Well, maybe building a distributed computing network （Like Fold@Home) by iphone is an improvement of the clusters. Let's think about a phenomenon, the most common functions of our iphone are calling, playing music, and maybe gaming, so most of the time the phone is idle. Why don't we try to use these idle computing time to help us doing some more important and interesting things, like determining the proteins structures?
I also noticed that there is some progress in grid computing on iphone and PS3. So I think it's possible to apply this technique to structural biology. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100413072040.htm Xiaoguang On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Tommi Kajander <[email protected] > wrote: > why, If we are lucky they will all just vaporize and disappear... > (...sorry couldn't resist...) > > tommi > > > On Feb 25, 2011, at 10:51 PM, Xiaoguang Xue wrote: > > But I don't know what will happen if we make a cluster by hundreds and >> thousands of iphones. >> >> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Xiaoguang Xue <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Your idea is very cool, but i think it's difficult to run CCP4, Coot or >> Phenix on iphone/itouch. Because the CPU of iphone/itouch is very slow and >> the graphics engine is also not good enough for these programs. >> >> But I think we can install an SSH client app on iphone/itouch/ipad, such >> as iSSH, then we can control our server or workstation by iphone/itouch, and >> we can run these 'big' software remotely. If this can be considered working >> on an iphone, I think we can do that. >> >> Nice weekend! >> >> Xiaoguang >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 8:54 PM, Jacob Keller < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> is there a ccp4 app for iphones yet? Has any structure been solved on >> an iphone? I know BR uses an iphone to drive his robots, but what >> about structures? >> >> (A question for Friday afternoon...) >> >> JPK >> >> >> ******************************************* >> Jacob Pearson Keller >> Northwestern University >> Medical Scientist Training Program >> cel: <773.608.9185>773.608.9185 >> email: [email protected] >> ******************************************* >> >> >> >> -- >> Xiaoguang Xue, PhD student >> Utrecht University >> Crystal & Structural Chemistry >> Padualaan 8. Room N807 >> 3584 CH Utrecht >> The Netherlands >> Tel. <%2B31-30-253-2383>+31-30-253-2383 >> >> >> >> -- >> Xiaoguang Xue, PhD student >> Utrecht University >> Crystal & Structural Chemistry >> Padualaan 8. Room N807 >> 3584 CH Utrecht >> The Netherlands >> Tel. <%2B31-30-253-2383>+31-30-253-2383 >> > > Tommi Kajander, Ph.D. > Structural Biology and Biophysics > Institute of Biotechnology > University of Helsinki > Viikinkaari 1 > (P.O. Box 65) > 00014 Helsinki > Finland > p. <%2B358-9-19158903>+358-9-19158903 > [email protected] > -- Xiaoguang Xue, PhD student Utrecht University Crystal & Structural Chemistry Padualaan 8. Room N807 3584 CH Utrecht The Netherlands Tel. +31-30-253-2383
