The Taj network, funded by the National Science Foundation, now connects India, Singapore, Vietnam and Egypt to the larger Global Ring Network for Advanced Application Development (GLORIAD) global infrastructure, and "dramatically improves existing U.S. network links with China and the Nordic region," according to an NSF statement.
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"Scientists deal with lots and lots of high-intensity data, and this dedicated other system enables transfer of huge amounts of data quickly and efficiently," explained NSF spokesperson Lisa-Joy Zgorski. She added, however, that it's not an elitist network.
This is great! Now we should be seeing a lot more cases like Anthony Wesley, the amateur astronomer from Australia who discovered the Earth-sized scar on Jupiter last summer. This is revolutionary! Now we can all be a part of adding to the world's body of knowledge on issues of scientific import! A non-elitist network! Fantastic!
there are no plans to make it available for home use.
Um. Nevermind.
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