Best of the Blogs 25 August 2015

By on 25 August, 2015

samsung satellites

Korean technologists Samsung have discussed the possibility of an ambitious plan to provide worldwide internet coverage using a network of 4,600 micro-satellites. Science Alert summarise how it is supposed to work.

 

Who would have thought that 2015 would be the year of colouring books for adults?  Four of Amazon’s top twenty best-selling books of 2015 are currently adult colouring books. Maps Mania shared a compilation of the best colouring maps available. Get your pencils ready.

 

Maps Mania also covered Melbourne’s Places by Metro initiative which cleverly supports public transport use by mapping the bars, restaurants and cafes accessible by train.

 

Geoawesomeness highlighted how much Google knows about us by investigating Google’s Timeline service. See how much dirt they’ve got on you by simply logging into with Gmail.

 

A Google initiative that really is geoawesome is the new Project Sunroof, which takes available Google Maps data and shows how much energy you could produce through solar and how much money you could save.

 

The Here blog discussed the results of their meeting with 16 carmakers and suppliers at its Berlin campus, who aim to create a standard data open source format for driverless technologies. Be sure to check out the infographic for more specifics.

 

If you’re thinking of taking your career to another country, Raymond Smith’s story on the RICS website exhibits the valuable insights he learned as a surveyor making the change from London to Brazil.

 

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