Monday, February 18, 2008

GE Sensors Help Control Ventilation in Schools - Sensors

GE Sensors Help Control Ventilation in Schools - Sensors: "BILLERICA, MA /BUSINESS WIRE/ -- GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, is helping schools control their ventilation and outdoor air supply.
'Maintaining proper air quality in schools is an important part of maintaining a comfortable, healthy, productive environment for students and faculty,' said Rod Valenta, General Manager of GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies' Telaire division.
The business launched a Web page to educate interested parties in the effects of ventilation in educational facilities. The page includes studies showing the negative impacts of too little ventilation, an expected savings calculator, and potential rebates."

Friday, February 01, 2008

» Has iPhone met its match with nuvifone? (updated 10x) | The Apple Core | ZDNet.com

» Has iPhone met its match with nuvifone? (updated 10x) The Apple Core ZDNet.com:

: "Garmin made a surprise announcement last night of a new iPhone competitor. nuvifone (rhymes with “MovieFone”… coincidence?) has an impressive feature set, including:

  • Quad-band GSM mobile phone
  • 3G HSDPA
  • 3.5-inch touchscreen interface
  • HTML Web browser
  • WiFi
  • Multi-network instant messaging
  • MMS media messaging
  • Still & video camera
    Automatically geotags photo with the latitude and longitude reference of where the image was taken
  • MP3 and MPEG4/AAC player
  • Garmin Online service with constantly-updating information:
    Real-time traffic
    Fuel prices
    Stock prices
    Sport scores
    News reports
    Local events
    Weather forecasts
  • Google applications
    Gmail
    Google local search
    Proximity, location based search (coffee shops near me)
    Access to millions of geo-located landmark and sightseeing photographs available through Google’s Panoramio picture sharing site
  • Best-in-breed GPS capabilities
    Preloaded maps of North America, Eastern and Western Europe, or both
    Turn-by-turn, voice-prompted directions
    Speaks the names of the streets
    “Where am I?” feature displays your latitude and longitude coordinates, the nearest address and intersection, and the closest hospitals, police stations and gas stations.
    Find your car in an unfamiliar spot or crowded parking lot by automatically marking the position in which it was last removed from the vehicle mount."