Warning, mitigating, rescuing
Issue 04/2017 Technology – an asset for disaster prevention and reliefNatural disasters strike at regular intervals on our planet. As their number seems to be increasing over the years, numerous measures have been taken, at the national, regional or international level, to help prevent them or to mitigate their impact. More...
Power failure recovery is a key task for governments, hospitals and private businesses to get to grips with if they want to reduce the disruption caused by power outages resulting from natural...
Natural and industrial or accidental disasters can take many forms and have devastating human and material consequences. Some may be forecast, others not, and there may be a range of significantly...
Rapid advances in technology are revolutionizing the roles of aerial, terrestrial and maritime robotic systems in disaster relief, search and rescue (SAR) and salvage operations. Robots and drones can...
Virtual reality (VR) is being used across many industries to improve business and enhance workplace safety. The industries include aerospace, advertising, automotive, construction, energy, defence,...
Access to clean and affordable energy for all is a sustainable development goal for the United Nations and the IEC is contributing to the effort with a number of its International Standards....
Imagine getting a text from a cow which is about to calve or from a field to say it needs watering, while drones, smart machinery and mini ‘agribots’ tend to your crops. This scenario may not be...
Explosions in a wide range of industrial or other installations...
Today, a number of different technologies are being developed to...
Electrical and electronic equipment is part of our lives, from...
This article was first published in HazardEx on 20...
Long gone is the time when populations knew of an earthquake when...
National Committees (NCs) have until the end of July to register...
Over 170 participants from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin and North...
IEC Chair for Systems Committee on Smart Energy gives keynote address
IEC World Towards sustainable, Smart CommunitiesG7 Summit, 26-27 May 2017 in Taormina, Italy
On the agenda: LVDC, energy management, lighting, IoT, hydropower, solar PV asset management and rotating machinery
In Store Energy efficient is definitely coolNew publication aims at making refrigerators and freezers more energy efficient
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