Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
A new EU project paves the way for the transfer to Poland and Germany of Danish knowledge and experience with an IT-based decision support system for crop protection. Work is good but twice the work is not twice as good. Therefore it is logical to use the knowledge and experience we already have, instead of
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
The reduction of emissions forms a key objective for the European Commission and the Europe 2020 Strategy confirms the 20-20-20 targets aiming at a reduction in EU greenhouse gas emissions. The maps of this month show European regions that are affected by excessive emissions in different transport policy scenarios. The flags on the map warn
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
“In the Clarity Matrix LCD Video Wall System, Planar has applied its pioneering knowledge of video walls and architected a highly-unique solution to meet the demanding requirements of large, megapixel video walls in public venues and control rooms,” said Jennifer Davis, vice president of marketing for Planar Systems. “Visitors to our booth at InfoComm this
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
DEUTSCHE WELLE – This is where the climate project “Kuyasa” was set up. It’s the first in the world to get the so-called “Gold Standard,” a quality certification scheme for carbon offsetting. The project uses the funds generated from the carbon offset market to finance itself and help an increasing number of people in the
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
WALL ST JOUR – A joint-venture between the U.K.’s National Grid PLC (NG.LN) and Dutch transmission company TenneT–BritNed–Tuesday began work to lay the first section of marine cable in England for a high-voltage electricity interconnector to link the power grids in the U.K. and the Netherlands. Read More
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
ARIJ – The paper at hand distillates the experiment of the Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem (ARIJ) in the development of a local Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), Also Known As; Municipal Information System (MIS) for the Beit Sahour Municipality. The development of the SDI is introduced as a step towards e-municipality, where all kind of information and
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Russia initiated accommodation of the differential correction and monitoring stations in foreign countries. The stations are to increase accuracy of GLONASS positioning, Head of Russian Space System company Yury Urlichich told news media. “The first station out of Russia already accommodated in Antarctica maintains continuous global monitoring for the GLONASS spacecraft. We are in position to
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
ROSCOSMOS – M2M Telematica, with support from PEUGEOT and Roscosmos, arranges a rally to Baikonur. The rally is devoted to the 100th launch in the International Space Station program. Soyuz TMA-19 is to blast of from Baikonur on June 16.The rally starts on June 10 from Moscow, and to cover about 5000 km, eventually to
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
e-on software today announced the fifth edition of the “Vue 3D Environment Competition”, designed to showcase the capabilities of 3D technology for CG environments. Any version of Vue – including the Pioneer and the Personal Learning Edition (PLE) which are available at no charge- can be used to enter the competition (standalone or in combination
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
The Austrian civil-engineers are celebrating the 150th anniversary of managing natural resourcesVienna,17.-18. Juni 2010 The section natural resources will highlight amongst other topics, that precise planning of natural resources is essential and in a country like Austria with its diverse and difficult topology, indispensable to life. Errors may lead to hazards, like avalanches, mudflows, torrents etc. The main
