Chemistry professor Talal Akasheh of Hashemite University of Jordan was awarded the prize (one of five from 1,500 applicants) and will use the funds to monitor development in the 2,500-year old city of Petra, which is threatened by natural decay and the impact of increased tourism. “His geo-archaeological information system (GIS) will map the site and track minute details of Petra, monitoring its physical characteristics, the condition of the monuments and the impact of surrounding development.”
- AME Info
by Adena Schutzberg on 12/02 at 06:00 AM |
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Some are the same old, same old: BrikeKite, Whrrl, Mexens Technology. One I’d never heard of: LBS gaming company Orbster. One, Sense Networks, has already made investors piles of money by allowing them to predict store revenues by tapping into traffic coming and going.
Also noted: FaceBook and MySpace, which have yet to do anything with location, but which “would devastate the location-based social networking industry. No other social network is even close to achieving the same user base as these two.”
- VentureBeat
by Adena Schutzberg on 12/02 at 06:00 AM |
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