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Skynet here we come!
The Air Force connects 2,000 PS3s to create a supercomputer
Did you know that the PS3 was military ordnance? The Air Force Research Laboratory has been given a $2 million to build a Playstation 3 cluster out of about 2,000 PS3s. Their goal? To create a Neuromorphic system designed to find examples of images stored in a massive database using systems that “mimic human nervous systems.”

Keeping with the off-the-shelf mentality, the Air Force is using metal shelves found at most department stores to house the PS3 cluster. They are also using Linux, which is a free, open source operating system.
The system will use 300 to 320 kilowatts at full bore and about 10 percent to 30 percent of that in standby, when most supercomputers are using 5 megawatts, Linderman said. However, much of the time the cluster will only be running the nodes it needs and it will be turned off when not in use.

via Stars and Stripes

crunchgear

Skynet here we come!

The Air Force connects 2,000 PS3s to create a supercomputer

Did you know that the PS3 was military ordnance? The Air Force Research Laboratory has been given a $2 million to build a Playstation 3 cluster out of about 2,000 PS3s. Their goal? To create a Neuromorphic system designed to find examples of images stored in a massive database using systems that “mimic human nervous systems.”

Keeping with the off-the-shelf mentality, the Air Force is using metal shelves found at most department stores to house the PS3 cluster. They are also using Linux, which is a free, open source operating system.

The system will use 300 to 320 kilowatts at full bore and about 10 percent to 30 percent of that in standby, when most supercomputers are using 5 megawatts, Linderman said. However, much of the time the cluster will only be running the nodes it needs and it will be turned off when not in use.

via Stars and Stripes

crunchgear

COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE HYPER-CONNECTIVITY

“y’all get your tickets to tha gun show? I’ll be the one wearing all denim.”

DON’T BREAK THE ICE

Look what I got! It’s about damn time!

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“Mr. Conan “CoCo” O’Brien,

I’m taking this opportunity to officially offer you a brand-new show of your choosing here at Revision3. We have room for the Masturbating Bear, FedEx Pope and even Mini Jay Leno here on the internet. Have you seen the internet lately? It’s huge!”

If you’re with CoCo as much as I am, you’ll give this a digg, retweet, reblog, or whatever: just SHARE IT!

I believe Conan O’Brien on Revision3 would be nothing short of epic. Rev3’s Ryan Vance speaks truth when he say’s IPTV is the future. With the current digital content shift who has been more pioneering in producing high quality, regularly updated, episodic web content than Rev3? And what better candidate than Conan to make the leap from prime time to anytime? The web is ripe, his audience is ready, and his fans WILL follow! Sure, Conan wouldn’t take home nearly the same pay (initially) but what would he care when NBC’s allegedly buying him out for $30M.

A partnership between Conan and Revision3 could prove inexorable and lead both parties to making entertainment history, forever establishing themselves as industry game changers. Although Revision3 is succeeding on this path already, with or without CoCo, I’d love to see Conan break away from the time slot paradigm, as well as many of the other foibles that come along with traditional broadcast media, and embrace a future entertaining billions around the web and around the world. While some others aren’t quite as optimistic, I’ve got my fingers crossed.

Either way,

I’m with CoCo!