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Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

TotalCAD Solution Centre to Become GRAPHISOFT SA

GRAPHISOFT has announced that TotalCAD Solution Centre (TCSC), its long time partner in South Africa, will distribute GRAPHISOFT’s award-winning suite of 3D architectural design products as an exclusive distributor partner in the region. “We are very proud and excited about the appointment of TCSC as exclusive distributor partner in South Africa effective January 1, 2011,”

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Blom Receives Order for First Solar Potential Study

Early in 2010 it became clear that the impending introduction of Government backed payments, or Feed-in-Tariffs (FIT’s) for electricity generated using solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, would lead to a massive increase in demand for installations of the technology.  The 25 year scheme is designed to encourage the uptake of solar PV panels by homeowners and

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Spirit of Localism Highly Commended

Bath & North East Somerset Council received a highly commended citation in the 2010 Association of Geographic Information Awards held on the 25th of November in London. The award, in the Local Public Services category, recognises the Council’s achievement in providing an affordable web based mapping application, ‘Parish Online’, to Parish Councils throughout Bath &

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Locus Introduces New ePortal Software for Efficient Environmental Management

Locus Technologies (Locus), manufacturer of web-based environmental compliance and information management software, introduces new and expanded features of its ePortal, a software platform for environmental and energy information management. This fifth generation version of the platform introduces a new Rich Internet Application (RIA)-based user interface that provides enhanced usability, improved work flows, and Augmented Reality (AR). Read

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

The Internet of Things 2010 Conference in Tokyo Explored the Interactions of Humans with their Built Environment

I magine you live in a house that communicates with you through an interface resembling the futuristic info-graphics in the science-fiction movie “Minority Report” — where actor Tom Cruise interacted with icons on an holographic touch screen. For example, a kitchen appliance, such as your fridge, displays a neat pie chart showing you’re running low

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

NI Measurement Studio 2010 Introduces New Support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

National Instruments today announced Measurement Studio 2010 with new support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 .NET. The new version of the software fully integrates into Visual Studio 2010/2008/2005 and provides tools designed specifically for data acquisition, signal processing, analysis and visualization. Microsoft Visual Studio developers using Measurement Studio 2010 can create Windows Forms and Web

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

GLONASS System and Space Imagery in Russia: Headless Body or Bodiless Head?

I’m somewhat surprised by the reasoning of Sergey Miller in the article “On actions of the Earth from Space Association Management”. In fact I’m one of the originators for founding the Earth from Space Association and I feel the need in discussions within the framework of specialized informal site for clarification of law in the area of satellite

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Forum on Earth Observations IV

I wanted to share with you the outcome of the Forum on Earth Observations IV – Climate, Energy, and National Security:  Meeting the Environmental Information Challenge.  We have widely disseminated this meeting summary to the Hill, industry, academia, NGOs and government agencies.  It can also be found in the event web site (www.ForumonEo4.com). I want to also

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

Global Carbon Capture Expertise

Scotland is to design a blueprint to ensure carbon capture and storage technology (CCS) can be implemented effectively around the world. The Global CCS Institute has asked Scotland to develop a toolkit to help nations test the strength of regulations and the permitting process, build knowledge and test public engagement, ensuring CCS can be safely

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

Alibre Design Includes “Moment of Inspiration” Software for Consumer Product Creation

Alibre Inc. announced the inclusion of the simple, yet powerful rapid concept creation and surfacing design tool, Moment of InspirationTM (MoI), in Alibre Design Expert.  Created by Michael Gibson, the original designer of the Rhino modeling tool, MoI makes product and concept design easy, fast, and accessible to more designers.