Using a grid of 14-kilometer cells, the new system will be able to simulate from one to five years per day of computing time, up from the three months or so that Jaguar was able to churn through in a day.
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The capacity to simulate events in one's head also carries potential downsides.
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One can simulate it in their own environment and understand the comfort or frustration associated with their product.
Our uniquely human ability to simulate future experiences is one of the talents that got our species out of Africa and into Wal-Mart.
Our uniquely human ability to simulate future experiences is one of the talents that got our species out of Africa and into Wal-Mart (nyse: WMT - news - people ).
The most powerful of these units, at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is 16 times more powerful than the one Markram is using and will be used to simulate the intricate ways that proteins fold--one of biology's big mysteries.
Some folks are flinging marshmallows and ping-pong balls at one another to simulate hail.
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In one test, scientists simulate the conditions of a main steam-line break.
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Known as the Cybram 001, it's said to properly simulate the flow and pressure of one's arterial system from the cerebrum to the groin, and should allow doctors to gain greater familiarity with inserting surgical instruments into these delicate spaces.
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Still, movies try to simulate life, or heighten it, and this one succeeds only partly.
Both amateur and professional roboticists entered their creations (which curiously, were required to house a small animal -- don't ask us) in one of two obstacle courses designed to simulate either combat driving or building infiltration -- tasks which were made even more difficult due to the fact that mission specifics were not revealed prior to the event.
Unlike earlier research, which often used video clips or other methods to simulate crimes and witnesses, the Illinois study was the first and only one to compare the two methods in the field using actual cases.
Hyperoxic swim lanes allow swimmers to train in one location at a variety of altitudes, as the lane can be adjusted to simulate different altitudes.
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One idea would be to start with a protein in a random configuration, and then to simulate its folding for a short period.
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