Large Scale Water Cooling System Chills Europe’s Fastest Supercomputer and Warms Its Operators [Supercomputers]

Extreme PC gamers often use highly efficient water cooling systems to eek every last drop of performance out of their PCs. But Europe’s most powerful supercomputer, the SuperMUC, will be one of the first facilities to use a water cooling system on a far grander scale. More »

The War Zone Cargo Copter That Lifts 6,000 Pounds Without a Pilot [Video]

Rugged doesn’t even begin to describe Afghanistan’s terrain. Delivering supplies to distant outposts over land through hostile territory is a difficult and deadly proposition—and even helicopter transports are not immune from RPG fire. So, to make essential cargo drops without risking the lives of American servicemen, Lockheed Martin simply removed the pilot. More »

52 Tons and Ten Guns: This Tank Killer Killer Makes it Rain Hell [Video]

Chechen fighters utterly pwned the Russian Federation’s tanks during the Battle of Grozny, targeting the vehicles’ thinly-armored roofs with RPGs from rooftop sniper nests. Russia’s go-to anti-personnel armor at the time, the BMP-2, couldn’t raise its turrets high enough to return fire. So, Russia began do develop an armored support vehicle designed for a dense, urban combat zone—the Terminator. More »