Grid-powered holography

Using the grid, researchers at Brunel University found a way to make holographic images of water samples in 66 percent less time than conventional, single-desktop machines.

In recent years, biologists have used holograms to make three-dimensional (3-D) snapshots of water, and study the underwater world without harming its denizens.

As camera technology improved, researchers could gather more information—and take more detailed pictures.

Paradoxically, advances in digital technology meant that images take longer to process and store: pictures are bigger and more complex, with a single charge-coupled-device (CCD) chip capturing as many as 100,000,000 pixels.

The result? A single desktop machine often takes 12 hours to handle one 3-D image.

Feature - We can all get along

Multiple middleware

Recently, three researchers in Italy found a new approach to grid interoperation, based on “middleware co-existence.”

Feature - Data Transfer Technology

GridFTP moves data and news

GridFTP, a data transfer protocol optimized for high-bandwidth wide-area networks, handles more than 2.5 million data transfers a day.

Link of the week

Fun factoids

“The first test (of the grid) is this gigantic atom-smasher. Assuming it won't blow up the world, which there is some talk it will do . . .”

These were just some of the things said about the grid in a 2-minute story on a well-known cable news channel.

Image of the week

Modeling the salty seas