Special Features:
GRIDS SEE BLACK HOLES POWERING
SUPERCOMPUTERS
The existence of microscopic black hole networks, which puncture the
universe,
may eventually give supercomputers the power they need, along with the drive
to fight against spam.
Using the newest technologies in grid and quantum computing, British
researchers have proposed using microscopic black holes to form a grid of
ultra high speed "write only" memory, with the state of each black hole
representing a single bit of information.
Cosmic rays colliding with tiny particles in the Earth's atmosphere,
travelling near the speed of light are believed to create these miniature
black holes
The new Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory in Argentina, which will go
online
next year, is expected to confirm the existence of these smaller black
holes.
CERN's next-generation underground particle accelerator, under construction
in
Switzerland, will allow researchers to create artificial microscopic black
holes and test their grid computing theories, says Professor Olaf Peterson of
London's Supercomputing Methods Experimental Group.
Peterson proposes linking microscopic black holes in a grid using
"superstring
theory" which attempts to unite Albert Einstein's theory of gravity with the
theory of quantum mechanics that explains the behaviour of atoms.
"Advances in grid computing have seen researchers harness the untapped
power
of the world's computers," says Peterson.
"Using these black holes will allow us to tap into the unharnessed power of
nature itself. The real trick is keep your valuable data on this side of the
event horizon."
One proposed application for such a sub-atomic network is a new generation
of
spam filtering, based on the research of Austrian theoretical physicist Erwin
Schrodinger.
"Just as Schrodinger's cat is both dead and alive until you open the box,
when
your inbox is reduced to a sub-atomic level every email will be both spam and
non-spam until it is opened," says Peterson.
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