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timbo_test
Its good to see articles on events like this, but a realy pity that the ...
rick.merritt
Facebook's Prineville, Ore. facilities manager worked on a Bluetooth link to ...
Slideshow: Hanging out at a hardware hackathon
Rick Merritt
1/29/2013 7:01 AM EST
Homegrown meter keeps cool

A closer look at the homegrown temperature meter.
Next: Servers get unwired

A closer look at the homegrown temperature meter.
Next: Servers get unwired
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rick.merritt
1/29/2013 11:48 AM EST
Is this the flavor of innovation the data center needs?
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chanj
1/31/2013 1:59 AM EST
Very interesting slideshow. Is there any more details? I'm particularly interested in the "Servers get unwired".
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rick.merritt
1/31/2013 10:29 AM EST
Facebook's Prineville, Ore. facilities manager worked on a Bluetooth link to report stats from an individual server.
But a more ambitious effort--that won the prize--worked on a sensor network to report details from many servers. I have no other info on it, though.
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timbo_test
3/12/2013 3:47 AM EDT
Its good to see articles on events like this, but a realy pity that the 'featured comments' have been placed to obscure some of the pictures!
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