Thursday, June 9th, 2011
Euroconsult along with the consulting firm Omnis have announced the findings of a study foreseeing a significant shift in NASA spending toward Earth science and R and D programs and away from legacy spaceflight activities. According to the report “NASA Spending Outlook: Trends to 2016,” NASA’s budget, which will remain flat at around $18.7 billion
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
In the past three years the Paola local council has been developing its regeneration action plan (Sustainable Planning for Urban Regeneration – SPUR) aided and supported by the URBACT Programme and the project REPAIR. The project was developed by the council, led by councillor Renald Dalli, and supported by an Urban Local Support Group which
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
There has also been some progress on the Partnership for Modernization, which will be reflected in a joint report. The areas where progress has been made include : the environment; space, including EU involvement in the Soyuz program; Russia’s involvement in Galileo, the EU’s equivalent of GPS; and harmonized rules and standards for industry. But little
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
A new initiative which aims to create a “food park” on a 113-hectare site in north Co Dublin has been launched in conjunction with Fingal County Council. The aim of the initiative is to create Ireland’s first dedicated food industry “hub” that would replicate the many successful science and technology parks across the State. A similar
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
Africa is being given a unique opportunity to conserve its tremendous diversity of freshwater species – a critical resource for many of Africa’s poorest people. African countries can now decide to use their water resources sustainably, and avoid paying millions of dollars, as is the case in Europe, to rectify poorly planned wetland development.
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
Intergraph CADWorx Plant Design Suite 2012, the newest version of Intergraph’s design solution for mid-market and AutoCAD-based projects and workgroups, is now compatible with AutoCAD 2012, the latest AutoCAD release from Autodesk (Nasdaq GS:ADSK), offering users improved capabilities.
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
After successfully going live with the Information Gateway in September 2010, CEH have now launched phase 2, adding support for GEMINI2. Using sdi.suite as a core, the CEH Information Gateway provides a web portal that enables users to discover and bind to spatial data resources within CEH and throughout the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Over 150 “hot spots” – probable fire blazes – were detected on June 7 in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District according to the data of fire situation satellite-based monitoring. The majority of thermal anomalies within the past few days were detected by satellites in Khanty-Mansi District (167 “hot spots” on June 7, 75 – on June 5),
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
For over a year now, cafes and other small businesses in the US have increasingly been using a new mobile payment system called Square. It’s a little cube, about the size of a sugar cube, that plugs into a smartphone audio jack. Just open up the application on the phone, and boom – the barista
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
The Green Mining programme is expected to speed up the growth of mineral industry turnover. There is clear potential for creating new technology and service companies in this field, as well as for growth of existing businesses in Finland. ”We will strive to increase the number of SMEs with high-tech skills operating in the minerals
