The US Department of Energy has announced that it will provide up to $30 billion in loan guarantees for renewable energy projects. It will support an additional several billion dollars in loan guarantees for projects […]
I had heard of a project to cover the Sahara with solar panels, but until Michaela Schneeberger pointed me to the Desertec project, I thought it was a concept only. It has been estimated that […]
According to Engadget the Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D W1 camera and the Real 3D V1 8-inch picture viewer will be available in September for about $600. The camera will have a 3x optical zoom and dual […]
An article in National Geographic News reports that there is evidence in satellite imagery that the Sahara, specifically the Sahel, is becoming greener. A study in 2003 which analyzed NOAA/NASA Pathfinder AVHRR NDVI data found a strong increase in seasonal […]
I just noticed a cool little item on Mike Schlosser’s blog. Buffer analysis on a polygon normally involves generating a larger polygon that contains the original polygon. Mike shows you how how you can use […]
Shaan Hurley just let me know the origin of the idea for the lab (as in labrador) in the original Autodesk Labs logo.
The new Autodesk Labs site redesign went live last Thursday night. The new site design was created by Doug Look, Senior Strategic Designer at Autodesk. One project that I recommend you take a look at […]
In the US there are 9,200 electric generating units with more than 1,000,000 megawatts of generating capacity, but most of them were built in the 1960s or earlier. There are over 12,000 sub-stations and the […]