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At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection,
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the grid could also provide the kind of power needed to transmit holographic images; allow instant online gaming with hundreds of thousands of players; and offer high-definition video telephony for the price of a local call.
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“With this kind of computing power, future generations will have the ability to collaborate and communicate in ways older people like me cannot even imagine,”
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“It will lead to what’s known as cloud computing, where people keep all their information online and access it from anywhere,”
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“Holographic video conferencing is not that far away. Online gaming could evolve to include many thousands of people, and social networking could become the main way we communicate.
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The latest spin-off from Cern, the particle physics centre that created the web, the grid could also provide the kind of power needed to transmit holographic images; allow instant online gaming with hundreds of thousands of players; and offer high-definition video telephony for the price of a local call.