Author Archives: Nicole Hemsoth
Nicole Hemsoth
Making Stuff is Hard!
May 4th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/touchfire_ipad_keyboard.jpg" alt="" width="109" height="61" />I love my iPad, which has now almost completely replaced my laptop for most applications. However, its lack of a physical keyboard can at times be limiting. Last year, I began a ...
GeneDuped
May 3rd, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/3D_Pig_copy.jpg" alt="" width="84" height="65" />Now that we're into the month of May let's take a last look at some doings in April in which the usually reserved <em>The Economist</em> journal pulled off a neat April's fool ...
Resistance is Futile
May 2nd, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMR_Elephant.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="64" border="0" />Resistance to change is as natural as change itself – but history tells us that change is inevitable. As the Third Industrial Revolution approaches, those who stand to benefit should jump ...
Video: Printing with Clay
May 1st, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/print_twist.jpg" alt="" width="70" height="46" />UK artist Jonathan Keep traded in his potter's wheel for a 3D printer and now he's printing his pots rather than throwing them. The results are impressive.
Connecting the Global Supercomputing Community in Hamburg, Germany
April 30th, 2012
ISC ’12 celebrates its 27th conference in the series this year. On track to draw its highest attendance in the history of the event, the conference is welcoming close to 2,400 attendees from around the world. Taking place in ...
Feel an Open Window Anywhere
April 30th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Dummy_with_fan_on.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="76" />With funding from the Syracuse Center of Excellence and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Propulsive Wing LLC, in collaboration with Allred & Associates Inc. and Syracuse University, has developed the Personal Breeze Air ...
Report from the Frontlines: RPI CATS Technology Showcase & Conference
April 27th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/RPI_20111221_0026-cropped.jpg" alt="" width="99" height="69" />Rebecca Taylor, NCMS Senior Vice President, was a speaker at this year's event, discussing digital manufacturing and the Center's plans to help the "missing middle." In the process, she learned that the ...
Digital Manufacturing Driving the Third Industrial Revolution
April 25th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/CNC-Machine-Tool_small.jpg" alt="" width="65" height="54" />Disruptive technologies such as 3D printing, robotics, nanotechnology, and new materials are transforming the way things are made -- and in the process, reshaping the world we live in.
Dangers and Opportunities Explored at Internet of Things Conference
April 24th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Clipper_fist.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="53" />If our machines get too smart, too interconnected, will they turn on us like the cars, phones and elevators in Stephen Vincent Benet's 1935 poem, "Nightmare Number Three?" Probably not a topic ...
Teradata Active Data Warehouse Private Cloud can Benefit Manufacturers
April 24th, 2012
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/teradata-101.jpg" alt="" width="94" height="70" />As a data warehouse private cloud, the Teradata ADW directly addresses a major pain point with CIOs by ensuring computer resources are optimized and fully utilized.
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