Sunday, February 26th, 2012
Beijing : China launched a navigation satellite early Saturday.The orbiter was successfully launched into space at 12.12 a.m. It is China’s 11th homemade navigation satellite, also called Beidou or Compass system. A Long March-3C rocket carried the satellite into space from Xichang launch centre in southwestern Sichuan province, Xinhua reported. Read More
Sunday, February 26th, 2012
The time has come to correct a major mistake in Florida’s system of managing water resources. Last year the Legislature and Gov. Rick Scott cut more than $700 million from the state’s five water management districts. Hundreds of scientists, regulators, land managers and support staff were let go. Since then, the water districts have moved
Sunday, February 26th, 2012
A community celebrates the second anniversary hydroelectic plant which brought electricity to the people. The plants is being officially handed over to them. Read More
Sunday, February 26th, 2012
An immense landfill project is currently underway that will transform Copenhagen’s shape and size. Like plastic surgeons who take fat from a patient’s buttocks to fill out their lips, city engineers are stealing earth from under the city’s streets to extend its waterfront and create the brand new Nordhavn district. Read More
Sunday, February 26th, 2012
Last May, the Prince of Wales gave a speech on sustainability at Georgetown. Many of us who heard it thought it was seminal. First, that it came from a public figure whose pronouncements must be moderate and moderated; second, because it was such a strong, specific statement of principles many of us have believed in
Sunday, February 26th, 2012
With London and southeast England suffering through a particularly dry winter, UK residents are being asked to watch their water use. But some are pushing for a more dramatic solution. Read More
Saturday, February 25th, 2012
Boundaries around the globe between countries and other legal entities are constantly in a state of change. Contrary to the widely held view that most countries are well surveyed and their boundary and territory is established – that is not the case. Debates, conflicts and tensions continue to arise where boundaries are involved. Some of
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
AeroGRID has signed a data agreement with First Base Solutions, Canada’s leading provider of aerial photography and orthophoto mapping. The agreement will enable AeroGRID to resell 120,000km2 of central Canada plus all major cities with the data supplied via WMS.
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Cambridge Wireless has been awarded an initial £50k funding for a multi-company research project under the government-backed Technology Strategy Board’s Internet of Things (IoT) Convergence initiative. Designed to move towards an IoT application and services marketplace, the work will explore how data collected from environments, buildings, vehicles, clothing, portable devices and other objects can be shared
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
A public enquiry on the “Turin Lyon” project is running until the beginning of March in France. The environmental organisations FRAPNA and FNE demanded its delay after the “Autorité environnementale conseil général de l’ Environnement et du Développement durable” (AE) stated that the project dossier contained major flaws. FRAPNA and FNE had previously approved “Lyon-Turin”.
