New super computer helps artists bring scientists' work to life at Austin computer lab

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Science isn't sexy. Most researchers would tell you the same thing. Science is numbers on a spreadsheet, data points, line after line of mind numbing data. Sometimes there is a chart. Sometimes. But not always.The research scientists at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), located in north Austin, have the unique responsibility of bringing boring, unattractive data to life.
"I use color, shape, form size, to help direct attention where the scientist needs it, but also mai