Sunday, June 19th, 2011
Ireland’s unspoiled, windswept west coast could become the focus of a new wave of wind farm construction in the wake of a high-level diplomatic meeting to be held tomorrow in London. UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, Taoiseach Enda Kenny and other senior members of the British-Irish Council will gather to discuss a plan to
Sunday, June 19th, 2011
U.S. technology pioneer IBM turns 100 years old on Thursday and while “Big Blue” is no longer the dominant player in the computer industry it remains a force to be reckoned with. With a market capitalization of 97 billion, IBM is the world’s 14th most valuable technology company, well behind California gadget-maker Apple’s $304 billion
Sunday, June 19th, 2011
Norwegian energy producer Statoil and its partners want to compress gas on the seabed to boost recovery. Subsea compression was recently selected as the preferred concept for Gullfaks. “Gas compression on the seabed represents an important advance in technology, and once again, Statoil is leading the way for development of new technology. This is one of
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
Infotech Enterprises received a high honor at the annual meeting of the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce on 9 June 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Martin Trostel, President Engineering Services Europe at Infotech, accepted the prize for “Exceptional Contribution to the Development of German-Indian Business Relations” before an audience of over 400 international guests. Read More
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
A 30-member committee that provides recommendations on sustainable recreation in Alberta’s Bighorn Backcountry is this year’s winner of the Shared Footprint Award. The award recognizes projects that reduce the impact of recreation and industry on the landscape.The Bighorn Backcountry Monitoring Group, Standing Committee, advises the Alberta government on the access management plan to retain the
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the journal Science, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, invite you to participate in this year’s Challenge. The competition recognizes scientists, engineers, visualization specialists and artists who produce innovative work in visual communication. Winning entries will be published inScience and Science Online, and will be displayed on the
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
The core mission of GeoCommons is bringing the power of geography to the masses. First we focused on making data more accessible, then quality cartographic visualization of data, and today we’ve added geographic analysis of data. Over Christmas we blogged about the “12 Analytics of Christmas” we’d built for GeoIQ. We are celebrating Christmas in
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
MapleSim 5 provides many enhancements to help you manage the complexity of your models. With its broader application scope, streamlined modeling environment, and ability to efficiently simulate even more systems, MapleSim 5 makes it easier to tackle large projects and get results quickly. Read More
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
Onset announced a live webinar on Wednesday, June 29, at 2:00pm EDT entitled, An Innovative Approach to Low-cost Monitoring-based Commissioning. The hour-long webinar, presented by NorthWrite, Inc. CEO and co-founder Patrick J. O’Neill, Ph.D., will discuss an innovative, low-cost approach to Monitoring-based Commissioning (MBCx) that helps identify, implement, and track cost-effective energy saving measures in small and
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
The dying Russian port of Amderma might become a key site in the development of offshore oil and gas fields in the western part of the Russian Arctic. Speaking at an oil and gas conference this month, Head of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Igor Fyodorov, stressed that the village of Amderma on the coast of the
