Chinese Supercomputer To Forecast Smog

Smog in Beijing Berserkerus, via Wikimedia Commons Old supercomputers don't die, they just get practical day jobs. China's Tianhe-1A, the fastest supercomputer in the world in 2011, is now being put to use tracking the terrifying and deadly clouds of pollution that come with burning almost as much coal as the rest of the world combined, according to a report from Xinhua, a state-owned media company. Tianhe-1A will process data from 668 pollution monitoring points in 114 cities, and will hopefull...