It will then soar past it because of the continuing acceleration of information-based technologies, as well as the ability of machines to instantly share their knowledge.

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For example, Schooner Information Technology has software for database acceleration that makes databases run 8 times faster than typical configurations by using boatloads of flash memory on commodity hardware.

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Toyota had internal information that their cars had a sudden acceleration problem and failed to respond appropriately.

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Those behind the project were inspired by the way that the sharing of information gleaned by the Human Genome project has spurred the acceleration of genetic science.

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