President Sarkozy of France has proposed a carbon tax, a tax on CO2 emissions, starting January 1, 2010. The tax will be initially €17 per tonne of carbon dioxide and will be levied on individuals […]
NASA and Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) have scheduled the static test firing of the new first-stage solid rocket motor for the Ares I rocket today in Utah. Shaan Hurley, Autodesk blogger, is there. The Ares […]
H5M, a joint design team of Hatch Mott MacDonald (HMM) and the MMM Group, has received an Autodesk BIM Experience Award for its innovative application of building information modeling (BIM) for the Port Mann/Highway 1 […]
This photo of the Butterfly Nebula was imaged on July 27, 2009 with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), a new camera aboard NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. It’s actually a composite composed from images of emissions […]
I just came across an interesting guide for publishing government data on the web from the W3C eGovernment Interest Group (W3C eGov Interest Group). These folks are interested in improving government transparency through better use of the […]
I have blogged about Dubai a number of times over the past few years because it is such an incredibly dynamic and exciting place from the point of view of engineering and built infrastructure. […]
Speed bumps that generate electricity as cars drive over them are to be introduced in the UK as part of a pilot in London. The bumps are comprised of a series of panels set in […]
Autodesk has announced the availability of a new software product AutoCAD Plant 3D 2010 that is designed to provide 3D model-based design for designing process plants. As its name suggests AutoCAD Plant 3D is built […]