Monday, June 28th, 2010
Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Kenya say deal that excludes Egypt and Sudan ‘cannot be unsigned’ Read More
Monday, June 28th, 2010
Foraging maps have certainly become a lot more popular in the last year. Here’s another Google Maps mashup showing where you can pick free fruit and vegetables in Germany.From the map sidebar you can select different categories of map marker to view on the map, these are Berries, Herbs, Nuts and Fruit. Under each category
Monday, June 28th, 2010
Epson America today announced its first solution for bringing interactivity to any projector– the IU-01 interactive module.This innovative, cost-effective classroom tool connects directly to a Windows or Mac computer via USB and provides an easy solution for integrating interactive capabilities with any new or existing projector while eliminating the need to purchase and install dedicated interactive
Monday, June 28th, 2010
Within the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System project GITEWS (Rudloff et al., 2009), a feasibility study on a future tsunami detection system from space has been carried out. The Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R) is an innovative way of using reflected GNSS signals for remote sensing, e.g. sea surface altimetry. In contrast to conventional
Monday, June 28th, 2010
The fire hydrant of the future will have a new mission in addition to fighting fires. Geared up with new data collection, storage and communication equipment, fire hydrants will play a key role in efforts to conserve water in the nation’s vast, complex water systems. Read More
Monday, June 28th, 2010
TELEGRAPH UK – How on earth do we manage so regularly to run short of water? Here we are, living on a damp collection of islands, surrounded by sea, running with rivers, and slap bang in the way of the wet westerly winds. Yet every year, it seems, we are faced with restrictions. Read More
Monday, June 28th, 2010
L’MONDE FRANCE – Mao have spoken of a “leap forward”. With good reason. China has propelled himself to second place in the “Top 500″rankings of the most powerful supercomputers on the planet, updated every six months. A performance that reflects the very rapid strengthening of its potential for scientific and technological innovation. Read More
Monday, June 28th, 2010
DEUTSCHE WELLE – The Leibniz Institute for Marine Sciences at Kiel University is getting logistical support from Greenpeace, as an unusual joint expedition looks to fill a gap in our knowledge of the Arctic and its ocean ecosystems. Read More
Monday, June 28th, 2010
INDIAN EXPRESS – “Considering the increasing traffic in the cities, intelligent transportation systems is the need of the hour. We have found out there is a need to implement ITS in at least 200 cities and towns across India. Traffic monitoring, management and enforcement are becoming keywords for both traffic and city planners.There is an
Monday, June 28th, 2010
Some 120,000 ambulance, fire and emergency response operations are coordinated each year in the central situation center of the professional fire department in Essen, Germany using command and control software from Siemens. As one of many thousands of examples around the world, the situation center of the Ruhr region metropolis stands for Siemens’ initiative to
