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Video News Releases--Virginia Tech Reports

VTRs are a package of several stories (university-related and extension-oriented) distributed to television stations and syndicators around the state.

  • For information contact Paul Lancaster at (540) 231-6997 or dinosaur@vt.edu.
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  • Archived Virginia Tech Reports

VTR's #89 (November 2003)

1. SUPERCOMPUTING ON A SHOESTRING: CALL IT 'SUPERCOMPUTING ON A SHOESTRING'. VIRGINIA TECH HAS BUILT ONE OF THE WORLD'S TOP FIVE SUPERCOMPUTERS AT A FRACTION OF THE COST OF THE REST. [2:02] Small (5.6 MB); Medium ( 7.9 MB); Large (16.6 MB)

2. HELMET SENSOR STUDY: HIGH IMPACT RESEARCH: WHEN VIRGINIA TECH MEETS (insert appropriate team name here) THIS WEEKEND, BIG HITS AND HARD TACKLES WILL PLEASE BOTH FANS AND TECH RESEARCHERS. [1:28] Small (5.6 MB); Medium (8.3 MB); Large (17.2 MB)

3. FANNING THE FLAMES OF FIRE SAFETY AWARENESS: IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME, BUT WHAT IF YOU BUILD IT, AND THEN BURN IT? A DEMONSTRATION AT VIRGINIA TECH LITERALLY HIT HOME WITH STUDENTS, SHOWING THEM JUST HOW QUICKLY FIRE CAN DESTROY A MODEL RESIDENCE HALL ROOM. [1:15] Small (4.1 MB); Medium (5.6 MB); Large (10.5 MB)