Covering Scientific & Technical AI | Thursday, July 9, 2026
Uptime Institute Surveys Member Data Center Energy Practices
<span style="font-size: small;">Over half of companies say that saving energy in in their datacenters is “very important” to them. Only four percent say it's not important. But most of them don't have any financial incentives to do so.</span> Full article
CAE Experiment Round 2 Kicks Off at SC’12 in Salt Lake City
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/220px-Plasticity.jpg" alt="" width="94" height="73" />Call for Participation: Over the last four months a new CAE community was born and has been continuously growing. This is a community of CAE colleagues who increasingly benefit from the use of remote and cloud computing resources. Learn how you can join in. Full article
Nanotechnology to Save Renewable Energy
<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Canunda_wind_farm_DKC1.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="71" />Faced with the eventual extinction of fossil fuels, scientists have turned to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, using highly efficient nanoparticle-based batteries for energy storage and delivery. Full article
The Dream of Mainstream
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/t-rex-full-size-dinosaur-educational-toys-400x400.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" />Recently I traveled to San Francisco to participate in a conference of leading women, across all fields including science, medicine, the arts and industry. As I talked about my organization, NCMS, I noticed that for the first time ever, the audience’s eyes didn’t glaze over Full article
Cloud Computing 101: Preparing for What’s Coming
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/cloudcomputing.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="95" />Feeling a little fuzzy about just what cloud computing is and what it can do for you? Earl Dodd explains. Full article
Nortel: Casualty of Outsourcing or Cyber Espionage?
<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/rcasmall.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="62" />Many Canadians claim that Huawei used cyber espionage to push Nortel out of the telecom market, but their mistake may have been in choosing to outsource in the first place. Full article
Self-Driving Cars Propel Us into the Future
<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/selfdrivingcarsmall.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" />Automated cars may be just around the corner, but have to face serious legal and practical hurdles before reaching the market. Full article
Additive Manufacturing and the Aerospace Industry: A Perfect Fit
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/800px-Gulfstream_G-400.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" />Purchasers of business jets are notoriously picky. After all when you’re laying out $45 million to $150 million for shiny new aircraft, you want some say in how it’s going to look and operate. Full article
Rise of the Self-Healing Machines
<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/_63772129_906c141a-f769-44f8-876b-e58ef975d948small.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="53" />By mimicking nature researchers can manufacture self-healing materials may extend the longevity of fragile consumer products as well as military equipment. Full article
Building an Advanced Contract Manufacturing Innovation Cluster in Southeast Michigan
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/800px-Kansas_City_Assembly.png" alt="" width="95" height="67" />The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) is a member of one of 10 public-private partnerships across the country that were selected through the federal government’s Advanced Manufacturing Jobs and innovation Accelerator Challenge to receive a total of $20 million in awards. The purpose: to help revitalize American ... Full article
In-Car Ethernet: The Backbone of the Automobile
<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/ethernet-jack-fuel-filler-660small.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" />In-car Ethernet, currently in development from Hyundai and Broadcom, may help shape the future of cars by reducing cost, weight and clutter, but will require significant reworks of existing electric infrastructure. Full article
Mangrove: Fujitsu’s Experimental Green Data Center Design
Researchers at Fujitsu Laboratories are creating software that will choose and configure CPUs and memory devices independently to create the best platform for the job. The plan is to redesign the data denter from the CPU up. Full article
3D Printing Takes Off Into Orbit
<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/3dprintingspacesmall.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" />Made in Space aims to bring additive manufacturing to the International Space Station. Full article
A New Era in Automotive Engine Development Driven by HPC
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/ICE_Car.png" alt="" width="95" height="81" />Thinking electric vehicle, hydrogen, or maybe something solar? Think again. The internal combustion engine (ICE) is going to be around for a while. Oak Ridge National Lab, with its Jaguar supercomputer, is helping companies like Ford and GM design the next generation of advanced ICEs. Full article
Additive Manufacturing Gives Four Year Old Back the Use of Her Arms
<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/wrexsmall.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="71" />Dr. Tariq Rahman has modified a metal exoskeleton through additive manufacturing in order to restore four-year-old Emma Levelle the use of her arms. Full article
3D(RM): Is Additive Manufacturing Going the Way of the Recording Industry?
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/car1.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="69" />A new patent covering digital rights management, or DRM, for 3-D printers is aimed at making sure your printer won't print unless you’ve paid up. A new Napster brewing? Full article
Lit Motors Puts a Gyroscopic “Spin” on the Traditional Motorcycle
<img src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/LitMotors_C1small.png" alt="" width="95" height="73" />Lit Motors believes its gyroscopically stabilized, enclosed electric motorcycle is the solution for energy and space-efficient travel. Full article
4 Ways to Create Business Value in a Bad Economy With Infrastructure Transformation
It certainly might seem odd to propose an investment to transform the technical computing infrastructure digital manufacturing companies utilize at such a difficult time. Indeed, the industry has been hit especially hard by the global recession that in turn has forced many companies to lay off thousands of employees. However, this could be the most ... Full article
Defense Department Adds Direct Digital Manufacturing to its Arsenal
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15C_with_the_conformal_FAST_PACK_fuel_tanks_060905-F-1234S-017.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="79" />Technological advancements in DDM may soon allow for the fabrication of whole weapons and aircrafts, but can they meet defense safety standards? Full article
Trek Bicycles in the Fast Lane with CFD in the Cloud
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/bikes_in_desert.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="93" />When the company’s in-house HPC server proved inadequate, Mio Suzuki, an analyst engineer at the fabled bicycle company, turned to cloud computing to run more complex CFD cases in a far less time. Full article