June 15, 2011
Parts of the UK will be treated to the rare sight of a blood red full moon tonight due to a total lunar eclipse.
But you will only be able to catch the tail end of the lunar spectacle.
Although the eclipse begins at 6.24pm and lasts until midnight, it will only be visible in the UK when the sun sets at 9.19pm. The moon will become blood red in colour for nearly two hours.
For people in the UK hoping to enjoy the spectacle, the weather along with light pollution in built up areas will be the deciding factors.
Unlike eclipses of the sun the moon’s eclipse can be viewed directly without any type of special glasses or filters. However there will be a fair amount of cloud around tonight, particularly across England, where any chances of seeing the night sky will be limited and brief.
Let SYRG know in this post if you experience it.
June 12, 2011
A USA based telecoms firm by the name of Gridline Communications has teamed up with Electricity Northwest, Cable and Wireless Worldwide and T-Systems (T-S) in the UK to launch a unique pilot of “Broadband over Power Line” (Power Communications) technology in the rural UK village of Shap (Cumbria).
The project will be conducted alongside the installation of Smart Meters (24 Million homes in the UK will be required to have one by 2020) and is similar to one that was announced for Liverpool last year, which uses existing national grid power lines to carry broadband internet access services into homes.
It does this by separating out the electricity and internet service into separate wave lengths.
Gridline claims that its pilot should be completed by the end of June 2011 and success could reap significant rewards. The firm hopes that its project in Shap will lead to a full deployment model, which would reach approximately 2.5 Million Smart Meter equipped homes and businesses on the Electricity Northwest power grid.
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