Illinois

6 June 2018

This morning I left Indiana and their Amish community which does not use electricity and ended the day at the other end of the spectrum.

For my techie friends, I had a tour of the Blue Waters Supercomputer at the National Petascale Computing Facility at the University of Illinois.

This computer runs on 13800 volts, an average household uses 240 volts in Australia (220 volts USA) and the Amish nil.

I arrived at the facility and was advised I had to register online to be provided access and a tour but somehow I got a private tour on the spot 😉

Thank you to Mo who gave me a tour.

On campus at the University of Illinois, I found this interesting and wonder do we have a similar program in Australia? Makergirl.us. Brings 3D printing, Science,Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) to life for girls to start creating anything they want in their lives.