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Interstellar Tech Support.

Authors :
Chan, Norman
Source :
Maximum PC; Feb2009, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p50-54, 5p, 1 Color Photograph
Publication Year :
2009

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.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15224279
Volume :
14
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Maximum PC
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
36240225