http://www.computescotland.co.uk/ en-us Wed, 16 May 2012 15:32:37 +0100 Wed, 16 May 2012 15:32:37 +0100 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Beachshore Design Online Management System editor@computescotland.co.uk (Gail Purvis) support@beachshore.co.uk (Beachshore Support) http://www.computescotland.co.uk//hot-market-interior-navigation-5285.php Edinburgh based sensewhere Ltd (formerly SATSIS Ltd), a leader in hyper-local and indoor positioning solutions has secured a further £600,000 R&D grant as part of the Scottish Enterprise Smart:Scotland scheme. Meantime at the Nuremberg Sensor +Test trade fair May 22-24 researchers from the Fraunhofe'sr Research Institution for Modular Solid State Technologies EMFT and Institutes for Reliability & Microintegration IZM and for Electronic Nano Systems ENAS, will deliver their live demo of a new interior-space navigation system MST-Smartsense. Wed, 16 May 2012 15:31:19 +0100 iCQLfV6a2Q8aoSEdpGlh http://www.computescotland.co.uk//uk-2011-12bn-pirated-software-5284.php This year's BSA Global Software Piracy Study marks the first time a large sample of computer users around the world have been asked directly, "How often do you acquire pirated software or software that is not fully licensed?" The answers people have given to that and other questions reveal sharp divides between the habits and outlooks of computer users in emerging and developed markets. Wed, 16 May 2012 14:35:22 +0100 25PsVtCmHev7vnST9U0Z http://www.computescotland.co.uk//how-green-is-your-computer-5283.php For a small hopeful moment, Gaberlunzie seeing the headline of linux PC growing wheatgrass wondered if this machine was powered by piezo-energy harvesting, or bio-photsynthesis, but he now wonders if Google and other large cloud operators would consider using the heat from their countless servers to provide greenhouses for farming. Wed, 16 May 2012 12:03:55 +0100 onvYYuszcrSJIw2DO41J http://www.computescotland.co.uk//defending-independent-scotland-5281.php The Ministry of Defence will “want out” of an independent Scotland, taking its defence contracts to London controlled territory says Professor Trevor Taylor, a leading military analyst Wed, 16 May 2012 09:03:23 +0100 LIXt0n6TTWlhmy6mkm60 http://www.computescotland.co.uk//the-most-suprising-thing-man-5280.php At the invitation of The Conference of Edinburgh’s Religious Leaders, The Edinburgh Inter Faith Association, The University of Dundee, Dundee City Council, The City of Edinburgh Council, Highland Council, and The National Library of Scotland, His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama will visit Scotland in late June 2012.   Wed, 16 May 2012 08:01:48 +0100 pnrx3yVRw6lnNh13Wtnn http://www.computescotland.co.uk//reading-eyjafjallajkull-ashes-5279.php Two years ago, an ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull reached the Iberian Peninsula bringing airports to a halt across Europe. At the time, scientists followed its paths using satellites, laser detectors, sun photometers and other instruments. Now they have presented results and models to help prevent the consequences of such natural phenomena, Wed, 16 May 2012 07:07:54 +0100 W4gPNA8qklZp3Q8q32Iv http://www.computescotland.co.uk//new-cyanobacterium-found-5278.php A French team have discovered a new cyanobacterium in microbialites that forms intracellular Calcium-Magnesium-Strontium-Barium carbonate inclusions, revealing an unexplored pathway for calcification. Based on phylogenetic analyses, they tentatively name this cyanobacterium Candidatus Gloeomargarita lithofaciens. Tue, 15 May 2012 19:04:27 +0100 N6AyYaLBDSWUJRXmC3g3 http://www.computescotland.co.uk//chemical-engineering-abertay-principal-5277.php The Court of the University of Abertay Dundee has appointed Professor Nigel Seaton as new Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University. Former senior deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Surrey and Vice-Principal of Edinburgh University. Professor Seaton takes up his appointment in August, 13 months after Bernard King, his predecessor 'retired,' leaving a hard act to follow. Tue, 15 May 2012 18:04:12 +0100 JESI1z8XAYgicdRRH4iP http://www.computescotland.co.uk//chipworks-gss-intels-finfet-5276.php Glasgow-based Gold Standard Simulation (GSS) has been puzzled by the shape of the latest Intel 22nm tri-gate (or try-gate?) transistors, revealed in a recent Chipworks blog. It raises the million dollar question as to whether the almost-triangular shape is an ‘on purpose’ design, or simply what bulk FinFET technology is only able to achieve in terms of fin etching? Tue, 15 May 2012 11:26:48 +0100 5TpBPTufEfXjeMc8ZrPG http://www.computescotland.co.uk//erskine-new-hardware-for-old-5275.php HP opens its Technology Renewal Centre in Erskine, that enables HP commercial customers to acquire certified legacy HP products and participate in equipment reuse programmes, regardless of equipment type or manufacturer. Tue, 15 May 2012 11:04:20 +0100 aLNOktyNhaWQEwhIi1DH http://www.computescotland.co.uk//leaking-co2-trials-ardmuknish-bay-5274.php Ten research institutes are to trial injecting C02 over a month below the seabed of Ardmucknish Bay, then drill to make it leak while monitoring the seabed and sediment for the next 90 days with sesnors, acoustic techniques and seismic testing. Mon, 14 May 2012 16:43:53 +0100 VnhYwzYtzXqkUzaGdxgA http://www.computescotland.co.uk//emp-risk-warning-for-infrastructure-5273.php "Developing threats: Electro-Magnetic Pulses (EMP)" report published by the Defence Committee stresses how space weather or a nuclear weapon exploded at altitude that caused EMP could devastate the UK industrial and business sectors. Mon, 14 May 2012 14:04:44 +0100 QQezpHqZpNMTcp0lSkER http://www.computescotland.co.uk//nautimus-waves-and-tidal-energy-5272.php The world’s first wave and tidal energy engineering services company Scottish based Nautimus is comprised of Sweden's Vattenfall, the UK's Babcock and Spain's Abengoa. It emerges less than a month after Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime was hired by MeyGen to carry out subsea noise studies as a part of its 400MW tidal site of Scotland's Pentland Firth and Germanischer Lloyd tests Kawasaki's tidal turbines. Mon, 14 May 2012 13:20:32 +0100 JcQMilDszdImurv700ZW http://www.computescotland.co.uk//system-engineers-283k-or-227k-differential-5271.php System engineers salary and bonus in the UK according to Payscale which takes salary and bonus for a total pay from £15,514 to £43,214 or £22,7k differential are an interesting, if far less specific comparison to with the USA system engineers earnings as disclosed by Glassdoor.com Mon, 14 May 2012 11:18:32 +0100 I9HApQrkD3n7ViQMPTAG http://www.computescotland.co.uk//jumpstart-grows-covetable-jobs-5270.php Expert business and technical analysts are to be hired in a major recruitment drive by the Scottish R&D tax credit specialist Jumpstart, that will create 40 top jobs for the cream of the UK's scientific and business talent. Mon, 14 May 2012 09:58:09 +0100 z2C2QZru7VcmSgpYsArz http://www.computescotland.co.uk//16m-for-uk-robotics-5268.php UK research, that in Scotland includes Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt Universities, is to develop smart machines that think for themselves and will receive a £16m boost thanks to a major partnership between the government and industry. This research includes safe ways of monitoring in dangerous environments, as in deep sea installations and nuclear power plants, or ‘nursebots’ that assist patients in hospitals, and aerial vehicles to monitor national borders or detect pollution. Wed, 09 May 2012 20:34:23 +0100 aVGEhAfmkTmY3DWhtfOf http://www.computescotland.co.uk//spatial-freedom-for-power-charging-5267.php Samsung and Qualcomm Inc have joined other technology leaders such as Ever Win Industries, Gill Industries, Peiker Acustic, SK Telecom and Powermat Technologies to form Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) Wed, 09 May 2012 13:10:52 +0100 nwf69AfzS9lQS8xpRbEy http://www.computescotland.co.uk//translational-implants-maths-medicine-5266.php A European translational research project that has just closed, brought together basic scientific knowledge from the areas of mathematics, medicine and computer science with the aim optimising the replacement of individual shoulder joints (patient-specific). In a world where off-the- shelf hIp and knee replacements are commonplace, tailored or patient specific implants sounds alluring. Wed, 09 May 2012 08:06:55 +0100 gX33RfA21LlVYih63HaO http://www.computescotland.co.uk//ice-warp-ubuntu-sound-ampr-sencha-touch-5265.php New spring software involves dual software messaging; dual core Ubuntu; hearing aid sensor apps and HTML 5 web ware. Wed, 09 May 2012 07:58:42 +0100 n8ffxjTEwZ7MO3c1mCXe http://www.computescotland.co.uk//ultrafast-british-broadband-bank-5264.php Convergys Smart Revenue Solutions sponsored the London School of Economics (LSE) to research expected benefits of superfast broadband and the current commitment to fund the infrastructure needed. The UK Government is targeting 100% fast broadband coverage, 90% superfast broadband coverage across the UK by 2015. Not surprisingly research identifies a problematic £1.1bn funding gap to support deployment, but then raises the riveting issue of the Cooperative and Building Societ banks in a potential common currency Ultrafast Broadband bank. Tue, 08 May 2012 15:35:26 +0100 cJRnpnXSqEbo49JejY30