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+ - Distributed Computing on Mobiles-> 0

Submitted by bobby1234 on Wednesday January 30, 2013 @03:21AM

bobby1234 writes "Back End provider Kinvey has an interesting article about an app called the Evolution Prize. The app is trying to solve the Heritage Provider Network Health Prize (http://www.heritagehealthprize.com/c/hhp) using Genetic Programming and off loading the compute to individual's Mobiles (SETI@Home style).

At first this seems crazy but then you begin to realise that the modern mobile is actually a pretty fast device (relatively speaking). Add to that most mobiles sit idle at night after spending only a couple of actual hours charging and that there are a ever increasing number of smart phones out there and you might have a ripe opportunity for distributed computing!

So Slashdot what do you think the practicality is of distributed computing using mobiles? A dead end or a new paradigm?"
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+ - Remote Controlled Tanks you can drive over the net-> 0

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on Wednesday March 25, 2009 @04:04AM

bobby1234 writes "A new type of online game has launched at www.rctiger.com that connects up Real Remote Controlled Tanks (1/24 Scale) to the internet. You can drive them around in real time and battle it out, even firing at other tanks straight through your browser. Wicked fun driving these things around. Something positively surreal about driving real hardware around via your internet connection. They are European based so lag becomes a problem for some people. You have to pay to play but there is a complimentary (as in beer) weekend this weekend, were you can just log in and have a go. They aren't running 24x7 at the moment so you need to check out the front page for the session times. Looks like they are streaming the games live via Justin.tv on their front page and there is a YouTube video showing how the game looks when you play. Something quite unique and revolutionary!"
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+ - Inexpensive Graphene-> 0

Submitted by bobby1234 on Wednesday January 30, 2008 @03:16AM

bobby1234 writes "abc.net.au writes "Australian researchers have discovered a cheap and simple way to make sheets of carbon just one atom thick — a finding that has implications for a range of developments from solar cells to bionic ears." http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/30/2149996.htm"
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