Friday, August 13th, 2010
AGL Energy Ltd. said Thursday that its joint venture with Meridian Energy Ltd. of New Zealand plans to build a one billion Australian dollar (US$898.8 million) wind farm in Victoria state by early 2013, as Australian policy measures designed to stimulate renewable-energy investment start to bear fruit. Read More
Friday, August 13th, 2010
The Instituto de Información Territorial del Estado de Jalisco is a government organization which was founded in 1998 to share geographical information between the government agencies of Jalisco in México. Within the years, the institution has gathered loads of information in several formats such as SHP, DWG, DXF, GeoTIFF and ECW, among others. So, what we
Friday, August 13th, 2010
Three years ago, GE scientists discovered that nanostructures from wing scales of butterflies exhibited acute chemical sensing properties. Since then, GE scientists have been developing a dynamic, new sensing platform that replicates these unique properties. Recognizing the potential of GE’s sensing technologies for improving homeland protection, DARPA is supporting further research. Radislav Potyrailo, a principal scientist
Friday, August 13th, 2010
To celebrate National Science Week 2010 (14-22 August), CSIRO is stagingevents across the nation designed to both showcase its accomplishments andinspire members of the public to begin their own journeys of scientificdiscovery. Read More
Friday, August 13th, 2010
“Our focus on growing our revenue base while controlling costs resulted in better than expected revenue and profitability in the second quarter,” said Carl Bass, Autodesk president and CEO. “Although the pace of the global recovery is varied by country, we are pleased that we achieved revenue growth in all of our major geographies. We experienced
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Following on from the success of previous events, gazetteer specialists Aligned Assets can today announce the next date in its popular series of Gazetteer Best Practice Days. Specifically for the Welsh Gazetteer community, this best practice day will be held at the Media Resource Centre in Llandrindod on 2nd November 2010 and will see
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) is seeking to appoint an Executive Director to serve as its chief executive officer based at the Headquarters in Vienna, Austria, as of 1 November 2010. Please go to http://www.iufro.org/news/article/2010/08/10/iufro-seeks-new-executive-director/ for the full announcement of the position which is based on secondment or a specific donor grant.
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
“The building design, construction and infrastructure industries must improve productivity, while at the same time completing complex projects on time and at or under budget,” said Jay Bhatt, senior vice president of AEC Industry Solutions on a recent visit to the UK. He was speaking at a time when a string of big-name contractors and
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
NASA — Even as Muscovites choked under a blanket of thick smoke in the first week of August 2010, concentrations of a colorless, odorless gas spiked to dangerous levels. A product of fire and a component of smoke, carbon monoxide is among the pollutants that wildfires spread across much of western Russia. This image, made
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Trimble announced today that British Gas, one of the world’s leading energy companies, will be implementing Trimble’s GeoManager™ solution across its smart meter fleet. British Gas, a current Taskforce™ and GeoManager customer, will be deploying GeoManager to the smart meter business to realize the full benefits of integrated vehicle tracking to manage operations. “British Gas
