Supercomputer hunts child abusers

With the help of their 1.8 petaflop supercomputer, Jaguar, researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee are sifting through internet traffic in search of suspicions patterns that will lead police to the perpetrators of child pornography.

In standard police work, checking a suspect’s hard drive will show whether they have been downloading illegal content such as child pornography. (more on newscientist.com)