Is that a supercomputer in your Speedo?

Or are you just glad to see me? I couldn’t resist.

From SC Online comes news that HPC is helping swimmers set new world records by designing a better Speedo

A highly specialised computer modelling technique developed at The University of Nottingham has been instrumental in the design of a revolutionary new swimsuit which is now being hailed as the fastest in the world. Dr Herve Morvan, a lecturer in fluid mechanics in the School of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, is working as an advisor to the AQUALAB, Speedo’s competition research and development department, responsible for the development of Speedo’s new LZR Racer swimsuit. Within a week of its launch athletes wearing the new swimsuit had broken three world records. Speedo harnessed the expertise of NASA and a number of international research institutes and industrial partners such as ANSYS, one of the world’s leading engineering simulation software providers, to create the new suit.