$2.5M upgrade at ORNL's visualization chamber KNS photo/Michael
Patrick In this 2005 photo in Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
EVEREST facility, Sean Ahern displays some images associated
with studies of climate change. Bottom photo, insert, is by
ORNL/Brian Jewell. A staple of many ORNL tours is a stop at the
computer visualization chamber known as EVEREST (Exploratory
Visualization Environment for Research in Science and
Technology). It's pretty cool, with a dramatic 27-projector
power wall that truly brings science to life and helps
researchers get a better feel and understanding of the massive
data coming out of the lab's stable of supercomputers. For the
past couple of months, EVEREST has been down because it's
getting a major upgrade, with the power wall being replaced with
a new 3D projection system and another wall of the facility
becoming a second visualization tool for scientists. In other
words, the cool place at ORNL is getting even cooler. Jeff
Nichols, ORNL's associate lab director for scientific