Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
To meet the challenges that exist both internationally and nationally, the Swedish Government wishes to make use of the opportunities offered by digitisation, and has therefore taken a decision on ICT for Everyone – A Digital Agenda for Sweden and proposed a new goal for ICT policy, that Sweden should become the best in the world exploiting the opportunities
Monday, December 5th, 2011
The celebration will consist of a Policy Talk on “The future of forests in Europe and North America” based on the recently published ECE/FAO Outlook Studies. It will include an interactive panel discussion with high level experts answering questions on biodiversity, climate change, energy and trade related issues. The Policy Talk will be followed by
Monday, December 5th, 2011
There are few suppliers today that provide a full range of surveying technology ranging from robotic total stations through to GNSS for surveying instruments – GeoMax is one of them. The company aims to deliver a price-to-performance advantage. Asian Surveying and Mapping editor Jeff Thurston interviewed Alois Geierlehner, business director at GeoMax to learn more about
Monday, December 5th, 2011
aisle411, the premier mobile retail navigation service that saves shoppers time and frustration by helping find what they are looking for in-store, today announced that Hy-Vee Food Stores has deployed the aisle411 platform. Shoppers can access the aisle411 in-store shopping platform for Hy-Vee Food Stores within aisle411’s iPhone and Android applications, as well as within
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Mincom announced a significant new contract with the Public Transport Authority (PTA) of Western Australia. Under the agreement, Mincom will support a substantial upgrade of the asset-management processes of the PTA, which provides integrated road, rail and ferry services in the greater metropolitan area of Perth (the State capital), as well as rail and coach services throughout
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Indra is planning to unveil its advanced railway traffic management solution, ticketing and access control systems, as well as its STACrail, a system for assisted exploitation, at BcnRail, the international railway industry show in Barcelona, Spain. The DaVinci system for railway traffic management solutions has been developed with Adif, which is being used in the Spanish
Monday, December 5th, 2011
It is hardly a logical spot for a farm, but three Berliners have earmarked a massive former factory roof for an unusual urban agriculture venture. The sustainable set-up will produce both vegetables and fish for local residents and could be a model for future city farms as the world continues to urbanize. Read More
Monday, December 5th, 2011
A new report from Aarhus University focuses on the use of automatic monitoring of cattle behaviour in the context of animal welfare and production. In a modern production system where a stockperson is responsible for monitoring a large number of livestock, the time available for each individual animal is minimal. It is therefore important to
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Cities worldwide are facing rapid social, economic, environmental, technological and cultural changes such as: rapid urbanisation, aging of society, security issues, housing emergency, new solutions on mobility, integration of immigrants, food and water shortage, etc. Especially in times of economic crisis and demographic changes in cities, it is necessary to think about how to best handle what
Monday, December 5th, 2011
The cabinet is cutting too much money from the budgets for public transport in Rotterdam and The Hague, the cities’ mayors Achmed Aboutaleb and Jozias van Aartsen say in an interview with Friday’s Volkskrant. The minister is planning to spend €1.1bn reducing traffic jams but at the same time is cutting 20%, or €45m, from The Hague’s
