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    *Simon Cox and his team used, yes, Legos to rack and stack their 64 Raspberry Pis.*
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    *A bird's-eye view of the supercomputer, which includes 64 Raspberry Pis -- and 64 networking cables. And 64 power cords.*
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    *The Lego racks -- as the team was putting them together.*
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    *LIke we said: 64 power cords. And quite a few surge suppressors.*
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    *A Raspberry Pi motherboard -- sans Legos.*
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    *Linux motherboards, meet Legos. Legos, meet Linux motherboards.*
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    *Simon Cox and his son James, who was instrumental in the creation of the Southampton super -- in more ways than one.*
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