Ingress, a multi-player GPS based location game created Google' Naintic labs continues to grow. If you like geocaching, chances are you will like Ingress. Gameplay consists of establishing "portals" at places of public art, landmarks, monuments, etc., and linking them to create virtual triangular fields over geographic areas. Progress in the game is measured by the number of … [Read more...]
HTTP/2 Formally Approved
Mark Nottingham. the current chair the IETF HTTP Working Group and member of the W3C TAG blogged on February 18, 2015 that the IESG has formally approved the HTTP/2 and HPACK specifications, and they’re on their way to the RFC Editor, where they’ll soon be assigned RFC numbers, go through some editorial processes, and be published. This is a big deal in the HTTP world. New … [Read more...]
Register for TACC Webcast Teaching Parallel R Using Intel Xeon Phi
Register to learn about using R - and Intel Xeon Phi accelerated R - in your HPC applications via this TACC webcast. For more information about accelerated R see the pdf of the TACC presentation, "High-Performance R". This workshop will introduce participants to data intensive computing using R on Stampede. Prior experience with R is necessary in order to benefit from the … [Read more...]
Facebook HHVM Saves Wikipedia 30% Page Load Time and 50% CPU load over Zend
The Wikipedia blog, "How we made editing Wikipedia twice as fast" by Ori Livneh discusses the tremendous impact of switching to the open-source Facebook Hip Hip Virtual Machine (HHVM) for PHP. The HHVM code essentially converts interpreted PHP code to x86 instructions that can run natively on the CPU. This translates to much higher performance by avoiding PHP's usual … [Read more...]
FieldView Data Center Infrastructure Management Reduces Energy Costs Around the World
Making informed decisions about data center operating costs requires the sharing of accurate, real-time data with those decision makers who are vested with maximizing profitability in both cloud and enterprise environments. The FieldView Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solution is designed to help customers make effective use of their assets, space and especially … [Read more...]
Trend – Web And Big-Box Retailers the Future of Primary Medical Care
To reduce costs, a number of health organizations like Kaiser-Permanente, Bellin Health, PinnicleHealth, QualMed, and others are teaming with big-box retailers like Target, Safeway, Giant and other big-box retailers to create in-store medical clinics for primary care. The model is web-based where nurses and nurse practitioners staff the in-store location to screen patients. If … [Read more...]
Game Changers at SC14 – Obsidian and Landsvirkjun
TechEnablement has identified two game-changing "must watch" SC14 attendees: (1) Obsidian Strategics and (2) Iceland's Landsvirkjun National Power Company. In combination, these two organizations have the potential to convert the worlds hunger for HPC and the Internet from climate destroying coal to renewable energy. As Jeff Goodell observed, "coal was supposed to be the engine … [Read more...]
Khronos OpenROAD Video Shows What is Possible With OpenGL and OpenCL
Khronos OpenROAD is an animated video featuring all the royalty-free Khronos APIs working together in an open ecosystem. http://youtu.be/ckD0op6OgMQ … [Read more...]
Yobi3D Finds 3D Meshes For Animations And 3D Printing
Want to use that free version of Pixar's Renderman or a GPU accelerated version of blender? How about printing a cool 3D object? If so, Yoib3D is your best new friend who can find 3D meshes for your 3D object needs! Check Yobi3D's response to a search for "monsters" in the following screenshot: Turbosquid also finds … [Read more...]
Amazing Animated Images with Autodesk Draco and Kitty – Yes Even For WordPress!
Way cool for illustrations! Add animated images as an image to your website or WordPress blog. The following "images" were just copied and pasted into this WordPress post. No other work required! Draco was pioneered by Rubaiat Habib, Fanny Chevalier, Tovi Grossman, Shengdong Zhao and George Fitzmaurice as means to revolutionize the way illustrators and animators … [Read more...]