Thursday, September 15th, 2011
We want to hear from you! Our Top 100 List includes projects from individual Southeast Asian countries as well as the strategic projects that will link ASEAN! But the list is preliminary and needs your input. What projects do you agree with? What is missing? Make sure you don’t miss out on a forum that introduces
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
Kenyan youths have embraced modern technologies to spur innovations to transform farming practices and the management of natural resources at the smallholder level. They are currently utilising information and communication technology platforms to modernise farming, expand their revenue streams and boost food security to their communities. Read More
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
Faced with rising sea levels that threaten their survival, the small Pacific island states are considering very seriously … to migrate to artificial islands. The sixteen countries of the Pacific Islands Forum has identified climate change as well as the biggest threat to their region and asked for the study of possible relocation of populations.
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
Authorities in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are to start handing out the first of an estimated 6.8 million free laptops to school children. All children in government-funded secondary schools and colleges will be eligible for one. The five-year programme is the first of its kind in India. Read More
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
As part of our continued promise to support the Architecture, Engineering and Construction sector in utilizing cloud technology so businesses can share and coordinate information with their partners, customers, and suppliers in a secure environment in the cloud, we are pleased to announce the upcoming beta release of the next generation of Asite cBIM. cBIM
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
With increasing air, rail and highway traffic, the amount of noise propagated into the community neighborhoods also has escalated. In order to remain customer competitive and compliant with government regulations, today’s manufacturers need to be able to assess their designs’ acoustic impact early in the development process. Read More
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Compared to conventional waveform-digitizing altimeters or laser time-of-flight lidar techniques, photon-counting lidar is a more efficient technique as it requires only one detected photon to make a range measurement rather than hundreds or thousands. Sigma Space Corp. (Lanham, MD) has taken advantage of this ranging sensitivity to develop its single-photon counting lidar system, which can
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
We are happy to announce the availability of the 2012 version of the award-winning Vectorworks line of design software, including: Vectorworks Designer, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Fundamentals, and Renderworks.
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that the call for nominations for its 2012 Student Design Competition is now open. University, college, high school, and technical school students are invited to submit projects designed using Bentley software, along with a short essay describing their
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Solar photovoltaic panels are becoming ubiquitous across the UK. Cast your eyes skywards and you’ll see the predominantly deep, blue-and-silver-veined panels winking back at you (assuming the sun’s shining) from an ever-increasing number of residential and commercial buildings’ rooftops. The government’s feed-in-tariff has largely driven the uptake. Such has been the level of interest in the tariffs that
