Adding a liquid metal to a silicone elastomer can create a rubbery heatsink, which has been nicknamed ‘thubber’.

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A new report says it is possible that plastic electronics technology is set to revolutionise the consumer electronics industry, with lower costs.

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Anritsu introduces an ultra-portable millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum analyser range.

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SoftBank, which paid $32 billion for ARM last year, has paid $3.3 billion for a US private equity company called Fortress Investment Group.

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The DRAM market grew 18.2% Q4 on Q3 with contract prices for supply-squeezed PC DRAM growing 30% in Q4 and expected to grow another 40% in Q1

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The Indigo methodology for determining the future potential of countries has come up with its annual ranking. The methodology looks at five indices: . Stability & Legal Framework . Creativity & Innovation . Economic Diversity . Digital Economy . Freedom The top 25 countries with the most positive future potential are:

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Singapore engineering firm Hyflux will design and build three small scale desalination plants along the Red Sea coast in the western region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia…

 

A transcript of the WaterWorld  Weekly Newscast for the week of February 13, 2017.

 

Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority receives top honor.

Canonical, openHAB Foundation and Azul Systems have launched the snap packaging of openHAB 2.0, a free open smart home platform that acts as a control hub for home IoT setups. The smart home software can be used with different hardware ranging from a PC to Raspberry Pi. It can be used to control, automate and …

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