Internet 2.0: The future of the internet "the grid"

The future of the internet looks fast, very fast. Many of the scientists who first developed the internet are working on its next generation. Supposedly, the internet (2.0) will be 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection. Users would be able to download an entire feature film within a flash.

The latest version of the new internet, called "The Grid" was developed by a particle physics centre called CERN, who created the original web. The grid will have enough power to be able to transmit holographic images.

This summer we will see this project in action and experience its full power. "Red Button Day" will be the ignition day for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the new particle accelerator built to probe the origin of the universe. When the particle accelerator is turned on so will "The Grid" be turned on to capture the data it generates.