Under the terms of the partnership, Ionex will establish an innovation beachhead in Las Vegas to further develop the control and communications software technology that differentiates its ion exchange water treatment technology
ATCO provides industrial water treatment in Alberta
The company is developing the infrastructure to provide treated water through a multi-user water system to customers throughout Alberta’s Industrial Heartland.
Members of the National Association of Water Companies release water quality reports
These reports compare drinking water quality to state and federal standards and are required annually of water providers.
El Paso Water purchases ranch for $50M
The CL Ranch is expected to be a future groundwater source for the area.
Tsinghua goes back to Micron for 3D NAND technology
Tsinghua Unigroup, the acquisitive Chinese investment fund, is still trying to do a memory technology exchange deal with Micron, reports the Commercial Times. Tsinghua is said to be tied in with Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (XMC) to develop memories including 3D NAND. The deal being pursued is a technology licence plus foundry arrangement under …
Wearables market worth $30bn, says IDTechEx
The wearables market is worth $30 billion says IDTechEx with $11 billion of that coming from smart watches and fitness trackers. It forecasts a $150 billion market by 2026. ID TechEx has identified 39 wearable product types such as smart eyewear (AR and VR), smart clothing, medical devices, smart patches, headphones, hearing. IDTechEx forecasts that …
Imec to join Florida initiative
According to the Orlando Sentinel, Imec is to open an operation near Kissimmee in Florida’s Osceola County creating more than 100 jobs in the next five years. The operation will be situated at the Florida Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre. Imec will help the Centre get into into sensor and nanotechnology research and design. Bert Gyselinckx, …
Stealth Comms from the WWI trenches
It comes from our Engineer in Wonderland blog – see Stealth comms 100 years ago, in the trenches of World War One – and was sparked by a recent BBC Radio 4 play mentioning phones in WWI in passing.
What are the most valuable video games in the world?
One sign that you are getting old? Games that you played in your youth now have antique value. And we are even talking video games!
VCO made from graphene, TaS2 and BN 2D materials
US researchers have made a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) using graphene and two other two-dimensional materials: tantalum sulphide and boron nitride. This is the first useful device that exploits charge-density wave modulation of current through a 2D material, claims the University of California Riverside, which worked with the University of Georgia. Graphene can conducts electrons rapidly, but …