Monday, March 21st, 2011
Esri’s new ArcGIS Viewer for Microsoft Silverlight can now be downloaded at no cost from the Esri Beta Community site. The viewer is a ready-to-use, configurable web mapping application built on ArcGIS API for Silverlight/WPF. Users can easily configure ArcGIS Viewer for Microsoft Silverlight without writing a single line of code or editing configuration files.
Monday, March 21st, 2011
Russian energy systems machine-building company OJSC Power Machines is to build hydroelectric power plants in Turkey with an energy-generation capacity of nearly 940 megawatts. The leading company in the power-plant industry has concluded a pre-agreement in Turkey to build four hydroelectric power plants. The company wants to build the technical infrastructure of these projects, which adds
Monday, March 21st, 2011
Bulgaria will build a super-fast railroad highway to connect the capital Sofia with the western city of Vidin and the new Danube Bridge there. The investment amount is estimated at EUR 2.7 B. The railway will be 222-km long; trains will travel with speeds up to 120 km per hour (or the trip between the
Monday, March 21st, 2011
Using the GPS data collected in two stations of the International GNSS Service (IGS), we computed the displacements of these stations due to the Earthquake. The stations are located in Mizusawa and Tsukuba at 140 km and 300 km far from the epicenter. The displacements are computed using kinematic Precise Point Positioning, with the software
Monday, March 21st, 2011
Planning officials and local authorities must adopt a more “consistent and responsible” approach to Scotland’s fledgling renewables sector, according to NFU Scotland president Nigel Miller, speaking at the North East Wind Energy Event, which took place at Methlick, Aberdeenshire, Mr Miller said that buy-in from the nation’s farmers was a big factor if Scotland was to
Monday, March 21st, 2011
Africa boasts an abundance of natural resources that can be used to produce alternative low-carbon energies. It’s estimated that the continent’s entire electricity needs can be met with hydro-electric power. But for now, fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas remain the most significant sources of energy production. Things aren’t very different in the
Sunday, March 20th, 2011
Tanzania Police Force has resolved to use ‘special Black Berry’ mobile phones to reduce the number of roadblocks in efforts to ease cargo transportation within the country to neighbouring states. The present roadblocks and checkpoints in the country reportedly delay delivery of goods, raise transportation costs and limit free movement of commodities, people and investments.
Sunday, March 20th, 2011
The Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, has won a third plum contract worth $776.9 million for more work on Panama’s Cinta Costera. This one covers construction of the third phase. The company built the first two sections one for $189 million and got a no-bid award of $52 million for the second. During the election campaign the previous government was
Sunday, March 20th, 2011
Government policy on research and innovation over the past 10 years has been based on the wrong assumption that as a small country, the Netherlands cannot excel in everything, according to the prestigious Rathenau Institute. The continual concentration on ‘focus and mass’ has to lead to no real progress, says the institute, which is funded by the
Sunday, March 20th, 2011
Innovative Solutions Ltd, a subsidiary of Mailbox Services Group, has launched mobile proximity marketing, a platform that allows the wireless distribution of advertising content to mobile phones through a localised broadcast. The technology of mobile proximity marketing, which is also known as location-to-mobile, allows brands and content owners to reach mobile phone users through devices that
