DANTE dances to the volcano

Domenico Vicinanza, an engineer at DANTE (Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe) takes recordings of the seismic activity of volcanoes and transforms them into sound waves, in order to help predict eruptions.

A musician as well, Vicinanza went one step further, converting sound waves from multiple volcanoes — Mount Etna, Mount Tungurahua, and the Mountains Pinatubo and Mayon — into a melody, which he then composed into music.

Pretty cool use of the grid, you think?

There's more: On March 29, the American modern dance company CitySpace Ensemble, on tour in Cambridge, England, (see image above) performed to his “earth-shaking” music . . .

ATLAS

PanDA makes huge job sets more bearable

The PanDA (Production And Distributed Analysis), developed for ATLAS, takes charge of distributing jobs, collecting results and managing workflow.

BEinGRid

Grid sails to the rescue

Shipyards in Europe cannot compete on price alone against yards in the Far East. So, they must must focus on making high-quality, unique, custom-tailored vessels. How? With virtual ship-design. Their tool: the grid.

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