If you can squish all the processing power of say an IBM Roadrunner supercomputer inside a 19-inch box and make it run on about 60 kilowatts of electricity, the government wants to talk to you.
The extreme scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency this week issued a call for research that might develop a super-small, super-efficient super beast of a computer.
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Saturday, June 27, 2009
America's Fortress: Cheyenne Mountain, NORAD live on
If there are two things that drive the folks at the world-famous Cheyenne Mountain complex crazy, it's the widely held public perceptions that, for one, the complex has shut down altogether, and that it is synonymous with NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
After visiting as part of my Road Trip 2009 project Friday, I'm here to report that both perceptions are quite incorrect.
For one, the Cheyenne Mountain complex is very much still operational. In some ways, in fact, in a world where existential threats come not from the Soviet Union but from things like natural disasters, cyberattacks, and amorphous terrorist organizations on the hunt for nuclear weapons, it may today even be considered more important than ever.
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After visiting as part of my Road Trip 2009 project Friday, I'm here to report that both perceptions are quite incorrect.
For one, the Cheyenne Mountain complex is very much still operational. In some ways, in fact, in a world where existential threats come not from the Soviet Union but from things like natural disasters, cyberattacks, and amorphous terrorist organizations on the hunt for nuclear weapons, it may today even be considered more important than ever.
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Faster data transfer
GridFTP, a protocol developed by researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, has been used to transfer unprecedented amounts of data over the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Sciences Network (ESnet).
The Argonne-developed system proved key to enabling research groups at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee and the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center in California to move large data sets between the facilities at a rate of 200MBytes/s.
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The Argonne-developed system proved key to enabling research groups at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee and the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center in California to move large data sets between the facilities at a rate of 200MBytes/s.
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Raytheon awarded DARPA deal for nano tech
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Raytheon funding to improve the advanced defense electronics system's thermal performance.
U.S. company Raytheon was selected by DARPA to lead a team that includes experts from Purdue University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Under the $6 million award, Raytheon will develop nano thermal interface materials.
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U.S. company Raytheon was selected by DARPA to lead a team that includes experts from Purdue University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Under the $6 million award, Raytheon will develop nano thermal interface materials.
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Pranalytica selected for DARPA phase 1B
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected Pranalytica to continue its involvement in the development of advanced laser technologies.
U.S. company Pranalytica was selected by DARPA to support the next phase of the Efficient Midinfrared Laser program. Pranalytica was one of three companies selected to work on the program's phase 1B.
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U.S. company Pranalytica was selected by DARPA to support the next phase of the Efficient Midinfrared Laser program. Pranalytica was one of three companies selected to work on the program's phase 1B.
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Iranians Avoid Censorship with US Navy Technology
Iranians seeking to share videos and other eyewitness accounts of the demonstrations that have roiled their country since disputed elections two weeks ago are using an Internet encryption program originally developed by and for the U.S. Navy.
Designed a decade ago to secure Internet communications between U.S. ships at sea, The Onion Router, or TOR, has become one of the most important proxies in Iran for gaining access to Web sites such as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.
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Designed a decade ago to secure Internet communications between U.S. ships at sea, The Onion Router, or TOR, has become one of the most important proxies in Iran for gaining access to Web sites such as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.
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