Neerja Raman’s Technology

 Raman has become very familiar with the HPLabs “Smart” Data Center. This project is a data center cooling technology that can cut down energy use by 25-40% (HP, 2008). The technology’s resilience is outstanding. It has automatic re-tuning if there is a change that threatens the air-conditioning reliability. It also enables fewer computer room air conditions for the same level of cooling to increase savings. It works by blowing cool air directly on the machines that require it and using controlled conditions, vents, and fans. An algorithm was created that takes in all of the data from 7,500 temperature sensors and software and then tells the air-conditioning system to provide the necessary temperature at the exact time it is needed. HP keeps a constant temperature of about 77F in the “cold” aisles where the people are. In the aisles where heat is vented from machines, the temperature is a warm 86 degrees (Hamm, 2008). This new technology was tested in Bangalore, India. Raman says that the testing was carried out in this big city has a “poor infrastructure and intermittent power supply” making it a perfect candidate. It would provide drastic data due to the replacement of the grid electricity that used diesel burning generators (Raman, 2008). The benefits for Bangalore are endless with those such as emission reduction and fewer expenses produced.

 Because Raman was the Director of Strategic Planning and Imaging Systems lab for HP labs until 2006, she worked on many products in imaging and printing services. This technology is used world wide for business or personal use. Their research is intended to allow and improve flawless digital media practices through inventing better technologies. They focus on creating professional-quality images, publications and other media. Not only does Raman head the group that handles every HP imaging product, from printers to scanners to cameras. They have perfected the art of PC-less digital editing in their digital cameras. These technological advances have allowed HP to be the leaders in digital imaging and publishing (Imaging, 2008).

 Not only do they work directly on HP products, but they also work globally with their technologies. They have worked on art conservation in the Louvre, London’s National Gallery, and the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi (Imaging, 2008).  This technology allows precious art and the histories of our world to be preserved as if they were painted or printed just the day before. This technology has even helped the government determine how to prevent currency counterfeiting.

 A prime example of Raman’s work in the HPlab has been the Photosmart R707. This camera enables the user to remove red-eye, preview a panorama and adapt the lighting. This camera is the first to contain HP’s Real Life Technologies with its adaptive lighting that brings faces out of shading and crystallize its backgrounds in high contrast photos. There are also features such as imaging advice and image noise filters in the camera (Imaging, 2008).