Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
ECONOMIST – The city of Nanjing, capital of China’s Jiangsu province, was not the obvious place to host this year’s international forum on urban competitiveness. Home to some 40 universities and colleges, the city’s culture is conservative and contemplative, not competitive. At Nanjing University, for example, students amble past, their noses buried in books as
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
The EDEN Agrosecurity Committee is pleased to announce a process for scholarly papers in Extension’s role in emerging, critical, or dynamic national extension agrosecurity priorities. Read More
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
Irish marine researchers (including SMEs) are invited to comment and / or give input to future European Marine Research Strategy via the draft Ostend Declaration. The EurOCEAN 2010 Ostend Declaration will be a key deliverable of the Belgian-EU Presidency EurOCEAN 2010 Conference (Ostend 12th – 13th October). The Ostend Declaration, following the success of the Galway
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
The Global Software Institute is pleased to announce that the well-known OpenDragon geoinformatics software is now available for free download anywhere in the world. (In the past, OpenDragon was available only in a few countries.) During the next few months, OpenDragon will also fulfill the promise of its name and become open source. As you
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
Pointools Limited has named Joe Croser as Vice President of Products, adding proven go-to-market experience to the Pointools board of directors. Croser will lead Pointools’ product management, product marketing, and sales strategy to position the whole Pointools team – including its global channel partner network – to best serve the needs of its rapidly growing
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON – Anne Miglarese is a Principal at Booz Allen Hamilton. She leads a team that is focused on growing Booz Allen’s geospatial solutions and services in the Defense, Security and Federal Civil markets. Active in national policy governing spatial data, she is chairman of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee. Read More
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
The second edition of ‘Design ACE- 2010’, PAN South India Engineering Design Contest conducted by Barry-Wehmiller International Resources (BWIR), in partnership with Autodesk Inc. concluded on 19th September in Chennai. The event saw the best usage of the 3D modeling software Autodesk Inventor through various innovative designs by students. Students had free access to Autodesk Inventor
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
u-blox, a leading fabless semiconductor provider of embedded positioning and wireless communication solutions has purchased Spirent’s multi-GNSS solution to demonstrate the performance of its new Galileo chipset. Using Spirent’s GSS6700 Multi-Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)constellation simulator system, u-blox showcased the attributes of its latest GPS/Galileo receiver to a number of its Japanese customers. Read More
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
The projected benefits of EGNOS for regional airports on the African continent are numerous, including safer landings, increased efficiency, reliable services for passengers and better access to remote regions with less well equipped airports. EGNOS’ coverage already extends into parts of North Africa and the Middle East, with further expansion into the rest of the
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
IEEE SPECTRUM – The van is an autonomous vehicle developed at the University of Parma’s Artificial Vision and Intelligent Systems Laboratory, known as VisLab. Crammed with computers, cameras, and sensors, the vehicle is capable of detecting cars, lanes, and obstacles — and drive itself. The VisLab researchers, after getting tired of testing their vehicles in laboratory
