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