Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
The intricate interactions among the different sub-systems of earth: atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere, geosphere and biosphere, make earth a single inter-linked system. Understanding these interactions can lead to improved prediction of weather and climate.
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
China launched a new high-resolution remote sensing satellite on Monday at 03:17 UTC using the Long March 4B (Chang Zheng-4B -Y26) launch vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. According to the official Xinhua News Agency, the...
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
It is often the case in interaction design that the best solutions simply get out of the way, allowing the user to achieve their goal and get on with their life. With Google Maps, this is certainly the...
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Health is an important issue not only for human beings, but also for civil infrastructures. Bridge collapses often result in a large number of casualties, as well as negative social and economic consequences, as was seen in...
Monday, January 9th, 2012
FUGRO-TSM Pty Ltd, has been awarded the Greater Western Flank (GWF) Phase 1 Project Subsea Installation Contract from Woodside Energy Limited. The contract value is in excess of AUD 100 million, with engineering and design work for the...
Monday, January 9th, 2012
For the SECMAR project iXSurvey was sub-contracted to design a big frame (6 m of diameter, 1.2T).This frame is intended to support an acoustic antenna. The GG9 and the divers team are installing the frame in the Fos sur Mer Gulf....
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
After a few months of hard work in Mandai mangroves, Mangrove Action Squad is glad to report some preliminary of Mangrove Apprentice a.k.a. Rick’s project. After having mapped about 600 trees, the distribution of tree species near Sungei Mandai Kechil...
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
Paje’s move came in the wake of initial reports that a number of cadastral survey projects outsourced by the government were incomplete or abandoned by the survey contractors. “This blacklisting should serve as a warning to all survey...
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
Strategic cropping land is an important, finite resource that is subject to competing land uses from the agriculture, mining and urban development sectors. The government aims to strike a balance between these sectors to help maintain the...
