Smart Grid Energy Revolution for Canberra

Robin Eckermann talked on “The SMART GRID – The looming energy revolution” last night at the Australian Computer Society Canberra Branch Forum. He pointed out that electricity meters are the interface between the electricity grid and the customer. The meters are the most expensive component to replace to provide a smart grid, simply because thereRead… Read more »

Netfloor Cable Management Floor Tiles

Just noticed that the Cable Management Floor tile sample provided to me by Ecotile is branded “Netfloor”. It appears to be a Netfloor AD-400 40 mm (1.57″) UniPanel unit.Netfloor CMS Systems … light in weight, low in profile, fully accessible UniPanel consists 16 sub-panels distributed and simply Capped of Cable Trenches. These trenches house theRead… Read more »

Time is Precious

Creative Commons via Robbert van der Steeg on FlicKr None of us are born with the knowledge of how many days we have on this earth. I suppose, if we did, it might be a bit torturous….always wondering if we could cheat the certain hands of death. Today, I’m not going to write about socialRead… Read more »

National Broadband Map shows broadband availability across the USA.

The National Broadband Map (NBM) is a searchable and interactive website that allows users to view broadband availability across every neighborhood in the United States. The NBM was created by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), in collaboration with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and in partnership with 50 states, five territories and theRead… Read more »

Six Sigma Applied to Green ICT

Green ICT Project Officer Samuel Fernandes will discuss “Project planning: Using the Six Sigma methodology” At the Australian National University in Canberra, 11 am, 17 March 2011. Sam is a former student of Green Information Technology Strategies, now working on reducing the ANU’s greenhouse gas emissions.WorkshopProject planning: Using the Six Sigma methodologyThe ANU Project ManagementRead… Read more »

Čyras on Legal Frameworks of Virtual Worlds

Professor Dr. Vytautas Čyras of the Vilnius University Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics has posted On a Legal Framework in a Virtual World: Lessons from the VirtualLife Project, on the VoxPopuLII Blog, published by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School. In this post, Professor Čyras describes the regulatory infrastructure of VirtualLife, theRead… Read more »

Can emerging democracies skip Gov 1.0 and start with electronic Opengov?

In looking at the middle east, its still an open question as to whether the countries engaged in overthrowing their decades old dictators can begin to move toward nascent emerging democracies. But if they do, we know the process of becoming a stable, democratic society is a long-term exercise. But is there a corallary betweenRead… Read more »