Lenovo PCs In The Name Of Science
Starting Friday, computer manufacturer Lenovo is partnering with the Center for Severe Weather Research to chase tornadoes across the United States in the name of science. The VORTEX2 tornado research project is a multimillion-dollar operation with a fleet of specially equipped vehicles dedicated to tracking down and studying tornadoes. Lenovo is providing the research team Think-branded PCs to help with the effort.
Starting in Norman, Okla., research meteorologist Dr. Joshua Wurman, president of the CSWR, is leading the research team that will travel across Tornado Alley, spanning 500,000 square miles across parts of seven states for five weeks to gather information on tornados. Here, Wurman stands atop the latest Doppler on Wheels, DOW7, with a Lenovo ThinkPad notebook. The DOW7 itself is a mobile radar that transmits information to mission control, where a stack of eight PCs crunches numbers and coordinates field operations.
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