 Have you ever thought about the power that comes with a cell phone similar to this? Experts compare these cell phones now to supercomputers in your pocket. And in the talk led by Dr. Richard Loft, a part of the 2018 NCAR Explorer series, he will be discussing how technology, like cell phones, can be used to visualize weather data. Hi, I'm Richard Loft. I'm the Director of Technology Development here in the Computing Lab at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Dr. Richard Loft, Director of Technology Development with CISL at NCAR, recently spoke on how technological advances have made visualizing weather data more accessible than ever before. In a talk titled What are the Limits of Modeling Our Planet, Dr. Loft discusses how smartphones, virtual and augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and cloud storage services are forcing scientists to rethink their approach to modeling and prediction in an increasingly wired society. Technologies such as Raspberry Pis, which are small but powerful supercomputers similar to smartphones are extremely cheap and becoming more and more helpful for weather research. During the presentation, attendees were provided with an app to download called MedialAR and a postcard or specialized scientific sheet that would allow attendees to actually see and explore augmented reality visualizations. Richard Loft is the second of four scientific talks, a part of the 2018 NCAR Explorer series. To learn more about the NCAR Explorer series, visit their website shown here.