March of the motes
An unseen silicon army is gathering information on Earth and its inhabitants. It’s not an alien reconnaissance mission: smart dust is finally hitting the streets, says Anil Ananthaswamy
An unseen silicon army is gathering information on Earth and its inhabitants. It’s not an alien reconnaissance mission: smart dust is finally hitting the streets, says Anil Ananthaswamy
A meteor seen flying over Russia on Feb. 15 at 3:20: 26 UTC impacted Chelyabinsk. Preliminary information is that this object was unrelated to asteroid 2012 DA14, which made a safe pass by Earth today. Image credit: Google Earth, NASA/JPL-Caltech
Alla manifestazione dedicata all’Information & Communications Technology sarà consegnato il riconoscimento Innovazione Enterprise 2.0 per l’utilizzo dei social media nel settore turistico. Dal 20 al 22 ottobre a Fieramilanocity la 47esima edizione di SMAU
Vice President Tajani and Commissioner Poto?nik have swiftly followed up on their undertaking given during their Hearings in the European Parliament by together visiting the European Chemicals Agency, ECHA, in Helsinki on 25 March. They are taking action to make progress towards the registration of chemicals and the management of substances of very high concern. Of particular importance is the smooth implementation of the registration of high-volume chemicals by the REACH deadline of 30 November 2010 by implementing solutions to practical problems to support industrys work, in particular SMEs. Both Commissioners also announced their common approach on the identification and management of substances of very high concern. They also welcomed progress on the translation of the guidelines for the implementation of REACH. Both commissioners underlined their commitment to the success of REACH, the European Chemicals Regulation.
People can now reach emergency services from anywhere in the EU, simply by dialling 112, the single European emergency number. Now that 112 can be called from any phone in Bulgaria, it has achieved complete availability just before the Christmas period when thousands of people travel between EU Member States to visit family, hit the slopes or look for winter sun. It also crowns the combined efforts of the European Commission and EU Member States to make 112 fully available everywhere so that Europeans will always have a lifeline in the EU.