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Vast Sensors, Big Data: Big Opportunities
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- 05 March 2012 | By Erik Shepard | 4433
Every ten years or so, we achieve a technological breakthrough that drives innovation for the next decade. We are coming out of the age of emergence of the Internet, which has seen this enabling technology move from novel to ubiquitous. By 2010, cell phones and smart phones were on the path to becoming standard, with nearly always-connected Internet capabilities. Suddenly, we have the wealth of information at our fingertips, from maps to phone books, from web browsers to media players. And we’re not only consuming information with our smart devices, we’re generating information at amazing rates.
imagina 2012 Monaco: 3D Visualization, Architecture & Urbanism
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- 20 February 2012 | By Jeff Thurston | 2394
imagina 2012 - The European 3D Simulation and Virtual Technology Event was held in Monaco February 7-9, 2012. This annual event brings together pioneering indivudals and organisations developing a wide range of 3D related products in the areas of design, processing, diagnostics, decision making, consultation, demonstration and communication. Architecture, urbanism and landscape design are key roles in the conference, and several workshops in a 'Industry and Virtual Technologies' forum were held. This year, 3D & Augmentaiton Reality for Mobility was also a popular theme.
The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture - Managing Systems at Risk
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- 27 February 2012 | By Jeff Thurston | 2772
The book 'The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture - Managing Systems at Risk' summarises the current quantity, quality and socio-economic values of land and water around the global with respect to availability, risk and climate change. Policies, food production models and integrated management principles are all considered and discussed. Water is essential for food production and land suitable for meeting the challenges of feeding a hungry planet is increasingly demanded. This book presents the state of these resources and provides a global baseline for their future consideration and continued healthy, sustainable existence.
Strategic Spatial Projects: Catalysts for Change
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- 11 February 2012 | By Jeff Thurston | 3186
Strategic Spatial Projects: Catalysts for Change is focused upon the transformative nature of strategic spatial change for urban planning. The book weaves between design and strategic potential, with a goal of achieving sustainable systems in urban planning. The material asserts that technological plannig alone is not enough, nor urban planning based on competitive business outcomes. Instead, it suggests that spatial quality in terms of how urban areas function is the central force of success. Toward this end, socio-economic benefits must emerge through strategic planning efforts - and these need to take significant new ways of thinking.
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