In the late 70s/early 80s work was in progress at the New York Institute of Technology on The Works, the first all 3D CGI film. It was never completed, mostly because the computing hardware was not sufficiently evolved to make … Read More
At first glance, drilling for natural gas sounds like a great idea, especially in places where jobs are hard to get. But what exactly is the process they use? It’s called hydraulic fracturing and how it affects the environment should … Read More
A Taiwan-born MIT professor is trying build a factory in the US to produce batteries for hybrid vehicles despite all the obstacles. The government provides subsidies, but ultimately it comes down to convincing venture capitalists that there’s sense in having … Read More
You may not have realized it, but every Formula 1 racing team has its own IT team behind it. They handle all of the data that a modern F1 team has to deal with, including the 20 GB of data … Read More
If you’re still running Windows XP and need to purchase a new hard disk, you might find performance actually decrease. The reason is drive manufacturers are changing from 512-byte sectors to 4096-byte sectors. While this doesn’t sound like much, the … Read More
Recently, there were reports in the tech press about how Windows 7 PCs were maxed out on RAM usage. Ars Technica took a look behind the Windows 7 memory usage scaremongering and found it to be bunk. Now, Eric Knorr’s … Read More
Nicholas Carr says ‘yes’ but Ars Technica talked to bunch of others who say otherwise. To make a long story short, it’s definitely changing the way we think and process information.
OpenEarth aggregates data, models and tools for use with Google Earth. While the primary audience is marine and coastal scientists and engineers, the content is open to anyone.
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