Monday, December 20th, 2010
Tasmania is set to become a world leader in forest carbon research, according to the Minister for Energy and Resources Bryan Green. Mr Green said a number of projects were either underway or ready to start under a carbon research program established by Forestry Tasmania last year. “Climate change is a major issue and FT’s carbon research
Sunday, December 19th, 2010
3D Systems announced that it added EmberSurge, a recognized, successful Silicon Valley Reseller and service provider, to its growing network of 3D printers and solutions providers. With a qualified team of experienced engineers and service professionals, EmberSurge delivers comprehensive sales and support for 3D printers along with part printing services in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Sunday, December 19th, 2010
MapQuest announced the launch of its first U.S. site built on OpenStreetMap (OSM) data, an information source encouraging consumer contributions. Open.MapQuest.com, like the 10 open sites launched by MapQuest in Europe and Asia over the last four months, hosts OSM data along with the new MapQuest brand and interface. “While the launch of our U.S.
Sunday, December 19th, 2010
The newly published third edition of the ASHRAE GreenGuide: The Design, Construction and Operation of Sustainable Buildings is an updated version of this easy-to-use reference that covers the need-to-know information on what to do, where to turn, what to suggest and how to interact with other members of the design team in a productive way. The book
Sunday, December 19th, 2010
China launched a new orbiter from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan Province on Saturday. The newly launched satellite joins six other satellites already in orbit to form a network. The Navigation System is called BeiDou after the Big Dipper constellation. Beidou is designed to provide navigation, time and short message services in the Asia
Sunday, December 19th, 2010
EchoStorm, founded in 2003, provides a suite of secure, net-centric commercial products that enables users to capture, manage, and disseminate full-motion video in near real time as well as address the common issues involved with system interoperability and bandwidth.
Sunday, December 19th, 2010
TECTERRA announced today the opening of a new Call For Proposals (CFP) providing an ongoing opportunity of geomatics commercialization funding for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) in Canada. There will be several application review dates announced throughout the coming year, with the first being January 20, 2011. TECTERRA’s industry funding program enables and supports the development
Sunday, December 19th, 2010
Canada’s Advanced Research and Innovation Network has announced a $3-million pilot project to allow private businesses to access its blazingly fast 100-gigabit optical network. The network, which was first announced in October, has been offered only to Canadian researchers so far. It offers Internet connection speeds thousands of times faster than today’s consumers have access to.
Sunday, December 19th, 2010
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the US government has developed specialist software that will help keep GPS surveying equipment up-to-date with the shifting of tectonic plates in continental North America. The agency’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) has developed horizontal time-dependent positioning (HTDP) software, which allows for the estimation of horizontal velocities on
Sunday, December 19th, 2010
Passengers can now select between informative and relaxing ESA channels on Lufthansa flights. ESA’s new relaxation channel features Our Colorful Planet, a collage of spectacular Earth images set to meditative music. Beginning this month, ESA’s expanded onboard entertainment is a flowing presentation of Earth images from its Envisat satellite. The film, which had its debut
