SiCortex has demonstrated a Linux-based SUPERCOMPUTER POWERED BY BICYCLES. The SC648 computer "conducted a complex genomics analysis at a rate of billions of calculations per second while being powered by a team of 8-10 bicyclists riding generator-equipped bicycles" at WIRED'S NextFest. It's perfect for remote villages that need a supercomputer but don't have electricity.
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I can see the headline now.
Evil Genius kidnaps Lance Armstrong to take over the world
This is an old project already in place in India and Bangladesh where inexpensive desktop computers were provided to villages and were powered by bicycles! Of course, they weren't Crays. :-)
Talk about being plugged into the Matrix..... And they said that movie was junk.
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