The power supply was another huge challenge. The Supercomputer uses the same amount of electricity as 3000 average sized homes.
How do 1100 dual G5s end up using the same amount of eledtricity of 3000 average sized homes? Even with the cooling and networking, this number seems way too big.
Okay, this may seem short-sighted, but if silicon circuits are so much faster, why not simply design silicon-to-carbon interfaces rather than try to redesign the wheel? If the end result is accomplished simply by having the right protein the right place at the right time, why not build the circuit in silicon and simply train the cell to produce the appropriate protein based on the result of a calculation?
They are hacking the instructions written the code that cells already understand. This might allow for programming a cell to produce a particular protein only under certain circumstances determined by the hacked code. How is creating a silicon-to-carbon interface going to get a cell to do what you want it to?
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The power supply was another huge challenge. The Supercomputer uses the same amount of electricity as 3000 average sized homes.
How do 1100 dual G5s end up using the same amount of eledtricity of 3000 average sized homes? Even with the cooling and networking, this number seems way too big.
They should just prefetch all links on a page... talk about increased bandwidth usage!!!
is that electronic aper? paper? or diaper? We could really use some electronic diapers for my daughter, ones that let us know when to change her!
Okay, this may seem short-sighted, but if silicon circuits are so much faster, why not simply design silicon-to-carbon interfaces rather than try to redesign the wheel? If the end result is accomplished simply by having the right protein the right place at the right time, why not build the circuit in silicon and simply train the cell to produce the appropriate protein based on the result of a calculation?
They are hacking the instructions written the code that cells already understand. This might allow for programming a cell to produce a particular protein only under certain circumstances determined by the hacked code. How is creating a silicon-to-carbon interface going to get a cell to do what you want it to?