Centre for Alternative Technology

Thinking about David's power generation ideas : solar, wind and geothermal, the first 2 are covered at the CAT website for ideas. There's an education pack that gives opportunity to buy a wind and solar demonstrator kit.

Open Science Grid

"The Open Science Grid is a distributed computing infrastructure for large-scale scientific research, built and operated by a consortium of universities, national laboratories, scientific collaborations and software developers...

..to facilitate the use of cyberinfrastructure in secondary science education, OSG is collaborating with the NSF pilot project “Interactions in Understanding The Universe” (I2U2), as well with the TeraGrid in its Education and Training activities. The Mariachi experiment to detect extreme energy cosmic rays (EECRs) is also a member of OSG and participates in education and outreach activities."

Interactions in Understanding The Universe

Worth keeping an eye on...

"I2U2 will develop and maintain a portfolio of laboratories for a diverse range of audiences and will provide tools and support services to assist developers in creating these educational resources. These laboratories break new ground by using the Grid for education in the same way that science uses the Grid.

The labs will take two similar but distinct shapes. e-Labs, delivered as Web-based portals accessible in the classroom and at home, will be implemented with the ever-expanding capabilities of Web-based media. i-Labs, delivered as interactive interfaces typically located within science museums and similar public venues, will leverage the latest advances in display technology and human-computer interaction, and will bring the experiences and appreciation of scientific investigation and inquiry to the wide audience of informal education."

International Workshop on Virtual Research Environments and Collaborative Work Environments

International Workshop on Virtual Research Environments and Collaborative Work Environments
In Association with eSI Thematic Programme: Adoption of e-Research Technologies
23 May, 07 09:30 AM - 24 May, 07 05:00 PM
at the e-Science Institute, 15 South College Street, Edinburgh

What is the Access Grid?

"This is a tutorial resource to explain Access Grid to Social Scientists and others who may wish to use this collaborative technology in their research or to further other goals. " From the NCeSS.

What is the Grid?

"What is the Grid? is a basic introduction to Grid computing, its origins, how it works, and current-day Grid services and applications that are enhancing social-science research." From the UK National Centre for e-Social Science.

GPS Visualizer - Data Visualisation Tool

GPS Vizualiser is a really useful (free - donations) service for generating visualisations of GPS data. Can be used to map data to locations, for example the Hawaii earthquake and aftershock map, to see more examples click here...


"Do-It-Yourself Mapping - GPS Visualizer is a free, easy-to-use online utility that creates maps and profiles from GPS data (tracks and waypoints), street addresses, or simple coordinates. Use it to see where you've been, plan where you're going, or visualize geographic data (business locations, scientific observations, events, customers, real estate, geotagging, etc.)."