What If Your Nexus One Could Perform the Same Calculations as a Super Computer?

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 7th, 2010 at 7:31 am

To answer the question posed in the title of this article: it can, plain and simple. MIT’s rbAPPmit (name of the app) team developed an app for Android – which they tested using a Nexus One – that could come close to solving the same problems that a supercomputer can in just seconds. The caveat is that they’d still need a supercomputer to create the models and formulas used, but once put onto a powerful Android handset, it’d be able to handle problems with ease (making it ideal for field work). I still can’t wrap my head around supercomputing and all it entails – and I’m sure I’m not alone – but it’s still cool to hear, nonetheless.

rbappmit-android-app

[MIT via Engadget]

  • Ariel

    Folding@home?

  • Morten

    No, its the opposite of folding at home.

  • Dave
  • Rosen

    I’m not impressed. Models and formulas are the only thing you need a super computer for. The calculation after that is nothing more powerful than excel

  • Yamthief

    I’m with Dave – this news is old. This keeps happening. Also – no news over the weekend every weekend? Does technology news stop transpiring at the weekends?

  • Bob Lee

    To those that keep complaining about the news being old, y dun u guys just move on to other sites if this is so “out-dated” for some people (including myself) only look at single source for news, we dun have the time to look all over the internet for the newest news/article. As for the having no news during weekend issue, do u want him to work 24/7 on it?? grow up and stop whining, bunch of babies

  • MIT

    Folding@Anywhere

  • pie-eater

    Thanx Bob Lee, u tuk the words right outta my mouth.

  • Keller

    “I’m with Dave – this news is old. This keeps happening. Also – no news over the weekend every weekend? Does technology news stop transpiring at the weekends?

    I agree with everything in that statement. I’ve started using other websites recently..

  • Dave

    @Bob Lee you seem like the type of person who only watches Fox News. I tell you what, when you can type a readable sentence, I will take you a little more seriously. LRN2SPL!

  • http://jcdo@gmail.com Jcdo

    @Bob Lee

    Im totally with you bro. These immature teenage kids really needs to get a beating. shut their lil mouth lol.

  • Sulli

    @Keller, got any good recommendations? I have started to consider other sites, but most of the ones I find are broader than Android.

  • snupples

    Twelve comments and only Rosen is on topic. If you can’t say anything useful, save the rest of us lurkers some time and don’t post at all please.

  • Paycer

    @Yamthief

    Dave’s not here man!

  • SwampFox

    Now who will be the first to make a rainbow table app for droid and make all the script kiddies happy?

  • zi

    im having a problem. how come my phone only showing old news, but my pc showing the “up-to-date” news?

  • Alex

    @zi: hit the refresh button.

  • Zerix01

    @paycer
    :D



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