Covering Scientific & Technical AI | Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Google Asks ‘How Green Is the Internet?’
<p>With nearly 2 billion people connected to the Internet these days, there are those who question the effects that this usage has on the environment. </p> Full article
Virtual Fireside Chat with the Green Grid Executives
It is the mission of The Green Grid Association, a non-profit, open industry consortium, to become the leading authority on resource efficiency in IT and datacenters. The Green Grid's John Tuccillo and Mark Schiller open up about the consortium's activities and the benefits of membership. Full article
Are Bachelor’s Degrees All They’re Cracked Up to Be?
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/bachelors.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="50" border="0" />As the U.S. manufacturing sector fights to stay competitive on a global scale, the issue of improving STEM education has been key. But in a recent study measuring how workers in STEM fields are putting their educations to use it was found that half didn't need a ... Full article
Green IT: Barriers Versus Benefits
<em>A holistic and objective assessment reveals that it is better to adopt green IT in the interest of several opportunities and benefits it offers to businesses, the society and our planet even if it is a burden. Smart companies are now implementing their green strategies to innovate, create value and build a competitive advantage. This ... Full article
Chevy Looks to Rapid Prototyping for the 2014 Malibu
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/malibu.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" border="0" />Chevrolet has added digital manufacturing technology to its arsenal. Abandoning clay for their latest Malibu, the automaker has turned to two types of additive manufacturing to meet their rapid prototyping needs. Full article
Additive Manufacturing: Beyond Prototyping
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/LAM.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="77" border="0" />One of the largest issues facing manufacturers in the US and Europe alike is the challenges posed by low production costs boasted by developing countries. And with so many possibilities continuing to emerge from additive manufacturing research, this technology is looking to offer a possible solution to ... Full article
Eurotech G-Station promises a new concept for small yet powerful HPC systems
High performance computing helps companies to get results faster in many sectors, from engineering to manufacturing, digital media and finance. Applications used in these sectors generally scale over a number of cores/GPUs that fit small HPC systems. Eurotech, leading HPC manufacturer and solution provider, presents the Aurora G-Station, the new water cooled, silent and extreme ... Full article
Are You As Green As Your Neighbors?
<p>Opower, a company that helps consumers make smarter decisions about their energy use, relies on a quirk of human nature to help facilitate energy savings: peer pressure.</p> Full article
Siemens to Manufacture a Brighter Workforce
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/onlinecourse.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" border="0" />Preparing the workforce continues to be a pressing concern, with academics and industry professionals both expressing concerns over the readiness of engineering graduates searching for their first job. And less than a month after its launch of its training initiative for veterans, Siemens has announced an additional ... Full article
Big Data Meets Additive Manufacturing
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/LEAP.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="68" border="0" />When you think of the aerospace technologies, the term “cutting-edge” doesn't often lag far behind. Even so, GE Aviation's new jet engine fuel nozzle is helping to take that association one step further: rather than being made from 20 different parts, it's manufactured in a single step ... Full article
Meeting the Green Challenge Google-Style
With energy prices going up and datacenters getting bigger, green computing is essential. Google takes its 100% renewable commitment seriously with multiple clean energy investments. Full article
GE Aviation Creates Jobs With New Factory
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/geauburn.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="62" border="0" />GE Aviation has opened a 300,000-square-foot jet engine factory that will manufacture parts for GE jet engines, which will eventually power commercial and military aircraft. These parts include high-pressure turbine (HPT) airfoils along with precision super-alloy machined parts. The first parts will be delivered later on this ... Full article
Green Power Management Deep Dive
During Adaptive Computing's user conference, MoabCon 2013, HPC Product Manager Gary Brown delivered an in-depth presentation on Moab's Auto Power Management capabilities.  Full article
Password Crackers Give Immersion a Try
A crew of security specialists have deployed a cracking-optimized computer that is completely immersed in mineral oil.  Full article
Can Obama’s National Network Fill the Missing Middle?
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/missingpiece.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="71" border="0" />A little over a year after President Obama announced his plans to create a National Network of Manufacturing Institutes (NNMI), it appears that the first spokes are beginning to form around a number of upcoming regional hubs. And with the recent presentation of the network’s preliminary design ... Full article
Greenpeace Names Cisco, Google ‘Cool IT’ Leaders
<span>The sixth Cool IT Leaderboard ranked 21 technology leaders </span>based on their efforts to drive transformative change in the way that energy is produced and consumed.  Full article
The Path to Software-Defined Power
Fulfilling the potential of green computing in the datacenter requires more than innovative temperature taming techniques; the IT equipment itself has to operate with greater efficiency. A proposed solution incorporates an additional software layer to optimize power usage rates.  Full article
Boeing Goes Lean with Robotic Wing Painters
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/boeingASM.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" border="0" />Taking a page from the auto industry’s book, Boeing has added some high-tech workers to their Everett widebody-jet assembly plant. The new robotic painting machines are responsible for washing, applying solvents to, rinsing and spraying two types of paint to 106-foot 777 wings, and are capable of ... Full article
Green IT: Burden or Opportunity?
<p>A holistic and objective assessment reveals that it is better to adopt green IT in the interest of several opportunities and benefits it offers to businesses, the society and our planet even if it is a burden. Smart companies are now implementing their green strategies to innovate, create value and build a competitive advantage. </p> Full article
RoboCup Soccer Makes a Different Kind of Robotics “Goal”
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/800px-Robocup_Robots_Futbolistas_(4892794535).jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" border="0" />The world championship series for intelligent robotics will be held in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, from June 26-30. This RoboCup series expects to see around 2,500 contestants from close to 40 different countries. Full article