Cray XK6 Supercomputer Used To Simulate Ice Cream 55
An anonymous reader writes "The processing power available inside modern supercomputers isn't just able to help us better understand the universe we live in, develop better medicines, and model complex systems. Apparently it is also helping to make better ice cream. Research has been carried out at the University of Edinburgh to simulate the soft matter that makes up ice cream. More specifically, scientists are trying to understand the complex interactions occurring between the many different ingredients that make up your favorite flavor of the delicious cold stuff."
The ice cream will melt before simulation runs.... (Score:5, Funny)
How are you supposed to simulate something when the simulation generates so much heat that the simulated object can never exist long enough to run the simulation ?
Re:The ice cream will melt before simulation runs. (Score:5, Funny)
How are you supposed to simulate something when the simulation generates so much heat that the simulated object can never exist long enough to run the simulation ?
Don't worry, they simulated the freezer first.
Android (Score:4, Funny)
You need a supercomputer to simulate Android 4.0 ?
What will it take to simulate Jelly Bean
BTW my tablet runs Honeycomb 3.2.1 OK.
Re:The ice cream will melt before simulation runs. (Score:4, Funny)
Hopfully they find a way to create instant icecream
1/2 instant cold pack, 1/2 dehydratated icecream
Universe (Score:0, Funny)
There is something wrong with the summary. Ice cream is also part of the universe we live in.
1536 cores (Score:4, Funny)
Re:The ice cream will melt before simulation runs. (Score:5, Funny)
With great power comes... (Score:5, Funny)
...great Ice Cream!
Scientists do indeed have great imagination.