Multimedia

Want to explore grid computing using multimedia? Great! You've come to the right place.

Blogs
Want to get behind the scenes of some of the biggest grid computing events of the year? Check out Gridcast: the faces and places behind grid computing, filled with blogging, podcasting and more...

Not much time? Why not subscribe to our GridTalk microblog via Twitter. All the grid news in just a couple of lines.

Games
Want an awesome, fast-paced 3D game about grids? Download Amalthea (11 MB .zip file). You'll need to work quickly, learning about the computing grid you have to operate on the job. Your aim? To save the world, of course. Want to see the Amalthea trailer? Check it out here.

Need a simple web-based game to concrete grid computing ideas? Check out IBM's Tryscience.org. You can become GridMaster and use your grid to avert a volcanic disaster... Better yet, take on a mission with Team Planet, a group of ordinary citizens tasked with taking care of the entire planet.

Animations
Learn more about grid computing thanks to some flash animations. You can choose from:

1) What is grid computing?

2) How does grid computing work?

3) Why do scientists need grid computing?

4) What's the difference between the Internet, the web, and the Grid?

5) Lifecycle of a grid computing "job"

Demos
Check out grid jobs as they shoot across the planet using GridPP's Real Time Monitor. You can download a 2D or 3D version, complete with Google Earth overlay.

Read about GridCafe's first public demo of grid technology - UNOSAT & Humanitarian Crisis Management, a demo about using grid computing for disaster prevention.

More UK Particle Physics Demos

Podcasts
Check out the GridTalk podcasts on YouTube: you'll hear from grid computing experts, students at grid computing schools, and take an intimate look at grid computing conferences and projects.

Download this (older) clip, called The Grid, for a look at the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid, a grid that was created to handle the 15 petabytes of data that the Large Hadron Collider will produce at CERN every year! (45MB MPG file)

Presentations
Grid for beginners (PowerPoint slides about CERN and the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid)