Paving slabs harness energy of pedestrians
News Each slab can generate 2.1 watts per hour, and testing at trial sites has shown that five hours of walking at peak times can generate enough energy to illuminate a bus stop for over 12 hours, according to Pavegen.
[November 3, 2009, 13:32]
Concrete Calculator
Downloads Concrete Calculator is a handy tool for determining the volume of a concrete slab in cubic yards. Also, enter the cost per cubic yard to get an estimated cost for the project. Great for contractors.
[May 21, 2009, 8:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Another week gone, another thundering great slab of grade-A entertainment from the boys at SCO -- a week in which they sued two huge American companies over minor contractual details and pretended it was all about Linux; in which a memo leaked...
[March 5, 2004, 16:20]
Bitstream Charter
Downloads Its characters have small, Egyptian-style slab serifs that increase its legibility at smaller point sizes. The Charter font family by Bitstream is a collection of type that works well as a small text font.
[September 30, 1998, 3:06]
I completely disagree
Talkback Some years ago a family friend died as a direct result of a fall caused by a loose paving slab. Apart from the risk I already mentioned - and it is a real risk. This is a pernicious form of theft. You are taking effort from people without their...
[November 5, 2009, 18:33]
ConstructCALC - Formula Calculator
Downloads ConstructCALC, by WinEstimator, Inc.WinEstimator, Inc.www.winest.comThe leader in Construction Estimating Software.Perfect for:General Contractors, Specialty Contractors, Remodelers, Home Builders, Estimators, Adjusters, Architects, and...
[January 15, 2002, 7:00]
ConstructCALC - Patio and Deck
Downloads Write your own Formulas supporting up to 12 user-definable variables withnames you assign.apos;Wall Length','Slab Depth','Truss Span Width' etc.Line Drawing support for each stored Formula.
[January 24, 2002, 7:00]
Case Study #2: Riverside Avenue Bridge, Greenwich
White Papers The truss's floor beams (themselves a 1925 alteration) were partly cut away to create clearance for four I-beams, which carry a new concrete-slab deck. Because it is adjacent to a railroad station, Riverside Avenue Bridge carries substantial traffic.
[November 19, 2008, 23:00]
Construction collection
Downloads Once you've opened Construction Estimator, you'll view a diagram of the14 basic construction elements, from concrete slab to electrical.construction elements in the Windows version) For these functions to calculate total costs, your...
[August 8, 2001, 8:00]
Concrete Calc
Downloads This application allows the user to enter in length, width and depth of a concrete slab in feet and inches (it also has a fractional inch input converter). The application will the compute the cubic feet, number of yards of concrete needed, and the...
[March 17, 2002, 7:00]
Lessons in obsolescence
Leader This tiny slab of overheated plastic helped kick-start a generation of IT experts — and sold in the millions. Twenty-five years ago, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum was launched. Yet when Amstrad took over the product just four years later, their...
[April 24, 2007, 14:33]
IBM readies retail supercomputer
News The p5-575 combines eight Power5 processors and as much as 32GB of memory into a computing slab 8.9cm tall, 61cm wide and 127cm deep. IBM plans to begin selling on 18 February a powerful but power-hungry server specialised for supercomputing tasks...
[February 11, 2005, 8:00]
Comdex 2001: Intel funnels PC advances into motherboard
News Intel's Hannacroix , on display at the Comdex Fall 2001 trade show this week, is a next-generation motherboard -- the slab of circuitry that houses all a computer's main components. A host of chipmakers are hoping to catch a ride on Intel's...
[November 13, 2001, 9:42]
iPhone heaven/iPhone hell
Blog Comment Sublime surfing on the little black slab though I saw the farcical line there first stand up then up the stairs to the chairs then into the final den.funny in Portugal it took 5 mins and the rest of stuff you did all at home, really don't know what...
[July 17, 2008, 23:14]
By Optimizing Four Key Production Processes, This Manufacturer Reduces Inefficiencies and Cuts Costs
White Papers IBM was hired to help optimize the four basic areas of steel production - inventory application, slab design, cast design and finishing line scheduling. The manufacturer was dealing with a changing business environment.
[June 11, 2008, 1:01]
Helpful User Guides for iPhone
Blog There are currently two free alternatives to help you get the most out of your little slab of tech fun. Now that the glitches and furore over the launch are dying down and if you are new to the iphone like me and looking for a little more...
[July 14, 2008, 0:00]
I want my 2.1
Blog With the dust settling on the registration and MobileMe fiasco it is now time to look at how this phone works on a day to day basis, dipping into the Apps store and with my business and traveller’s hat look at how I actually use the slab.
[July 20, 2008, 18:03]
It's a sin to lie to spiders
Leader The trick is to tell the Google search spider one thing — that you've got a sparse, highly-focussed page that fits its model for good user fodder — and then actually present a highly graphic, marketing-heavy slab of persuasion when users come...
[February 8, 2006, 12:05]
Apple iPod 10GB review
Reviews When you open the box, the first thing that you notice (after the multilingual sticker urging you not to steal music) is the casing, which is made of shiny stainless steel on the back and a thick slab of Lucite on the front.
[April 4, 2002, 0:00]
LaCie Desktop USB Hard Drive review
Reviews The slab-like blue and grey case will stack neatly with any other drive from LaCie’s StudioDrive range. We were supplied with the 120GB model costing £208.51 (ex. VAT), which is cheaper than Maxtor's Personal Storage 3000LE with the same capacity...
[May 22, 2002, 11:38]



