Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
The remote St Kilda archipelago is being digitally laser scanned to create 3D images to aid in the conservation of the group of small islands. New Lanark in Lanarkshire and Neolithic sites on Orkney have already been scanned. Historic Scotland and Glasgow School of Art are carrying out the work for a project called Scottish Ten, which
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
“Safety on our roads is a high priority issue in Sweden. There are a number of areas in which we have been successful, such as attending to dangerous stretches of road by building median guardrails, using surveillance cameras and setting proper speeds. We can, and will, go even further. Our vehicles must be even better
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Created by The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), Wecommunic8 and with support from Ordnance Survey, Britain from the Air combines stunning aerial photography from specialist photographers all over the country with informed descriptions, images and maps. The outdoor exhibition features more than 100 spectacular images celebrating Britain’s wonderfully diverse natural and human landscapes with engaging captions,
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
The deadline for the nomination of candidates for this year’s Carl Pulfrich Award is still approaching: July 1st, 5pm CST. If you have somebody in mind worth to be nominated and/or recommended as a potential candidate please go ahead and do so. As the pioneer Carl Pulfrich has founded the Photogrammetric Week Series (1909) the
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Apple Co. is bent upon making its gadgets cooler for enhancing the GUI of its devices. Apple has applied for a patent for technology to make use of a mobile device’s orientation sensors to help correct common photo problems, like tilt and perspective distortion of the images captured on the iPhone or iPod . Read More
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
“This agreement heralds a better deal for developing countries blessed with rich ecosystems and could pave the way for exciting, new medicinal and genetic innovations. We fought hard for a fair deal at Nagoya and we’ll shortly outline how to meet our international commitments at home through the England Biodiversity Strategy.” Read More
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Because the Train of Ideas, a free, interactive travelling exhibition, is visiting the “França” station to present its vision for cities of the future. Barcelona is one of the cities featuring in this exhibition, aimed at the general public, which will allow visitors to discover in detail what the sustainable cities of the future will
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Panels of experts assessing scientific investigations tend to be messy affairs, particularly when their customers are governments. People with expertise in one field, such as renewable energy, may have a bias towards it. Summaries of their work are the result of political negotiations. And findings are further boiled down in an attempt to win media
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending PLN 254.2 million (some EUR 65 million) to re-develop the post-industrial city centre of Katowice, particularly the cultural district. The EIB loan will help to increase the attractiveness and strengthen the competitiveness of this industrial centre of the Silesia Region located in the South of Poland with a
Monday, June 27th, 2011
After two years of planning, now the first spacecraft built without astronauts aboard the European Space Agency ESA will start the construction. The signature manifests the definitive step towards the realization has been paid here to the aerospace exhibition in Paris, the most important international exhibition industry, which for a century on the outskirts of Paris
