Building An “Iron Man” Pt. I: Military Grade Exoskeleton
The summer’s hottest blockbuster thus far has been Iron Man — not even the runaway hit Grand Theft Auto IV could slow it down. The movie centers around a super hero using a high tech suit to perform heroic feats no ordinary man could. What’s intriguing [...]
Read More Comments Off
Building An “Iron Man” Pt. I: Military Grade Exoskeleton
The summer’s hottest blockbuster thus far has been Iron Man — not even the runaway hit Grand Theft Auto IV could slow it down. The movie centers around a super hero using a high tech suit to perform heroic feats no ordinary man could. What’s intriguing [...]
Read More Comments Off
Rensselaer Student’s Inventions Could Improve Magnetic Storage Capacities
Magnetic data storage mediums have progressed quite nicely in the past few years. Hard drive sizes have grown while prices have plummeted. While the improvements have been impressive, two inventions by Rensselaer Polytechnic student Paul Morrow show that there’s still some room for improvement.
Morrow’s first invention is a [...]
Read More Comments Off
Windows XP Now Available on OLPC XO Notebook
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Foundation has been pushing its XO notebooks in developing nations for a while now at a price of \$188 per notebook. The XO has had some stiff competition in the market from competitors like the Classmate from Intel. Many have seen one [...]
Read More Comments Off
Oakridge National Laboratory Supercomputer Gets Upgraded
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been using one of the most powerful supercomputers within the Department of Energy to perform complex calculations required for all sorts of science experiments and projects.
ORNL announced today that its Jaguar supercomputer has been upgraded. Jaguar is a Cray XT4 supercomputer and after [...]
Read More Comments Off
Rensselaer Student’s Inventions Could Improve Magnetic Storage Capacities
Magnetic data storage mediums have progressed quite nicely in the past few years. Hard drive sizes have grown while prices have plummeted. While the improvements have been impressive, two inventions by Rensselaer Polytechnic student Paul Morrow show that there’s still some room for improvement.
Morrow’s first invention is a [...]
Read More Comments Off
Windows XP Now Available on OLPC XO Notebook
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Foundation has been pushing its XO notebooks in developing nations for a while now at a price of \$188 per notebook. The XO has had some stiff competition in the market from competitors like the Classmate from Intel. Many have seen one [...]
Read More Comments Off
Oakridge National Laboratory Supercomputer Gets Upgraded
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been using one of the most powerful supercomputers within the Department of Energy to perform complex calculations required for all sorts of science experiments and projects.
ORNL announced today that its Jaguar supercomputer has been upgraded. Jaguar is a Cray XT4 supercomputer and after [...]
Read More Comments Off