Author Archives: Nicole Hemsoth
Nicole Hemsoth
U.S. Puts Top Supercomputer up for Rent
July 19th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Vulcan_LLNL.png" alt="" width="95" height="95" border="0" />In an effort to make the country more competitive, the federal government has made one of the country’s most powerful supercomputers available to any U.S. business—so long as it meets certain ...
ATLAS: The Robot with the World on its Shoulders
July 19th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/ATLAS.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="95" border="0" />Despite the diversity of entries in the DARPA Robotics Challenge, there is one image that event followers are now well-familiar with: DARPA's ATLAS robot. While participants already feel like they know ...
Opinion: Think Caring, not Persuasive, Technology
July 18th, 2013
Green is a metaphor for a healthy environment, and greening entails activities to restore and maintain its health. Given its current poor health, virtually all greening is aimed at making the environment less unhealthy.
EPEAT Green Registry to Add Mobile Devices
July 18th, 2013
The Green Electronics Council is collaborating with UL Environment to extend the EPEAT environmental rating system to include mobile devices.
Britain’s Roads to See Driverless Cars This Year
July 17th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Sheriff_Highway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1305325.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="71" border="0" />For the very first time, Britain is allowing self-driving cars to be tested on their public roads. The testing that will begin this year marks a significant breakthrough, as this will ...
Adding the Next Layer to Additive Manufacturing
July 17th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/GE3dmodel.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="95" border="0" />Additive manufacturing has begun to generate real excitement within the larger manufacturing community. For a long time in many industrial sectors, additive has been known as a great tool for rapidly ...
Putting Your Computer Where Your Power Is
July 16th, 2013
New Mexico-based startup SELC Corp. has taken the utility computing concept and turned it on its head by asking: instead of sending power to the computer, why not send the computer to the power? It's PC-as-a-Service with a green ...
Facebook Refines Energy Reporting
July 16th, 2013
As Facebook extends its reach across the globe, the IT giant's carbon footprint is also expanding. Still, there's something to be said for transparency.
Robotic Snakes Slither to the Rescue
July 16th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/CMUsnake.png" alt="" width="95" height="70" border="0" />While participants in the DARPA Robotics Challenge are hard at work designing a robot that can one day replace human first responders to disaster situations, roboticists at Carnegie Mellon are building ...
Consolidate Virtual Machines without Sacrificing Performance
July 15th, 2013
Virtualization technology makes it easy to consolidate IT resources, allowing more work to be done with less equipment (and less energy). It's a green proposition, to be sure, but what about performance?
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