News tagged with free software tool

New software tool helps evaluate natural cooling options for buildings

A new, free software tool from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) could prove to be a breath of fresh air for architects and designers of ventilation systems for "green" commercial buildings.

Technology / Engineering

created May 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Software Helps Design Energy Stingy Buildings (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new quick, easy to use and free software tool created by NREL developers seamlessly combines the building energy simulation of EnergyPlus with the popular drawing interface of Google's SketchUp, ...

Technology / Software

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Google clears key mapping software for Syria

Google announced Wednesday that its mapping software and other products would be available in Syria after getting export approval by the US government.

Technology / Internet

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Google cleared in Oracle suit on patents (Update)

Google won a major victory Wednesday as jurors sided with the Internet giant in a high-stakes court battle over patents with business software titan Oracle.

Technology / Business

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Web tool helps determine best energy storage options

(Phys.org) -- Sandia National Laboratories and the Department of Energy have released a new tool to help utilities, developers and regulators identify the energy storage options that best meet their needs.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

SeaSketch, the next generation of UCSB's MarineMap program, will aid marine spatial planning

Since 2009, a free Web-based marine mapping and spatial planning program created by UC Santa Barbara scientists has proved to be an essential tool for fishermen and other stakeholders along the California ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Google joins 'cloud' data storage trend

Google on Tuesday launched a long-anticipated "Drive" service that lets people store photos, videos, and other digital files in the Internet "cloud."

Technology / Internet

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Review: Baseball scores big with At Bat mobile app

(AP) -- Baseball is back, which means die-hard fans like me are hungry for updates and highlights when we're not near our televisions or computers.

Technology / Software

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Regulators, ad companies huddle over 'Do Not Track' features

The momentum of a growing multibillion-dollar industry is colliding with online privacy worries this week, as regulators and privacy advocates face off against the Internet advertising industry to hash out how proposed "Do ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Understanding of radiation damage LEAPs forward

A faint nightclub beat greets visitors to a small room housing the Localized Electron Atom Probe (LEAP). But that’s no stereo cranking out house music; it’s a rhythmic pump cooling a tiny sample ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Free apps drain smartphone energy on 'advertising modules'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have shown that popular free smartphone apps spend up to 75 percent of their energy tracking the user's geographical location, sending information about the user to advertisers and downloading ...

Technology / Software

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Cognitive researcher designs and builds a real-world modular working tricorder

(PhysOrg.com) -- To say it’s about copying the tricorder from Star Trek, of television and movie fame, is to belittle the ingenuity and thought that has gone into the devices that Peter Jansen has cr ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 13 | with audio podcast weblog


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