An initial set of 16 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) interoperability standards for the smart-grid have been announced by the Department of Energy and Department of Commerce, which is responsible for NIST. The standards […]
The Department of Energy has announced that it will raise the cap on grants for the development of smart-grid projects to $200 million from $20 million. The Recovery bill (ARRA) included $4.5 billion for smart-grid […]
At the Seoul C40 Large Cities Climate Summit 2009, Autodesk announced it is partnering with the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) to provide visualization technology for Project Two Degrees. Project Two Degrees is an Internet-based application […]
Bill Clinton in Seoul, South Korea for the C40 Summit, an annual meeting of some of the world’s largest cities committed to addressing climate change, announced the Climate Positive Development Program in partnership with the U.S. […]
The Japanese government has announced a 15.4 trillion yen ($150 billion) stimulus package that includes measures to support fuel-efficient vehicles and consumer electronics. This is the third stimulus package announced by the government in the last year. […]
I’ve blogged here and here about the Nikon P6000 with a built-in GPS. Here are some pictures taken at the Ottawa Tulip Festival. Select the “Map” option to see the locations of all the pictures. During […]
At FOSSLC Summercamp, Richard Weait presented an overview of OpenStreetMap. You can watch his presentation here. He relates a fascinating story about a map edit disagreement in Cyprus where two contributors disagreed about the name of a […]
I came across a blog post by Joe Francica that injected a bit of humour into the otherwise marginally encouraging economic news.