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Microsoft’s Surface tablet and Windows 8 will go on sale Oct. 26

Microsoft’s Surface tablet and Windows 8 will go...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Jul 30, 2012

We've talked about Microsoft's first official entry into the tablet market here at Equipment World before. We've discussed the Surface's ...

Rainfall app zeros in on your location

Rainfall app zeros in on your location

Posted by Tom Jackson on Jul 19, 2012

Know to the minute when you're going to get wet. Whether you're pouring concrete, paving a road or roofing a ...

Concrete conductivity

Concrete conductivity

Posted by Tom Jackson on Jul 10, 2012

Japanese researchers have successfully found a way to wirelessly transmit electricity through concrete.  Granted, it's not a lot of current, ...

Maxwell Systems releases StreetSmarts 8.0 project management software

Maxwell Systems releases StreetSmarts 8.0 project...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Jul 05, 2012

Maxwell Systems recently announced the release of StreetSmarts 8.0. The company calls the latest release of this software "a comprehensive ...

Microsoft takes on iPad’s enterprise success with a new tablet and a unified Windows front

Microsoft takes on iPad’s enterprise success with...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Jun 22, 2012

  In the past week alone, Microsoft unveiled a new tablet called Surface and announced an update to its Windows Phone ...

Ritchie targets non-auction equipment sales with buy

Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on May 09, 2012

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers has bought AssetNation, a move it says gives them a technology platform with the ability to tap ...

Terex Construction launched new user-friendly website

Posted by Katie Wood on Jul 08, 2011

On July 1, 2011, Terex Construction launched its new “user-friendly” website providing customers with fast, efficient and easily accessible information, ...

Volvo Rents launches free iPhone app

Posted by on Aug 05, 2010

Volvo Rents launched a free iPhone application for customers, vendors, salespeople and franchises to easily access product information and franchise data. Customers ...

Laser scanning of New York Route 17 upgrade gets nod from American Council of Engineering Companies

Laser scanning of New York Route 17 upgrade gets nod...

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Apr 01, 2010

The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of New York has honored one of Erdman Anthony's projects as among the ...

Germans create a steel version of “Velcro”

Posted by Tom Jackson on Sep 16, 2009

And the all-metal hook and loop stuff will hold up to 35 tonnes. There's got to be a good use ...

Consortium formed for construction users of RFIDs

Posted by Tom Jackson on Jun 02, 2009

This could be big news if you're in a large construction company that struggles with inventory and material handling logistics. ...

England’s ‘intelligent speed...

Posted by Tom Jackson on May 15, 2009

This is spooky. A group called Transport for London is launching a six-month trial of a technology that will automatically ...

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