Prioritizer

By Ken Goulding posted on Tue, 2010-10-05 16:00 , 360 reads, 0 comments

The prioritizer lets you rank projects by how well they contribute to a list of goals. Each project is assigned a score for each goal and goals can be weighted by importance.

 

Projects can be selected from the ranked list and then placed on a timeline. The timeline automatically tracks available funds and project sequencing requirements and shows flags when it detects a problem.

 

New wind turbine design could provide greater efficiency and much smaller footprint

By Ken Goulding posted on Tue, 2010-01-26 10:42 , 1224 reads, 0 comments

A new wind turbine design out of Wilbraham, MA promises to provide more durability, better efficiency and (importantly for planning purposes) much reduced spacing requirements.

 

Have a look at the video below. In addition to being an impressive piece of engineering, I think the video itself is an excellent example of selling a design concept using 3D computer models.

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Knowledge Cartography

By Stephen Gray posted on Thu, 2009-12-03 23:58 , 319 reads, 0 comments

"The aim of the research is to extend the cartographic metaphor beyond visual analogy, and to expose it as a narrative model and tool to intervene in complex, heterogeneous, dynamic realities, just like those of human geography. The map, in this context, is not only a passive representation of reality but a tool for the production of meaning. The map is thus a communication device: a mature representation artefact, aware of its own language and its own rhetoric, equipped with it its own tools, languages, techniques and supports."

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SARTRE (Safe Road Trains for the Environment)

By Pontus Lindberg posted on Tue, 2009-11-10 18:55 , 203 reads, 0 comments

Interesting pilot project in Europe that explores the concept of cars driving together to reduce fuel consumption.  The article claims that the program could reduce fuel consumption by 20% and provide motorists with a relatively stress-free commute.  Assuming that road networks do not have to be reconfigured, this project could be relatively inexpensive to implement.