I've been at the iGRID2005 conference in La Jolla, California today — an International Grid event intended to accelerate the use of multi-10Gb international and national networks.
There is a lot of mindblowing work on display here, much of particular interest to scientists, gov/mil, and entertainment industry. Demos so far have included:
* Distribution of mass cosmic data ray data from Tibet
* super-hi-def transglobal telepresence demos
* Real-time transatlantic dead cat xray analysis!
* High-definition streaming video from volcanoes on the Pacific ocean floor.
* A 55-panel tiled display showing extremely hi-res zoomable satellite images of New Orleans, post-Katrina.
The conference staff behind the iGRID2005 blog have been doing a terrific job of chronicling the event, so here are a couple of links:
* 20,000 terabits beneath the sea
* First-Ever Live HD Images from Seafloor to Land Available as IP-Based Feed
* More snapshots of iGrid activity
* Nortel Demonstrates World's First Integrated Data Encryption for 10 Gbps Networks
Whups, gotta go — there's a 4K digital cinema demo beginning at 430, and CalIT2 director Larry Smarr says "It's gonna be AWESOME." At left, he's showing me another demo which was — well, awesome. Dan Sandin's personal varrier, an immersive stereoscopic environment that doesn't require special 3-D glasses.
Link to iGRID2005 blog.
