Thursday, June 10th, 2010
GRIFFITH HACK – According to this report, the UK patent office has launched a new data base cataloguing all the patent applications that are being processed through the fast track channel for clean and sustainable (or cleantech) applications. Under the fast-track scheme it can take as little as nine months to get a patent granted, compared
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
POPSCI – If you can’t make it to South Africa for the World Cup, you can at least take a virtual tour of all the stadiums before you watch the 3-D action. Google has a 3-D tour of all 10 World Cup stadiums and the nine host cities on Google Earth or Earth View in Google Maps.
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
L’MONDE FRANCE – The objective of the Ethiopian government does not lack ambition a few years into the impoverished country in hydroelectric power regional exporter of energy, so it is now one of those where public access to Electricity is among the lowest in the world. Read More
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
DEUTSCHE WELLE – This is where the climate project “Kuyasa” was set up. It’s the first in the world to get the so-called “Gold Standard,” a quality certification scheme for carbon offsetting. The project uses the funds generated from the carbon offset market to finance itself and help an increasing number of people in the
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
WALL ST JOUR – A joint-venture between the U.K.’s National Grid PLC (NG.LN) and Dutch transmission company TenneT–BritNed–Tuesday began work to lay the first section of marine cable in England for a high-voltage electricity interconnector to link the power grids in the U.K. and the Netherlands. Read More
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
ARIJ – The paper at hand distillates the experiment of the Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem (ARIJ) in the development of a local Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), Also Known As; Municipal Information System (MIS) for the Beit Sahour Municipality. The development of the SDI is introduced as a step towards e-municipality, where all kind of information and
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
ROSCOSMOS – M2M Telematica, with support from PEUGEOT and Roscosmos, arranges a rally to Baikonur. The rally is devoted to the 100th launch in the International Space Station program. Soyuz TMA-19 is to blast of from Baikonur on June 16.The rally starts on June 10 from Moscow, and to cover about 5000 km, eventually to
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
EEA – The present report analyses options for scaling up existing estimates of ecosystem service values to larger geographical scales. It also presents a case study of wetlands at the European level and discusses the results and policy applications. Read More
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – The Mozambican authorities are preparing a contingency plan to deal with marine hydrocarbon pollution. This National Contingency Plan to Fight Against Hydrocarbon Pollution was drafted by the National Marine Institute (INAMAR) and is to be completed by November this year. Read More
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
TIMES LIVE SA – The “3D World Created by Sony” allows visitors to watch highlights of the 25 matches filmed during the 2010 Fifa World Cup in full 3D screening. The 240-seater dome in Nelson Mandela Square will feature not only 3D football images, but will provide entertainment including music, movies and games during the
