Sun has announced their Project Blackbox : a modular, prefab, stackable, shipping container-based, portable supercomputing and data storage warehouse β ideal for pirate utopias. Project Blackbox packages compute, storage, and network infrastructure capabilities into scalable, modular units outfitted with state-of-the-art cooling, monitoring, and power distribution systems.
Customers will be able to order a variety of standard and custom configurations of systems, storage, networking, and software. Housed in a standard foot shipping container for maximum flexibility, Project Blackbox will be easily transported using common shipping methods. Simple hookups for water, AC power, and networking will enable customers to quickly deploy Project Blackbox upon delivery.
The description make these things just the ticket for dealing with massive supply, deployment, and tracking operations. I imagine them set up around Baghdad, so that the movement of every person entering into and moving around the city can be predicted, tracked, and intercepted at will. I also imagine them around the Pacific Rim, such that even the slightest tremblors produce localised plans for mobilisation and emergency management. Thereafter, they might be found near financial districts, and rented at day rates by news networks at election times.
This thing is probably used to map the first and ten line onto live football broadcasts and similar tasks. This is what pushes technology at the moment. Your email address will not be published. Notify me of new posts by email. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam.
Learn how your comment data is processed. Skip to content Sun has announced their Project Blackbox : a modular, prefab, stackable, shipping container-based, portable supercomputing and data storage warehouse β ideal for pirate utopias.
