Saturday, November 13th, 2010
U SOUTHAMPTON -A team of students representing the University of Southampton has won the Southern regional heat of a national enterprise competition. School of Ocean and Earth Science postgraduate students Mahadji Bahi, David Owsianka and Victoire Rerolle, along with visiting student Alex Beaton of the University of Bristol will get the chance to show off their skills
Saturday, November 13th, 2010
NORWAY POST – The contract is for Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) and site preparation, with the option at ExxonMobil’s discretion to subsequently provide detailed engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services. The contract value for Aker Solutions’ share of the FEED and site preparation is USD 70 million. The Hebron Field is an oil
Friday, November 12th, 2010
GSA – The GSA has published a highly anticipated GNSS Market Monitoring report, providing key information in support of entrepreneurship in the satellite navigation sector. GNSS market forecasting is of great interest to private and public GNSS stakeholders, for business and strategic planning and policymaking. According to the new GSA report, the market for GNSS
Friday, November 12th, 2010
DEUTSCHE WELLE – The European Union’s executive has called for a trillion-euro investment in the bloc’s infrastructure to meet growing demand this decade, and to overcome the inefficient legacy of separate national grids: Read More
Friday, November 12th, 2010
GHANAWEB – Today the 17th of November is world Geographic Information Systems (GIS) day. A day set aside by users, developers and vendors to showcase to the world real-world application of GIS. GIS day is held each year across the globe in the third week of November, on the Wednesday during Geography Awareness Week. A
Friday, November 12th, 2010
THE ECONOMIST – Last month Kai Krause, a computer-graphics guru, caused a stir with a map entitled “The True Size of Africa”, which showed the outlines of other countries crammed into the outline of the African continent. His aim was to make “a small contribution in the fight against rampant Immappancy”—in particular, the fact that most
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
PRECISION PAYS -If you’re just starting to look at more advanced precision agriculture practices on your farm such as auto steer, take a look at your operation to see which signal is right for you. Jonathan Hall, a grad assistant at Auburn University, offers some tips on the Precision Ag Blog. Read More
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
AUTOPIA – No one knows how to get around a city faster than a cabbie, which is why Microsoft is looking to taxi drivers to improve online mapping tools. T-Drive, designed by Microsoft Research Asia, reportedly provides far more useful information than Google Maps or Mapquest. The tool can shave drive times as much as 5 minutes,
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
LE MONDE FRANCE – This specific environmental bonus on LPG was introduced in the Grenelle Environment Forum in 2007 with a commitment to maintain until the end of 2012, according to the French Committee of butane and propane (CFBP). The Minister’s entourage said that “the bonus for hybrids (petrol / LPG) is maintained at 2 000 euros, but
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
REVERSE ZONE – The first task of an evidence-based plan is to set objectives. But the types of objectives that go into these plans have to be re-examined. I don’t mean that the objectives themselves have to be evidence-based. By and large in a democratic society it is a political process that should be setting objectives.
