Friday, July 30th, 2010
Still only half way through, the EPSRC-funded Urban Futures project can already boast some success in producing impact on the world around us. In accordance with theEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council’s Impact! Campaign, the Urban Futures team has been monitoring how their research could impact beyond academia and has found that the team’s close involvement with
Friday, July 30th, 2010
NV Energy, a US-based utility company, has received approval for its $301 million smart grid and smart meter project from the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada. The company has also received $138 million grant in stimulus funding from the US Department of Energy for the implementation of the advanced service delivery (ASD) project. The company plans
Friday, July 30th, 2010
Broadwind Energy, Inc. today announced that it has opened an office in Hamburg, Germany, and named Michael Stegelmann as managing director of Broadwind Energy Europe GmbH. “Many turbine manufacturers have engineering offices in the Hamburg area, and this new office will enable us to keep pace with rapidly evolving wind turbine technology,” said Lars Moller,
Friday, July 30th, 2010
Central Russia and the Moscow region are experiencing their hottest July in history, with record temperatures reaching over 35ºC posing a high fire risk. Several large smoke plumes originating from burning peat fields and forest fires are visible in this Envisat image covering the area east of Moscow. Read More
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of geoimaging software and systems, is pleased to announce the release of a new version of its Professional Software Development Kit (ProSDK), an integrated toolkit used for building highly automated and customized workflow solutions. The ProSDK includes a set of libraries, header files, and tools that allow users to run
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Leica Geosystems releases Leica PowerDigger Lite, its new entry-level single slope guidance system for all types of excavators. PowerDigger Lite is an easy-to-use, economic control system that perfectly meets the needs of contractors looking for economical entry-level machine control systems. Being designed for single slope applications, PowerDigger Lite is ideal for mini excavators and backhoes.
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.announces that its subsidiary, Ocean Power Technologies, Ltd, based in Warwick, England has been awardeda £1.5 million (approximately $2.3 million) grant from the South West of England Regional Development Agency (“SWRDA”) for the development of its next generation 500kW PowerBuoy(R) wave power system. The award will further strengthen OPT’s long-term involvement with
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Colortrac Limited, the NEW leader and innovator in large format scanners, has further extended its commitment to profitable business expansion with the appointment of Rob van Brakel to its senior management team. He joins the British wide format scanner manufacturer as their new Marketing Manager with worldwide responsibility for developing and implementing all elements of
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Infotech Enterprises GmbH today announced that it has become the first in Germany and surrounding area to join the Extensible CAD Technologies’ Reseller Program for InspectionXpert and Office2PDM. Infotech Enterprises will resell, service and support the InspectionXpert product line to their clients primarily across Germany, Switzerland and Austria. InspectionXpert is a quality control oriented platform that helps users create
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
he Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) recently concluded the OGC Web Services, Phase 7 (OWS-7) Testbed initiative. Interoperability architectures, enhancements to existingOGC standards, and candidate standards developed in the testbed for sensors, video change detection, database synchronization, information cataloguing, web processing services, event architecture and aviation will be presented in a 2 hour webinar. The webinar
