The Namibian government is seeking private investors to finance the development of four desalination plants on the west coast of Namibia, reports Bloomberg.
MillerCoors reducing water use and brewery waste, according to new sustainability report
The brewer has reduced water usage within its breweries by more than 128 million gallons, among other accomplishments.
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago awards $12.4M to Aegion Corporation
Installation is expected to begin in late 2016 with completion slated by the end of the first quarter of 2018.
Oman reveals further plans for desalination as it anticipates water demands will keep on growing
Oman has unveiled a vision for the next phase of developing its independent water supply, with proposals for a new 100,000 m3/d desalination plant for which initial steps in procurement could begin this year.
Rajasthan boosts water supplies with three major reuse projects across 11 cities
SPML Infra and Tata Projects have won three contracts worth a total of INR 1,275 crores ($189 million) to supply sewerage and wastewater reuse systems to 11 cities in Rajasthan, India.
Acciona enters the Philippines with €90m reverse osmosis drinking water plant
Spanish water company Acciona Agua has secured its first project in the Philippines as part of a strategy to grow in South East Asia…
Imec develops wireless EEG headset
Imec and Nihon Kohden have developed a wireless electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring device for clinical applications. Imec partnered with Holst Centre and Nihon Kohden to design and develop the headset to monitor Emergency Room (ER) and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients. A systematic approach was used to tailor electronics design, circuit design and mechanical design to …
Pond Slime To Cure Heart Disease
Green slime from a stagnant pond may hold the answer to increased production of certain chemicals. So, 55 years ago, started a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition of January 11th 1961 The story continues: The green matter, Chlorella, is a simple micro-organism, easy to grow in the laboratory. Chlorella produces a range of unsaturated acids …
A Tragedy
If anyone wanted to know why the UK has few major tech companies we’ve had a great explanation this week. ARM was built by decent men – Robin Saxby, Hermann Hauser, Warren East and others of that ilk. It succeeded because of trust. ARM’s customers trusted these men to deliver microprocessors on an impartial basis …
Plextek unveils phased array GaN MMIC reference design
Cambridge design house Plextek RFI has announced a reference design for a GaN power amplifier (PA) MMIC for use in X-band active phased array radars. “Active phased arrays require numerous PAs,” said Liam Devlin, CEO of Plextek RFI. “Our design has a die size of 1.5 x 2mm, which means around 2,300 can be fabricated …