Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Thales Alenia Space España has been awarded important contracts summing up to a value of more than 7.5 million Euros. These contracts are for the MUSIS program for Earth observation. The company will be entrusted with the design, development, manufacturing, qualification, supply of electronics for the focal plane of the optical instrument (FPPB), and the
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
U.S. wildfires is a sharable web map that can be used to help report on the 2011 wildfire season. The map shows current data for wildfire locations and related information including photos and videos from social media. Use the map’s Share button to size the map for embedding on web sites. Read More
Monday, June 13th, 2011
Damage to marine and coastal ecosystems could be reversed through more involvement between coastal communities and stakeholders, says the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). A new guide, published today for World Oceans Day 2011 (8 June), stresses the importance of groups working together where they have a stake in the coastline to mitigate the harm caused
Monday, June 13th, 2011
The development of the new think3 proceeding rapidly. In just the first weeks after starting the R&D team has been hard at work and the Official Thinkdesign 2011 Beta version is entering into the build phase ready for its imminent release. Some new functionalities available in this release covered:– Assembly: New Mating management, Gear Constraint,
Monday, June 13th, 2011
The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) today announced the much anticipated release of IntelliCAD 7. IntelliCAD 7 represents the culmination of a fundamental overhaul of the entire IntelliCAD code base undertaken by the ITC and its member companies. It incorporates a complete, new architecture based on and synchronized with the development platform from the Open Design Alliance,
Monday, June 13th, 2011
Maxwell Systems, Inc. announced version 9.2 of Maxwell Systems Estimation, the company’s advanced takeoff and estimating software designed specifically to address the needs of electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and HVAC contractors. Estimation 9.2 offers numerous new features and enhancements to help contractors work with greater speed and accuracy.
Monday, June 13th, 2011
Senate committee on climate change chair Loren Legarda reiterated her call for all local government units to integrate disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) tools in their respective land use and development plans as part of continuous preparations for storms and other calamities during the rainy season. Citing the United Nations’ 2011 Global
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Esri UK is pleased to announce that its market-leading GIS technology is supporting English Heritage to help visualise all entries on its recently launched ‘The National Heritage List for England’. The National Heritage List for England is a new online database of the UK’s 400,000 listed buildings, registered parks, gardens and battlefields, protected shipwrecks and
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Victoria’s AXYS Technologies is on the verge of massive growth that could mean increasing its staff and expanding into its recently built new digs. The company is preparing to ship the first of its WindSentinel assessment buoys, and it all goes according to plan AXYS will be ramping up production of the device this year.
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Application developers have detailed knowledge of the markets they serve but struggle to find a cost-effective means to collect the sensor data that drive their applications. With over 20 years of wireless deployments, RFM has the practical experience that enables us to deliver wireless sensor network platform products that non-RF personnel can easily deploy. Our
