Monday, October 31st, 2011
Researchers are using innovative tools to perform psychological experiments a lot faster than they used to. Experts believe the number of smartphone users worldwide will top the 1 billion mark by 2013. Now an international team of scientists has taken advantage of smartphone technology to examine the mental processes involved in how humans remember, think,
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Zimbabwe has secured a US$300 million loan from Brazil to finance agriculture and boost crop production after successive years of food deficits, state media reported yesterday. The loan is part of Brazil’s aid programme for Africa, the state-controlled Herald newspaper said. Agriculture Minister Joseph Made said the funds would be used to support farmers who
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Hackers interfered with two US satellites four times between 2007 and 2008, according to reports. Read More
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Sales of advanced electricity meters in Brazil may exceed $4 billion (Dh14.68 billion) over the next decade as South America’s largest economy seeks to curb energy theft. The country is expected to issue in December specifications for companies that want to sell wireless meters that can be monitored remotely. It may also require utilities to replace all
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
A recent orthodoxy in some circles is that long range planning is no longer a relevant activity, since everything is changing so fast. As we are told, by the time the long range plan has been developed, it is irrelevant and just so much wasted time and paper. The new orthodoxy talks about strategic planning
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
With the UK government soon to outline its strategy to implement Building Information Modelling (Bim) on all public sector building projects, the design of the built environment will change drastically. Advanced computer modelling is transforming the design process of buildings worldwide. It’s predicted to save the industry at least 10% on build costs at £1bn
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Why teach augmented reality about gravity? I spoke with Trak Lord from Metaio’s San Francisco office about the newest improvements to their mobile AR technology. Modern smart phones come with a bevy of inertial sensors that typically are used for things like a compass function, but which Metaio can use (along with some complex algorithms)
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Canada offers at least three great cities – Toronto, Montreal and Quebec City. Toronto is the largest city in Canada and the fifth-largest in North America, located on the northern shore of Lake Ontario. The city is really about its the people, hence it shouldn’t be surprising the name “Toronto” comes from a Huron word meaning “meeting
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
UN-REDD is inviting comments on a third draft of its social and environmental principles and criteria. This is part of a comments process that has been going on since March 2011. Comments on the most recent draft are invited between 15 October and 31 December 2011. Comments should be sent to [email protected]
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
The long and often rather dangerous migration of the satellite-tracked Finnish osprey Jukka to his winter home in Africa has been successfully negotiated once more. Just over a week ago, Jukka touched down safely in the trees by the delta of the River Benoue, which runs into the southeast of the Lagdo reservoir in Cameroon. Read More
