OT: Super-computer studies aerodynamics of the potato chip

[Judy Perry]

Hey Jim!

Thanks for this.  It'll be a neat, semi-OT thing for the kiddies to read
this term in the general ed course "Computer Impact on Society"... (a real
course).

Judy

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, Jim Hurley wrote:

> This from todays NYT:
>
> "Once the exclusive territory of nuclear weapons designers and code
> breaker, ultrafast computers are increasingly being used in every day
> product design. Procter & Gamble used a supercomputer to study the
> airflow over its Pringles potato chips to help stop them from
> fluttering off the company's assembly lines."
>
> Today the potato chip, tomorrow the Shuttle.