Living Earth Simulator Aims To Simulate Everything

Posted by timothy on Tuesday December 28, 2010 @10:11PM from the why-didn't-the-mice-think-of-that? dept.

H3xx writes "An international group of scientists is aiming to create a simulator — nicknamed The Living Earth Simulator — that will collect data from billions of sources and use it to replicate everything happening on Earth, from global weather patterns and the spread of diseases to international financial transactions or congestion on highways. The project aims to advance the scientific understanding of what is taking place on the planet, encapsulating the human actions that shape societies and the environmental forces that define the physical world. Perhaps this is Asimov's concept of Psychohistory come to fruition."

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Let me guess.... by balaband · 2010-12-28 22:16 · Score: 0, Offtopic

It is controlled by a bunch of mice?
1. Re:Let me guess.... by MichaelSmith · 2010-12-28 22:52 · Score: 1, Offtopic
  
  If you see the Dolphins leaving Earth, try to keep up.
  
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