Monday, June 21st, 2010
L’EXPRESS FRANCE – The 6B is a new place of creation and dissemination. Recycling an old office building, the project supports the transformation of the neighborhood “station-confluence” in Saint-Denis. Read More
Monday, June 21st, 2010
BARENTS OBSERVER – 23 years after Mikhail Gorbachev suggested setting up a Soviet-Norwegian cooperation to jointly explore the energy resources in the Arctic, Statoil and Gazprom have signed an agreement that opens for cooperation in such area as geological exploration in the Barents Sea. The Statoil – Gazprom agreement on scientific and technological cooperation was signed
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Starkville, Miss., 21 June 2010 — Spatial Information Solutions, Inc. (SIS), received such valuable feedback from users on the first release of Accuracy Analyst, the company decided to add a forum to its website to facilitate user input. “By enabling users to see the suggestions and feedback of others, we hope to foster a sense
Monday, June 21st, 2010
GIS Development is pleased to announce that Map Africa 2010- 5th Annual African Conference on Geospatial Technologies and Applications is scheduled on 23-25 November in Cape Town, South Africa in partnership with Department of Rural Development and Land Reforms, Government of South Africa; Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development, Kenya; and UN Economic Commission for Africa, Ethiopia. Read
Monday, June 21st, 2010
The A. O. Smith Water Products Company plant in Juarez, Mexico, recently was one of the first manufacturing operations to be certified as part of the State of Chihuahua’s Volunteer Program for Environmental Regulation.The 263,000 square foot facility, which manufactures residential water heaters, was one of just 55 facilities in the Juarez region to earn
Monday, June 21st, 2010
The German radar satellite TanDEM-X was successfully launched from Baikonur, Kazachstan, at 04.14 hrs CET on Monday, June 21, 2010. A first contact with a ground station in Troll was established at 04.45 hrs. TanDEM-X joins its “twin” TerraSAR-X, which has been in operation since mid 2007, in its 514 km orbit. Together, the two
Sunday, June 20th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – Government’s plan to build the Neckartal Dam near Keetmanshoop at a cost of N$2,4 billion is to start next year, with the design to be completed by October, a consultant has said.”The scoping report for the environmental impact assessment (EIA) is complete and then the full EIA study will go ahead,” Günter Leicher,
Sunday, June 20th, 2010
BBC – A website that helps people to work out how much CO2 is being emitted to heat water in their homes has gone online. Produced by the Energy Saving Trust (EST), it also suggests ways that users can save water and energy, as well as cutting their carbon footprint. The Trust says CO2 from
Sunday, June 20th, 2010
IRISH TIMES – Sensor technology that can remotely monitor people with chronic illnesses and allow them to stay at home for longer could significantly ease the burden of an ageing population on the healthcare system, an international expert has said. Prof Joseph Kvedar, director of the centre for Connected Health at Partners Healthcare and Harvard
Sunday, June 20th, 2010
DEUTSCHE WELLE – Bangladesh is expected to be one of the countries most affected by climate change. With the help from European donors, the country is implementing programs aimed at helping its 150 million people face those changes. Read More
