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Air Force Expands Distributed PlayStation 3 Cell Processor Supercomputer

4 hours ago ago from subterrain.net :

The U.S. Air Force is looking to buy 2,200 Sony PlayStation 3 game consoles to build out a research supercomputer, according to an document posted on the federal government's procurement Web site. The PlayStation 3s will be used at the Air Force Research Laboratory's information directorate in Rome, N.Y., where they will be added to an existing cluster of 336 PlayStation 3s being used to conduct supercomputing research. The Air Force ...

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World’s Smallest Semiconductor Laser to Have Big Impact in Computing, Bio-Hazard Detection

14 hours ago ago from Interesting finds

AFOSR-MURI and National Science Foundation-funded professor, Dr. Xiang Zhang has demonstrated at the University of California, Berkeley the world’s smallest semiconductor laser, which may have applications to the Air Force in communications, computing and bio-hazard detection. (Credit: Image courtesy of Air Force Office of Scientific Research) Air Force Office of Scientific Research and National Science Foundation-funded professor, Dr. ...

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Information About The Us Air Force?

5 hours ago ago from The Orlando 10 - Top Ten Lists of the Best Restaurants, Businesses, Services, and Everything Else You Can Imagine in Orlando, FL

I have been wanting to join the Air Force for some time now but I really want to know what I will be getting myself into before I actually make the decision. I would appreciate any information you could give me about it including the process, the experience and the benefits. Is training really that tough? Right now I am in college in Orlando, Florida. I like the Air Force because of the technology and would like to have a job in the technical ...

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My Most Requested Social Media Slide of 2009 - Laura Bergells is Maniactive

12 hours ago ago from Laura Bergells is Maniactive - ...a lifestreaming adventure.

This chart is a valuable, at-a-glance image of how the Air Force responds to blog posts. You can see it and download it for yourself at Flickr. I also find the Air Force flow chart to be a valuable guide for responding to more than blog posts -- really, it works for all kinds of social media channel mentions (FaceBook, YouTube, Twitter, forums, comments, et. al.) However, when I perform a stand and deliver type presentation to ...

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U.S. Air Force using the PS3 for ‘urban surveillance’ research

7 hours ago ago from TekGek

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