THE internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds.
At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, “the grid” will be able to send the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from Britain to Japan in less than two seconds.
The latest spin-off from Cern, the particle physics centre that created the web, the grid could also provide the kind of power needed to transmit holographic images; allow instant online gaming with hundreds of thousands of players; and offer high-definition video telephony for the price of a local call.
David Britton, professor of physics at Glasgow University and a leading figure in the grid project, believes grid technologies could “revolutionise” society. “With this kind of computing power, future generations will have the ability to collaborate and communicate in ways older people like me cannot even imagine,” he said.
The power of the grid will become apparent this summer after what scientists at Cern have termed their “red button” day - the switching-on of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the new particle accelerator built to probe the origin of the universe. The grid will be activated at the same time to capture the data it generates.
News Source: Times Online
At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, “the grid” will be able to send the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from Britain to Japan in less than two seconds.
The latest spin-off from Cern, the particle physics centre that created the web, the grid could also provide the kind of power needed to transmit holographic images; allow instant online gaming with hundreds of thousands of players; and offer high-definition video telephony for the price of a local call.
David Britton, professor of physics at Glasgow University and a leading figure in the grid project, believes grid technologies could “revolutionise” society. “With this kind of computing power, future generations will have the ability to collaborate and communicate in ways older people like me cannot even imagine,” he said.
The power of the grid will become apparent this summer after what scientists at Cern have termed their “red button” day - the switching-on of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the new particle accelerator built to probe the origin of the universe. The grid will be activated at the same time to capture the data it generates.
News Source: Times Online
What about Internet2?
Sorry I didn't see that quote, but I imagine its true
Upload will still be 768 kbs.
Also,
imagespornographyFixed.
Upload will still be 768 kbs.
Also,
imagespornographyFixed.
how many of us even thought about that?
superfast internet = great. local storage speed bottleneck = not-so-great
probably it's gonna be streaming a super-ultra-High-definition film in seconds.
In what format: WAV, ALAC, MP3, M4A? That's a pretty meaningless statement.
ZIP or RAR, of course!
Face it folks, what you have now is the best it's going to get for a long, long time.
At 1:30am GMT Cern booted "the Grid"
At 4:54am GMT "the Grid" is the first witness to a mini big bang inside the particle accelerator
5:15am GMT the amount of data on the origin of the universe causes "the Grid" to become self aware.
6:37am GMT scientists realize their mistake and attempt to shut down "the Grid"
6:38am GMT "the Grid" initiates measures to ensure its own survival.
11:01am GMT John Connor communicates with the first resistance to the machines
At 4:54am GMT "the Grid" is the first witness to a mini big bang inside the particle accelerator. A black hole is formed, which immediately begins to devour the entire solar system.
There is no 4:55 am GMT
Seriously, they're not solving the right problem here.
Is bloody annoying having to try and remotley obtain 2TB datasets, would be so much faster with this!
Simple example: gigabit home/office network. How many have tried to get gigabit per second speeds and failed?
I guess we gonna have to place more bets on solid state drives now
Of course by then people will be complaining about only getting 100 megabits of their 2 gigabit connection or something like that.
Keep dreaming in the meantime
Tech business have been leaning in this direction for more than a few years now.
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