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Electric Pocket Lab 1.2

Electric Pocket Lab 1.2

...learning about magnetic fields caused by AC in your environment, monitoring the national grid (yes, you read that right) ... and much more. We are sure... Read more

24 March, 2012
Towards Energy Efficient Mobile Communications

Towards Energy Efficient Mobile Communications

...wireless network deployment in rural areas affected by unreliability and unavailability of national grid electricity supply, energy efficiency becomes a major design criterion to be... Read more

13 October, 2010
<endeca_term>National Grid</endeca_term> Investor Relations 1.0

National Grid Investor Relations 1.0

The National Grid Investor Relations App gives you the latest financial information in an... Read more

17 May, 2012

Infrastructure company Arqiva plans 250 layoffs

...and partly because of the merger between Arqiva — formerly NTL Broadcast — and National Grid Wireless in 2008, Randall said. Randall said there are still "overlapping... Read more

15 October, 2010 by David Meyer

Government lifts council ban on selling green energy

...Councils can now sell green energy back to the national grid, as a restriction banning the practise will be repealed next week... Read more

9 August, 2010 by Jack Clark

Police and BT target cable thieves

...and rail outages. Police are cracking down on cable thieves. Above: stolen National Grid copper earthing strips recovered by police during Operation Ferrous in December... Read more

19 December, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Want batteries fit for the Grid? Just add copper

...rechargeable batteries that could be used to store excess power on a national grid – for example from wind farms or solar arrays. Lab tests... Read more

28 November, 2011

Facebook and Cisco back IT skills drive for kids

Intel and RIM have also signed up to provide courses and materials for the E-Skills push to interest young people in IT careers, alongside the launch of new GCSEs and A-levels Read more

16 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner
Inside Telecity's co-location datacentre

Inside Telecity's co-location datacentre

...to agree to construct a substation and transformer (pictured) onsite. Because a National Grid distribution point is around 150 metres away from the substation, less... Read more

1 July, 2011 by Jack Clark

Europe launches 200,000 computer research grid

...years to the €73m project, with other funding coming from countries' own national grid initiatives (NGI). The UK's NGI, the National Grid Service, is... Read more

14 September, 2010 by Jack Clark
OS Grid Ref Compass 1.0

OS Grid Ref Compass 1.0

...both OSGB36 and WGS84 formats.Includes a handy graphical guide to the "National Grid" system.Whilst the app will work worldwide, the values given will... Read more

16 May, 2012
Memory-Map 1.5.5

Memory-Map 1.5.5

...routes, measure distance and bearings. + Shows Altitude + Lat/Long, UTM and British National Grid coordinate systems + Email position marks or tracklogs as GPX files + Load... Read more

30 April, 2012
nCompass GPS - Picture Frame Compass 1.1.8

nCompass GPS - Picture Frame Compass 1.1.8

...Degrees formats) * Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) * Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) * US National Grid (USNG) * Google MapCompass: * True North * Magnetic North * Custom North (can be... Read more

25 February, 2012
Bird Guide Britain: A Field Guide To British Birds 2.0.2

Bird Guide Britain: A Field Guide To British Birds 2.0.2

...com/iSpinyFacebook: www.facebook.com/ispinybirdguides* Birds are shown for the 100km National Grid square covering your location Read more

22 February, 2012
Bird Guide Mini: A Guide to 22 British Birds 2.0.2

Bird Guide Mini: A Guide to 22 British Birds 2.0.2

...blogspot.comTwitter: http://twitter.com/iSpiny* Birds are shown for the 100km National Grid square covering your location Read more

22 February, 2012

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