Author Archives: Nicole Hemsoth
Nicole Hemsoth
Blue Collar Computing Revisited: Lessons Learned
November 7th, 2011
A detailed and thoughtful look at how the Ohio Supercomputer Center has addressed the challenges associated with providing HPC to small- and medium-sized manufacturers. It hasn't been easy, but OSC has made major progress and learned much along the ...
Video: Microsoft’s Glitzy Vision of a Virtual Future
November 4th, 2011
We're all interconnected. Microsoft's take on ubiquitous computing.
Republican Candidates Agree: Manufacturing Essential
November 3rd, 2011
Candidates square off at Republican President Forum on Manufacturing.
You Gotta Know When to Fold ‘Em
November 2nd, 2011
Not long ago, a group of gamers did in ten days what a world’s worth of molecular biologists had been unable to accomplish in more than a decade: collaborating online with a video game called Foldit, they identified the ...
Chinese Wind Turbine Sector in Trouble
November 1st, 2011
Quality control issues lead Chinese government to end subsidies for domestic wind power components.
Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (1941-2011)
November 1st, 2011
Legendary computer figure dies at age 70.
Notes from the European COMSOL Multiphysics Conference
October 31st, 2011
Wolfgang Gentzsch surveys conference participants and finds that many, despite the use of workstations, PCs and a few HPC clusters, are experiencing severe resource limitations.
Dream Chaser Space Plane Program Off the Ground
October 31st, 2011
The rules of the game are changing. Space exploration, once a federally funded, government led endeavor, is becoming privatized. Testimony before Congress by Dream Chaser prime contractor, Sierra Nevada Corporation, details progress, cites long term economic benefits.
3D Printing and RepRap On the March
October 31st, 2011
At England’s University of Bath Digital Manufacturing Lab, they love their RepRaps, which may be multiplying like lemmings.
Digital Stonehenge – Still Mysterious After All These Years
October 26th, 2011
Not quite like being there, but a digital Stonehenge is the next best thing.