Author Archives: Nicole Hemsoth
Nicole Hemsoth
History Rich Museum or Self-Marketing Apple Store?
March 1st, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Smithsonian.JPG" alt="" width="92" height="61" />Steven Pearlstein, a columnist for the <em>Washington Post</em> and Edward Tenner writing in the <em>Atlantic</em> have differing opinions on how American Industry should be celebrated on the National Mall. <em><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(image: ...
Power, Point
February 29th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMR_Chernobyl.jpg" alt="" width="110" height="95" />As it happens, years ago I had the opportunity to do some consulting for a nonprofit think tank regarding nuclear power – particularly survivability in the wake of catastrophic events, likelihood of ...
SGI ICE Supercomputer and Advanced Manufacturing
February 27th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/ICE_system_large.jpg" alt="" width="116" height="88" />Due to its cost and complexity, high performance computing (HPC) historically has been restricted to the big guys – government labs, the military, large corporations, and well-heeled academic institutions (if that’s not ...
VIDEO: Autodesk Showcases Sustainable Design at Second Annual Sustainability Summit
February 27th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Screen_Shot_2012-02-27_at_10.38.09_AM.png" alt="" width="159" height="89" />Also presenting were a panel of customers discussing their use of Autodesk software to design greener buildings, better manufacturing processes, water turbines and an eco-refrigerator.
Dow Chemical’s CEO on How to Revive Manufacturing
February 24th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Liveris.jpeg" alt="" width="81" height="57" />In its Thursday, February 23 edition, The Wall Street Journal published a letter to the editor by Andrew N. Liveris, Dow Chairman and CEO, which highlights two critical elements in the ongoing ...
DOE Grants Bring Advanced Modeling & Simulation to the “Missing Middle”
February 23rd, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Vorcat.jpg" alt="" width="127" height="103" />Awards made under the Small Business Innovative Research program are designed to make advanced HPC software available to small- to medium-sized manufacturers and solve tough energy challenges.
Storage Hypervisor Boosts Manufacturing Efficiency at WIŚNIOWSKI Company
February 22nd, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/House_with_gates.jpg" alt="" width="94" height="73" />WIŚNIOWSKI Company is a modern manufacturing enterprise that must react rapidly to constantly changing customer needs. To assure agility in a competitive market, the company has implemented a fully-computerized large-scale manufacturing process ...
Green Lite Motors Forges Ahead with Unique 100MPG Hybrid
February 21st, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/green_lite_car.jpg" alt="" width="112" height="63" />A quick update from CEO Tim Miller – partnership with Autodesk revs up design process; latest prototype set for testing.
The Internet of Things
February 20th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/TNH_We_inter-are_circle_09.jpg" alt="" width="83" height="58" />Last year the world's human population reached 6.8 billion and the number of devices connected to the Internet, fueled by the growth of smartphones and tablets, hit 125 billion. It's a wired ...
Video: LEGO Designer turns Paper Sketch into Reality using Objet 3D Printer
February 16th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/OBjet_3D_designer.png" alt="" width="80" height="46" />Turning 3D CAD designs of their products into functional 3D prototypes using an Objet 3D printer.
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