1. FabLab UoN CNC Router

Sample one of the CNC Router’s fabricated at the Fab Lab. This Machine is a replica of the machine used to make it… interesting!

Statoil’s Gjøa platform has become the first floating platform in the North Sea to be supplied with power from shore rather than use power generated by gas turbines. When electrical power was connected on 11 July 2010, the platform started to use what is claimed to be the world’s longest alternating current (AC) cable from land to a floating installation.

The nearly 100km-long cable will provide Gjøa with power from shore, allowing the platform to cut its carbon-dioxide emissions by 210,000 metric tons per year at full production. The transmission link includes a static AC cable that delivers 40MW of power at 90kV from the Norwegian shore, at a depth of 380m over a distance of 98.5km. Then, a 1.5km dynamic cable connects the static cable on the seabed to the platform.
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The Commission has issued a new determination on interconnection tariffs for fixed and mobile telecommunications services in the country.

According to Interconnection Determination No. 2 of 2010 dated today(16 august 2010), the Commission reduced mobile interconnection rates from the current Kshs4.42 per minute to Kshs2.21, representing a 50 per cent drop. The rates will progressively decline by 35%, 20% and 15% annually in 2011, 2012 and 2013 respectively to stand at Kshs0.87 by 2014.

This determination follows conclusion of a study carried out for the Commission by Messrs Analysis Mason on the review of the prevailing interconnection framework developed in 2007. The study also developed pricing models for infrastructure sharing and co-location as well as broadband interconnection framework.
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