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Interstellar Tech Support.
- Source :
- Maximum PC; Feb2009, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p50-54, 5p, 1 Color Photograph
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- The article highlights Jon Britton, senior system engineer, who is one of the talented people bootstrapping planetarium technology into the digital age in Morrison Planetarium, San Francisco, California. Britton has a background in computer science and virtual systems engineering, thus joined the staff at the California Academy of Sciences to lead the engineering team responsible for wiring the entire building. The Morrison Planetarium presents "Fragile Planet" which runs on one of the computing clusters using Global Immersion software.
- Subjects :
- PLANETARIUMS
SYSTEMS engineering
DIGITAL technology
CONSTRUCTION
ENGINEERS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15224279
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Maximum PC
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 36240225