Sunday, November 6th, 2011
Starting in 2013, Toronto will be replacing its outdated streetcars with sleeker and more modern light rail vehicles. Bombardier, a leader in the light rail sector, is taking on the project. They plan to phase in the new light rail cars, with hopes of replacing the entire fleet of existing streetcars eventually. The current Canadian
Sunday, November 6th, 2011
Archaeologists have interpreted historic sites from humps and bumps visible on the ground or from the air for a long time. However, the height data recorded by lidar is not a straightforward record of the ground surface. When the laser is fired from the plane it travels towards the ground and if it strikes anything
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
The strippenkaart disappears from all bus, tram and metro services from Thursday morning. The public transport chip card is now the only acceptable form of payment. Until Wednesday night, the strippenkaart was still valid in four provinces, although it disappeared from most of the country over the past two years. Read More
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
Web developers from around the world are converging on Berlin, with the German capital becoming a significant center for tech start-ups. In a new series, SPIEGEL ONLINE will scratch beneath the surface to find out more about the people, companies and ideas responsible for the buzz. Is Berlin about to take off, or will it
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
The nickel discovery was announced by Anglo American mining company earlier this week, and is said to be very promising. Samples of ore containing 4 percent nickel are found in the Viiankiaapa area, just north of Sodankylä in Finnish Lapland. Read More
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
The distribution arm of Italy’s biggest utility, Enel, has started installing the first smart grid in Italy, part of its push to develop the technology needed to handle electricity flows from decentralized, fluctuating renewable power sources. Several thousand customers will take part in the 10 million euro ($13.7 million) pilot project in the southern region of Molise,
Friday, November 4th, 2011
The Scottish government has recognized that developing the country’s marine energy resources is critical to meeting its ambitious target of producing all of its electricity from renewable resources by 2020. The government recently made its biggest commitment to tidal power to date, announcing that it is putting up £18 million (about $29 million) to help develop the country’s
Friday, November 4th, 2011
In Katmandu, Nepal, where outbreaks of typhoid are common, researchers used tiny genetic mutations in the makeup of the pathogen to gain a better understanding of where it began and how it spread.” Typhoid is completely eradicable,” said Stephen Baker, head of intestinal infections at the Oxford University clinical research unit in Ho Chi Minh City,
Friday, November 4th, 2011
Analysts say farmers have failed to embrace new technologies. One such technology that agriculturalists are rooting for is the geographic information system (GIS) mapping. “GIS mapping has been used before by farmers, but mostly on a large-scale and its application in Kenya has been very low”, says Andrew Adwera, a research fellow with the African Center for
Friday, November 4th, 2011
The UK Forestry Standard (UKFS) is the practice code for forest management, and details the conditions that must be met when felling trees, carrying out woodland operations and receiving grants. It has been developed by the Forestry Commission and the Northern Ireland Forest Service in consultation with a wide range of interests. It applies to all woodland,
