# Appeal of Big Numbers New Prime Number is 30 Miles Long By Going Like Sixty | Published 2008-10-05 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/appeal-of-big-numbers-new-prime-number-is-30-miles-long References: [gadgets.boingboing.net](http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/09/28/largest-prime-number.html) We love large numbers: Googol, a large number that is the basis for the name Google. Trillion, the basis for the U.S. bail out, etc. Now using ordinary computers loaned by ordinary people, there is a new Big Number. It's the largest prime number to date running over 13 million digits. If you recall, a prime number is 2n-1. You may now leave the Matrix. There's not a hope of printing the prime number: the resulting number would be 30 miles long! or take up 13MB or so of plaintext. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.8/10 - Popularity: 5% | Activity: 41% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Computers](https://www.trendhunter.com/computers) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **LARGE NUMBERS:** Opportunity for businesses to create products or services that cater to people's fascination with large numbers. - **PRIME NUMBERS:** Potential for innovation in developing algorithms or technologies to calculate and verify large prime numbers efficiently. - **DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING:** Emerging trend of harnessing the power of ordinary people's computers for complex computational tasks, creating opportunities for collaboration and resource sharing. ### Who This Affects Most - **TECHNOLOGY:** Tech companies can explore the market for creating applications or platforms that engage people in generating and exploring large numbers. - **CYBERSECURITY:** Opportunity for cybersecurity firms to enhance their technologies to protect critical infrastructure involved in distributed computing projects. - **EDUCATION:** Educational institutions can incorporate the fascination with large numbers and prime numbers into curriculum or online learning platforms to engage students. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Colossal Holographic Displays](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/colossal-holographic-display.md) - [Niche Number-Focused Community Forums](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/37-heaven.md) - [Pocket-Sized Supercomputers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tiiny-ai-pocket-lab.md) - [Capacious Computer Memory Tapes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/memory-tape.md) - [Practical Quantum Computing Methods](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/grover-search-algorithm.md) - [Record-Breaking Optical Fibers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/highspeed-optical-fiber.md) - [Advanced Generative LLMs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/project-olympus-1.md) - [Billion-Dollar Yacht Concepts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gquest-goliath-series-gigayacht.md) - [Massive Record-Breaking Pizzas](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/worlds-largest-pizza.md)