Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Dutch EU commissioner Neelie Kroes, who is in charge of Europe’s digital agenda, said on Friday a proposed US law to combat internet piracy is ‘bad legislation’. Read More
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
The German government, aiming to spark an international dialogue about sustainable technologies, sponsored a 12-city North American tour of Das Haus, a model home and pavilion that showcases cutting-edge solar energy and energy-efficient construction. Read More
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Sony is the latest smartphone manufacturer to sing the praises of Russia’s Glonass positioning system, announcing that the technology will see implementation in its upcoming Xperia S and Xperia Ion Android handsets. It turns out this isn’t exactly new territory for the company, as a post on its Developer World blog reveals that Glonass is already built-in to select
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Scientists have created a miniature world map which has now been accepted by the Guinness World Record as the world’s smallest 3D map. Read More
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Especially given what they had to work with, which wasn’t much. Can you imagine trying to draw an accurate representation of the east coast of Canada or the proportions of the Great Lakes, using nothing but 17th century technology? Champlain did it. Read More
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
The National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL) attached to the Department of Space, government of India, is planning to set up a network of LIDAR (Laser Radar System) with the help of indigenously developed sensor tools in ten locations across the country in the first phase to study the aerosol distribution over India. This was disclosed by
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Union Pacific said Friday it plans to invest $1 billion in railroad projects in Nebraska over the next several years to upgrade the capacity of its network. Jim Young, the CEO of Union Pacific Corp., said he expects the investments to help create at least 1,000 jobs in Nebraska. The company plans to invest the money
Friday, January 20th, 2012
TerraGo Technologies, an innovative provider of widely adopted geospatial collaboration software, has expanded its global presence with the opening of an office in the U.K. to promote further expansion in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and to support customers in the region. Industry veteran Stuart Miller has joined TerraGo to run the Perth, Scotland
Friday, January 20th, 2012
Improved genetic mapping technologies can help screen for diseases and create effective treatment plans, but that sensitive, personal information could also prevent people from getting certain jobs or insurance, according to the report titled Genetic Privacy and Discrimination, which was funded by the Law Foundation of British Columbia. Read more
Friday, January 20th, 2012
A draft Settlement Strategy prepared by Wellington Council staff was last night endorsed by councillors to be placed on public exhibition alongside the draft Local Environmental Plan (LEP).The draft Settlement Strategy is the principal document which underpins the draft LEP and sets the future desired direction for land use development in the Wellington Local Government
