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07 Apr 08

GridCafé - Grid @ CERN

Information about "The Grid" form CERN website

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Coming soon: superfast internet - Times Online

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.

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the grid cloud computing superfast network grid CERN internet web

At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection,
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.
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- “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,”
- “It will lead to what’s known as cloud computing, where people keep all their
  information online and access it from anywhere,”
- “Projects like the grid will bring huge changes in business and society as
  well as science,”
- “Holographic video conferencing is not that far away. Online gaming could
  evolve to include many thousands of people, and social networking could
  become the main way we communicate.

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