In the ‘Perspectives’ column this week?— “What Impact Does a More Fully Enabled GNSS Have on GIS and CAD Related Applications?” Russia has recently launched 3 more GLONASS satellites bringing that constellation to 20 operating satellites in space. The timing of this improved coverage is important. The rest of the geospatial industry, particularly the CAD [...]
Le Monde newspaper reports that British scientists at the University College London (UCL) have successfully been able to read memory and which images caused certain brain activity. They even say that they can determine ‘where’ someone was in a virtual environment. Ok — so what is the practical application of this? Think on it. All those criminals out there who [...]
Berlin Local reports on the recent introduction of IKEA into the pre-fab home market. The company has seen a large demand for the 82 — 102 sq m. homes in the Federal State of Hesse and the Wiesbaden area so far. “No customer will have to put their home together themselves with a Allen key,” Bien-Zinker head Philipp Mühlbauer said.