Tag - Source

New Energy Source Powers Subsea Robots Indefinitely

Power modules driven by ocean temperatures save money, reduce pollution No one has mapped more territory than NASA. The agency not only charts stars and other planets but also maps Earth from orbit. Now a NASA invention could let robots map our planet’s entire seafloor, helping to unlock resources while protecting habitats. The sonar devices for such an operation are...

A Vision For Ethics In Open Source Software

Ruby Together board member Coraline Ada Ehmke has been working for almost a decade on infusing the ideas of justice and equity into the culture and practice of open source. However, like many, her journey in the open source space did not start there. “I’ve been programming computers since I was a kid,” says Ehmke. “In the early days, you know, source code was in...

With New RFP, OpenSFS to Invest in Critical Open Source Technologies for HPC

Today OpenSFS released a new Request for Proposals for Lustre feature development feature development, parallel file system tools, addressing Lustre technical debt, and new efforts in parallel file system development (incubators). In 2012, OpenSFS invested over $2 million dollars in open source scalable file system technologies, including significant investments in...