If the next time you eat an ice cream you notice that it's yummier, you have a computer to thank. A supercomputer, actually.
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.
Image: Motorized Ice Cream Cone over at the NeatoShop
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Skipweasel - My cat tries to do that, or more like wake me up in the middle of the night by pouncing and gnawing viciously on my arm because he's hungry. It doesn't work, though - I just lock him out of my room :D
I had a 20 year old who was quite deaf as well as blind, and when she'd get lost in the house, she'd start meowing until we came to find her.
She'd also make the most horrible noises when she'd play with bags. . . we always had to check to make sure she was just playing and not really stuck. But it was nice she kept on playing even at that age. :)
'do whatever you want'
I love it.