Superfast Internet with The Grid

The Grid, the latest spin-off from CERN, is a service for sharing computer power and data storage capacity over the Internet. This could ultimately provide the kind of power needed to transmit holographic images, instant online gaming with hundreds of thousands of players, high-definition video telephony and more.

clipped from www.timesonline.co.uk Coming soon: superfast internet 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. clipped from chihungchan.blogspot.com Learn About The Grid CERN - European Organisation for Nuclear Research, where the World Wide Web started, has put up a web site: Grid Cafe (The place for everyone to learn about the grid). It consists of demos, games, history, projects, blogs, podcasts, videos. clipped from gridcafe.web.cern.ch clipped from gridcafe.web.cern.ch Check out the five big ideas crucial to the Grid's success.... Resource Sharing Secure Access Resource Use The Death of Distance Open Standards clipped from gridcafe.web.cern.ch There are dozens, perhaps hundreds, of Grid projects going on in the world. Grid-tech projects Testbed projects Field-specific applications Industrial Grid Activities Grid Fora Grid Portals Volunteer Computing Grid Outreach initiatives Grid Consulting companies

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