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Weather Radar Goes Miniature

Posted by michael on from the button-up-your-overcoat dept.

quackking writes "As reported today in the Boston Globe, the NSF has committed at least $17M to build out a new network of miniature (at least in comparison with today's monsters) weather radars. This is to radar what Beowulf clusters are to the mainframe; the scientists at U Mass Amherst project that eventually a weather radar node will be deployable for under $20K! Now to figure out how to get real-time access to this mesh of sensors and create a really cool screensaver..."

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  1. Really cool!? by antic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Err, if you want a really cool screensaver, look out a window -- wind effects, sky, clouds -- all in real-time. Amazing, and not $17m!

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  2. Re:Weather Sensor Array by TopShelf · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's a great idea - but what about adding RFID sensors and face-recognition technology?

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    John Ashcroft

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  3. Re:MOD THEM DOWN by warpSpeed · · Score: 5, Funny
    Oh, God! 10 comments and ALL 10 are silly jokes about Beowulf clusters. If we need a Beowulf cluster then that would be to scan /. traffic and filter such stupid jokes out.

    Can we at least install on /. some neural-network scanners that would mod all such obsolete jokes down?

    Perhaps a perl plugin module where you can upload your own filter code to prescan the comments....
    /. would probably need a cluster of some sort to run it though...