Friday, January 27th, 2012
Earth Observation (EO) products and services – which use orbiting, remote sensing satellite technology to monitor and map the environment – have huge potential for business and social use in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). And steps are underway to address the bottlenecks holding back use of this technology, through a major European Commission project known as
Friday, January 27th, 2012
Russia will boost its coal production with 30 percent. A significant share will be taken from Arctic mines. The world´s sixth biggest coal producing country will boost its annual production by more than 100 million tons by year 2030. Visiting Kemerovo, the centre of the coal-rich Kusbass region, the country´s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said
Friday, January 27th, 2012
German Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen has said he wants to cut subsidies on installing solar panels sooner than planned as the number of people taking advantage of the incentives continues to soar. As do costs to electricity customers. Read More
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
With HTML5 & WebGL it is possible to render 3D content directly in the Webbrowser without the need for Plugins or Applets. A demonstrator has been put online by the GIScience Research Group (http://giscience.uni-hd.de) at the University of Heidelberg, that shows how to stream large point clouds that have been derived from laser scanning with
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
The Environment Ministry has announced it is to cut 115 positions from three different agencies. The Environmental Protection Agency will lose 15 jobs, around 80 positions will be cut by the Nature Protection Agency and another 25 in the Mapping and Surveying Agency. Read More
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
The completion of the Ilısu Dam will flood parts of the historical town of Hasankeyf in the southeastern province of Batman but will provide a significant boost for Turkey’s economy, according to an experts’ court report. “The Ilısu Dam is expected to provide significant contributions to the social, economic and cultural development of the region
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Researchers have “cloaked” a three-dimensional object, making it invisible from all angles, for the first time. However, the demonstration works only for waves in the microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Read More
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Under a dim glow of a solar light, two fatigued officials from the National Cadastral Resurvey Program (NCRP), the gup and a few helpers are busy with Thram or land transactions and its registration. One official photocopies a citizen identity card while the other, in a dark green dress, tries to correct forms people have filled
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Adif, the Spanish rail infrastructure administrator, and the Isofoton and Affirma Energineering and Technology Group, leader in design, manufacture and supply of solar energy solutions, have signed a three-year, non-exclusive commercialization agreement for domestic and international distribution of the ‘Ferrolinera Adif’ system. Read More
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Focus on the Economy and Technology, the annual publication showcasing Finland and targeted at key international markets, has just been published for the tenth time. This year’s issue highlights Finland’s strengths in design, start-up entrepreneurship and natural resource economy sectors. Focus on the Economy and Technology, the annual publication showcasing Finland and targeted at key international
