NOAA Boots Up Its New Supercomputers
U.S. weather models are about to become more accurate and efficient thanks to faster supercomputers and more storage. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said the two Dell systems added to its IBMs and Crays at data centers in Reston, Va., and Orlando, Fla. elevate its combined weather and climate supercomputing system to among the 30 fastest in the world, with the ability to now process 8 quadrillion calculations per second. “NOAA’s supercomputers play a vital role in monitoring numerous weather events from blizzards to hurricanes,” said
Ocean Exchange Calls for Innovative Solutions
(new for 2013)—a globally accessible online portal to be housed on www.OceanExchange.org and frequented by investors and business leaders. Therefore, even if an applicant is not chosen to present at Ocean Exchange, that solution still has a very real chance to be discovered and funded—Adam Dell of Austin Ventures, a 31-year-old early-stage venture capital company, is an Ocean Exchange board member. Solutions presented at Ocean Exchange improve their chances of further business and technology success—like Liquid Robotics, a former participant, recently closed $45MM of funding and set