Author Archives: Nicole Hemsoth
Nicole Hemsoth
Green Technology and Servers
March 4th, 2013
You might well believe that computer servers consume vast amounts of energy, not only due to the fact that they run non-stop 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, but also because they require heavy-duty cooling systems and ...
Survey: GCR, IDG Connect to Gauge Green IT Perceptions
March 4th, 2013
In one sense, the notion of green IT has been around for long enough to be relevant in the general IT world. In another sense, it is still fledgling. So which is it? Green Computing Report is partnering with ...
Can HPC Cloud Technology Help the Building Industry Go Digital?
March 4th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/skyscraperscloud.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="106" />Is there an opportunity for digital manufacturing to expand into the design and construction of skyscrapers, condominiums and residential homes? Greg Howes, a founding member of the Digital Fabrication Alliance (DFA) thinks ...
Groundwater Flows through New Datacenters
March 1st, 2013
Supercomputing operators have to be more environmentally conscious than average to account for growing carbon and energy costs. One solution may be to use the Earth to provide the facility’s power and cooling. To be more specific, instead of ...
4D Printing: Manufacturing Intelligent Machines
March 1st, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/4dprinter.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="54" />Each week, 3D printing seems to be behind yet another breaking news headline. In light of recent breakthroughs in stem cell and live-tissue printing, it feels like we've only just now realized ...
Additive Manufacturing Takes to the Highway
February 28th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/urbee.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" />For decades the automotive industry has designed every facet of its cars' inner workings around a heavy steel body. But as four-cylinder options become more powerful, bigger engines have fallen by the ...
Siemens Boosts PLM with D-Cubed Update
February 28th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/d-cubed.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="87" />Digital manufacturing offers clear advantages over traditional methods, particularly in the area of prototyping. There, product lifecycle management (PLM) software can act as an extension of a designer's and engineer's imagination to ...
Iceotopes Cools University of Leeds
February 27th, 2013
<p>Server cooling company Iceotopes has been experimenting and developing a system that uses unique materials such as Novec to propagate heat transfer. After demonstrating the prototypes at a Cebit trade show in Germany almost a year ago, the company ...
Location and Innovation Intersect on MIT’s Manufacturing Map
February 27th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/innovation.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" />In the wake President Obama calling for the creation of 15 manufacturing innovation hubs in his State of the Union Address earlier this month, MIT has announced the results of a two-year-long ...
Photovoltaic Demand Misses Expected Value
February 26th, 2013
A significant portion of green computing is using alternative energy sources to power data centers. For example, the Massachusetts Green HPC Center, which we profiled here last week, is using a hydro-electric plant in Holyoke to provide up to ...
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