The News Review:
- Engineer chosen to prepare future Toyota plant site in Itawamba…
- Smarty Plants: Inside the World’s nly Plant-Intelligence Lab
- Saipem to finalise contract for Iride Endesa LNG plant by end-Nov -…
Engineer chosen to prepare future Toyota plant site in Itawamba…
Free with registration – Northeast MS Daily Journal – AccessMyLibrary.com – Oct 30, 2007
30–DRSEY — Engineering Solutions Inc. of Pontotoc has been selected for the first phase of site preparation for the Toyota Boshoku America site in Itawamba County. The $80 million plant wil.
Smarty Plants: Inside the World’s nly Plant-Intelligence Lab
Wired News – Oct 30, 2007
” Plants have never been given their due in the order of things; they’ve usually been dismissed as mere vegetables. But there’s a growing body of research showing that plants have a lot to contribute in fields as disparate as robotics and telecommunications. For instance current projects at the LINV include a plant-inspired robot in development for the European Space Agency. The “plantoid” might be used to explore the Martian soil by dropping mechanical “pods” capable of communicating with a central “stem” which would send data back to Earth. The idea that plants are more than hanging decor at the dentist’s office is not new. Charles Darwin published… Nonetheless Summerer says plant research may provide important ideas. “Biometrics can provide some of the most inspiring resources for us” he says. “Solutions found by nature that might not seem related to real engineering problems at first sight actually are related and give technical solutions. Radical as the LINV sounds if it weren’t for a lone sugarcane stalk perched on a cabinet the lab looks like any other. While white-coated researcher Luciana Renna patiently tests for DNA markers molecular biologist Giovanni Stefano analyzes data on two computer monitors around the corner. During a visit to the lab’s two greenhouses — where research is being conducted on the effects of light on olive trees and reactions in Venus flytraps and the.
Saipem to finalise contract for Iride Endesa LNG plant by end-Nov -…
Forbes – Oct 30, 2007
‘The talks have been difficult because of rising costs but they are now in their final stages and an agreement on the EPC (engineering procurement and construction) contract is expected next month’ the source said. Rising oil prices have been the main reason for climbing costs at the LNG facility controlled by Iride SpA and Endesa SA (nyse:.