The Lebanon it holding its first Raspberry Pi schools competition, with the aim of finding the next generation of tech entrepreneurs The competition will challenge school students from all backgrounds to invent something that utilises the Raspberry Pi to benefit Lebanon, according to the UK-Lebanon Tech Hub (see below). For example, an invention that might benefit education, …
Atmel and Rockchip join ARM’s China university programme
Atmel’s China operation and Rockchip have joined ARM’s Global University Program Alliance. Chinese university students will gain access to a wider range of ARM-based hardware and software platforms, technologies and development tools. The first deliverables as part of this expansion will be an Atmel version of the ARM Education Kit for smart hardware design, and …
Circadian lighting is developed to help dementia patients at UK hospital
PhotonStar LED system alters “melanopic” light levels by day and night, improving sleep, biorhythms, and health.
AWS CloudFormation Adds Support for Amazon API Gateway and Updated Resource Support
You can now provision Amazon API Gateway using AWS CloudFormation. API Gateway is a fully managed service that makes it easy for developers to create, publish, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs at any scale. Learn more here .
AWS CodePipeline Adds Integration with AWS CodeCommit
You can now choose AWS CodeCommit as a source provider in your software release pipelines modeled in AWS CodePipeline. This lets you select CodeCommit repositories and branches in the source stage of your pipelines.
EQT Corp.’s water operations certified by Center for Sustainable Shale Development
Center for Sustainable Shale Development certifies EQT Corporation’s Appalachian Operations for completion of air & water evaluation and verification process.
Evoqua completes Neptune Benson acquisition
Neptune Benson’s 110 employees are now an important part of Evoqua.
WaterWorld Weekly Newscast, April 18, 2016
A transcript of the WaterWorld weekly newscast for April 18, 2016.
Forterra Building Products Acquires U.S. Pipe
Aquisition expands Forterra’s portfolio of site infrastructure and water management products and solutions.
Microsoft combines BBC micro:bit and Bloodhound in skills initiative
The BBC micro:bit educational computing module is the focus of a Model Rocket Car design competition for schoolchildren. Microsoft is behind the technology education initiative and it has joined with the Bloodhound landspeed record Project, along with the British Army and Buckingham Palace to create ‘Race for the Line’, a competition designed to encourage pupils …
Microsoft combines BBC micro:bit and Bloodhound in skills initiative