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A u stin , T exas-based BOXX
Technologies has b o u g h t P o­
way-based Cirrascale Corp. for
undisclo sed term s. C irrascale
develops servers with m ultiple
graphics processing units. On top
o f that, Cirrascale offers cloud
com puting solutions designed for
deep learning infrastructure. The
company reports that the cloud
portion of the business has been
growing fast. It will hang on to the
name Cirrascale Cloud Services.
BOXX says it serves creative
professionals. It provides high-per­
formance workstations and ren­
dering systems for visual effects,
anim ation, product design, en­
gineering and architectural vi­
sualization. The buy “solidifies
BOXX as the leader in multi-GPU
computer technology,” the com ­
panies said in a May 8 statement.
Dallas-based Craftsman Capital
LR A D ‘T a lk s ’ to th e A n im a ls
LRAD Corp., which makes mass notification
systems and other loudspeaker-like devices, said it
received a $528,000 order from SGS Canada, which
plans to install the equipment at an industrial site.
By linking the system to avian radar and broad­
casting sounds (warning tones and predator calls),
the buyer hopes to shoo birds and other wildlife
Photo courtesy of away from tailings ponds at an oil sands operation.
BOXX Technologies
The GX8 Multi-GPU Deep The Rancho Bernardo company says there
Learning Rackmount Server are upward of 200 LRA D systems deployed for
such purposes at large mining sites. Separately in
Partners owns BOXX. April, LRAD said it received a $1.6 million order
Cirrascale was originally orga­ for mass-notification systems from an unnam ed
nized under the name Verari Tech­ oil and gas company in Eurasia. Shares o f the
nologies; it acquired the intellectual Rancho Bernardo company trade on the N asdaq
property of Verari Systems in 2010. under the symbol LRAD.

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An example o f augm ented reality
is “Pokemon Go,” which places com­
puter-generated imagery on a real-life
landscape.
The BEM R lab’s products include
G unnA R , which gives an augmented
reality b o o st to people operating a
heavy machine gun aboard a ship. The
gunner wears a helmet with a heads up
display. A partner (called a gunner liaison
officer) uses a com puter tablet to view
the gunner’s display and instantly send
com m ands to the gunner.
The invention has the potential to
shrink the delay between command and
action, and improve situational aware­
ness for both gunner and officer. In the
future, engineers might link the system
to the ship’s onboard navigation system
for precision targeting.
A related project is a virtual reality
simulator, to be used in training. The
virtual reality setup includes a replica
of a .50 caliber machine gun aligned to
a computer-generated world.
Local Navy scientists also exhibited
nanosatellite technology. Nanosatellites
are less than a foot long and weigh less
than 25 pounds.
Such satellites are cheap: less than $10
million for a first article and less than $1
million for a copy. Inexpensive as they
are, they can be launched in multiples.
Scientists can also deploy them rapidly:
in m onths rather than years.
The Point Lom a systems center is
working with the space office at SPAWAR
headquarters in Old Town (formally
know n as Program Executive Office
Space) on some nanosatellite projects.
Lab Day attracted exhibits from 63
defense laboratories, warfare centers and
engineering centers across the United
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and several medical technologies.
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