MIT Team sets world record in human-powered computation

MIT Cycling Team

MIT Cycling Team (Image credit: mitcycling.org)

A team of 10 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) cyclists used bicycles to power a supercomputer conducting research on nuclear fusion Tuesday in order to complete the largest human-powered computation in history.

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