Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
MASHABLE – Today, IBM is introducing a new social media monitoring tool, one that it says will measure consumer sentiment from data gathered on Twitter, blogs and other web services and networks. The software, called the SPSS Modeler data mining and text analytics workbench, will use natural language processing (NLP) to analyze everything from product
Monday, May 10th, 2010
The European Space Agency’s GOCE satellite has been orbiting the Earth for more than a year and surveying its gravitational field more accurately than any instrument previously. The goal of the researchers is to determine the gravitational force in precise detail even in pathless places like the Himalayas. Evaluations of the first data from the
Monday, May 10th, 2010
STOCKHOLM NEWS – There have been discussions for a long time about using Stockholm’s water for public transports to a larger extent than today. The latest contribution to the debate came yesterday when the Greens presented their ideas for the next electoral term. Read More
Monday, May 10th, 2010
RUSSIA SPACE AGENCY – NPK RECOD continues deployment of high-precise GLONASS/GPS positioning system in Sochi under the governmental contract with Roscosmos. On April 25–28, RECOD employees installed three GLONASS/GPS stations in the region, and selected locations for three more stations. Each station covers a zone of 50–70 km radius. The system of 6 stations is to provide
Monday, May 10th, 2010
EU – Stockholm, Europe’s first ever Green Capital, today showcased two visionary projects as examples of sustainable urban development. At a seminar in Brussels, Mayor of Stockholm Sten Nordin and representatives from the Swedish capital showed how cities across Europe can improve the quality of life for citizens while also looking after the environment. Environment
Monday, May 10th, 2010
ENERGY ENVIRO FINLAND – Russia’s new space monitoring system, “Arktika”, will help to reveal secrets of the Arctic. Four satellites will study the hard-to-reach regions around the North Pole. The first satellite of this system will be launched in three years, according to The Voice of Russia. The development of such a system will guarantee the
Monday, May 10th, 2010
VOLTIMUM – The 80-kilometer Gautrain Rapid Rail Link will bring high-speed commuter communications to Gauteng province, the smallest of the country’s nine provinces, but the most important economically and the most densely populated. Gauteng is the heart of the South African economy. It creates one-third of South Africa’s gross domestic product and is home to
Sunday, May 9th, 2010
SUNDAYS ZAMAN – Challenged by the limited size of the domestic market and squeezed by the increased risk of losing market share and its competitive edge in innovative technology products, Denmark has been forced to embark on a rush to find new markets, looking in particular at the fast developing Turkish economy, Danish authorities have
Saturday, May 8th, 2010
TIMES OF INDIA – A water feature found in the Maya city of Palenque, Mexico, is the earliest known example of engineered water pressure in the new world, say researchers. “Water pressure systems were previously thought to have entered the New World with the arrival of the Spanish,” wrote researchers at Penn State University. Read More
Friday, April 30th, 2010
NAMIBIAN ECONOMIST – The first of the Millennium Development Goals set by the United Nations and endorsed by its global membership is to eradicate poverty and hunger, but the energy to drive the economy that creates the jobs that earns the money to buy the food and all that flows from there needs to be
