels.
(based on 230,000 characters (bits) per novel or 46 characters
per line, 25 lines, 200 pages.
Interaction
Non interactive
Information provided by exhibit
This shows how incredibly efficient dna is as an information storage
device and how huge the amount of information contained in the human genome
is.