Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Australian scientists are putting the finishing touches on a highly advanced tsunami warning system in a remote desert region north of Perth. Researchers say the array of sensors is the first in the world able to make...
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Krakatau (also known as Krakatoa), a volcanic island in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia, has been intermittently active for the past several decades. The island exploded in 1883, killing approximately...
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
The survey by RACV subsidiary Intelematics Australia took in the 26 busiest commuter routes in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, measuring traffic data over two years. After Thomastown the slowest traffic on Melbourne's seven busiest arterials was...
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is a pixel worth to a substation? Electrical substations are everywhere — generation substations, transmission substations, distribution substations, privately owned substations and the list goes on. Not as...
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
The first major opposition to the draft National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011 will be in the form of a three-day dharna here beginning on Wednesday by the project-affected people. Various peoples' movements under the...
Monday, August 1st, 2011
For the first time in India, Manipur has introduced Geographic Information System (GIS) for mapping schools located in remote areas of the State. With the introduction of GIS, effective monitoring can now be done whether or not funds...
Monday, August 1st, 2011
The GPS technology that allows cell phones and other devices to pinpoint their location to within a few meters has made possible new services ranging from location-aware social networks to self-driving cars. A new location technology accurate...
Monday, August 1st, 2011
The South China Sea dispute centers on the sovereignty over the Nansha Islands, a network of islands that stretches 1,000 km from north to south in the southeastern corner of the sea. China was the first country...
