Monday, October 25th, 2010
LIVING LB – The prize values Citilab as a citizen’s laboratory and the work of ValueCreation at SeniorLab. The project aims to overcome the digital gap older citizens suffer, include elders in the co-design of innovative solutions for their well being and create new professional profiles and jobs for citizens over 55 years. The project was
Monday, October 25th, 2010
EXAMINER – EurOCEAN 2010, through the European Science Foundation, published their latest report stating that Europe can derive 50% of its electricity demand from ocean and marine renewable energy by 2050. The Marine Board of the European Science Foundation (ESF) released its report earlier today stating its vision on marine renewable energy sources and how Europe could
Monday, October 25th, 2010
Asustek Computer and Garmin will not be renewing their dual-branding partnership to sell location-based service (LBS) smartphones when their contract terminates in January 2011, according to reports. In other news, navigation services vendor TomTom is reported to be working with HTC to provide “location-rich” map services. Read More
Monday, October 25th, 2010
BBC – The UK government should create a new ministerial post for green economics, an international policy group that includes MPs past and present has said. The minister would play a role similar to the Treasury chief secretary, but looking after “natural capital”. Read More
Sunday, October 24th, 2010
It has been a few years since Bentley Systems last held a large event in Europe, and one might think that the middle of an economic downturn would be an unlikely time to hold such an event. Not so. If the last few days in Amsterdam, The Netherlands are any indication, the infrastructure market continues
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
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Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
A ground-breaking ceremony has been held for VietinBank Business Centre, Foster + Partners’ first project in Vietnam. Bringing together the Bank’s headquarters, conference, hotel and leisure facilities, the landmark towers are strategically located between central Hanoi and the airport, demonstrating the emergence of Vietnam as an international financial centre. The 300,000-square-metre mixed-use development comprises two towers,
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
A 2008 UNEP report on climate change in the wider Caribbean recognized Belize as one of the Caribbean nations with a significant level of forest cover. An earlier 2002 World Bank report on the ecosystems of Central America likewise recognized Belize as the Central American nation with the highest percent forest cover. The 2008 Little
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
Real-Time Fleet Analytics and Advanced Route Scheduling Drive New Release of Trafficmaster’s Leading Fleet Management Solution. Fleet Director 8.1 gives our 9,000 fleets and over a quarter of a million vehicles even greater usability and functionality than ever before. Trafficmaster has just released a major upgrade of its industry-leading telematics solution, Fleet Director, raising integrated vehicle-fleet
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
UCL – Professor Hugh Clout has been elected to the Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe) for his sustained research and publication on the geography of France. With occasional forays into recent issues, over the past forty plus years he has concentrated on aspects of the historical geography of France, producing books and articles on
