The city shut its drinking water intakes on the North Saskatchewan River last week to protect residents from the spill, which is threatening the drinking water supply.
American Water’s Litchfield, IL, team celebrates 20 years of safety
The company’s Contract Services Group is celebrating 20 years without a recordable, lost-time accident at its Litchfield, Ill. facility.
Tajikistan to host symposium on best practice in water management
The Republic of Tajikistan and the United Nations department of economic and social affairs are running a symposium on sustainable water management on 9 August, in Tajik’s capital city, Dushanbe, reports Tehran Times.
Palestine to receive desal plant as part of Turkey-Israel deal
Palestine is receiving a new desalination plant as part of a deal struck between Israel and Turkey to repair relations following the killing of 10 Turkish activists on a ship bound for Gaza six years ago.
Amazon testing delivery drones in UK
The CAA has given Amazon exceptions from rules around the operation of drones in certain areas. It will be able to test drones which are out of sight of an operator. It will be able to trial sense and avoid technology. It will be able to have one pilot control multiple drones. Amazon is developing …
ams buys optical sensor firm in Germany
Austrian sensor and analogue IC manufacturer ams has acquired spectral sensing systems specialist MAZeT for an undisclosed amount in cash. Germany-based MAZet’s capabilities in IC and filter design and software system development are used in industrial and medical. Its sensors being used in applications including airplane interior lighting, agricultural sensors, and medical skin lesion analysis. Thomas Riener (pictured), …
Managing Wi-Fi connections from within your app for IoT
Just to quickly flag an interesting article about programmatically managing the Wi-Fi connections used by your app. And yes, the IoT word is involved.
Updated: Novel wet etch and unusual transistor make better finfets
University of Illinois researchers have developed a way to wet-etch tall clean fins for finfets, and have picked an unusual transistor to implement. It works for indium phosphide, but not for silicon – yet. The aim was to etch tall fins with vertical sides and few surface blemishes, and build a suitable transistor on the …
Updated: Novel wet etch and unusual transistor make better finfets
Picture of the Day: Solar Impulse completes round-the-world flight
Let’s celebrate Solar Impulse, which has just completed the first round-the-world solar flight. A ground-breaking feat indeed.
Picture of the Day: Solar Impulse completes round-the-world flight
Viva Zapata
You’re having your lunch by the sea in some sunny spot when, out of the corner of your eye, something weird happens. It’s a bloke rising from the sea on two columns of water. That contraption was invented by Franky Zapata, a 38 year-old former professional pilot and three times world jet ski champion. Now …