Posts Tagged: Malaysia
DigitalGlobe Crowdsourcing effort to find missing Malaysian Airlines plane
Digital Globe is enlisitng a crowdsourcing effort to scan through thousands of satellite images and tag potential sitings of the Malaysian Aircraft that went missing this weekend.
The crowdsourcing platform Tomnod, was launched on Monday afternoon and recieved 60,000 page views in the first hour depolying arguably one of the most responsive and comprehensive search missions aided by crowdsourcing and satellite imagery.
Read more about this here and here and join the effort here
/span>/span>Kader honored by Malaysia for his Postharvest Efforts
Recently, the Malaysian government has targeted a 40 percent increase in agricultural productivity by 2020, and one of the key components of this goal is to significantly decrease their current 30-40 percent rate of postharvest losses.
For much of his career, Dr. Kader has focused on reducing horticultural postharvest losses worldwide through improved postharvest handling practices. Dr. Kader responded to this award saying, “I am honored by the recognition that I received from the International Society for Horticultural Science and the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute during the opening ceremony (25 June, 2012) of the 7th International Postharvest Symposium held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia."