The US, Netherlands, South Africa, and Sweden have again joined forces to offer millions of dollars to innovators who enhance food productivity by improving water efficiency in agriculture.
GE supports water reuse at new power plant in ZhuoZhou City, China
GE has signed a deal to supply water reuse technology to a new coal-fired power plant, Zhuozhou Jingyuan, in Hebei province, China, to help the plant meet new, tougher standards on water pollution.
ACWA Group hires new chief to drive Middle East growth
ACWA Group has appointed Fadey Kassim as chief officer of sales and strategy to drive growth in the Middle East, particularly in the municipal and industrial water reuse segment.
Boston public schools test positive for lead in water fountains at 7 locations
As part of the school committee’s recently enacted Water Policy, Boston Public hired a consulting firm to retest the drinking water in the 30 school buildings that have active water fountains.
Genesco settles drinking water violations for $5.25M
The Nashville-based textile company must now ensure the maintenance of water treatment at the Fulton Avenue Superfund Site in Hempstead and North Hempstead.
A little bit of Cumbria at a US air show
Spotted on a Fairchild A10 Warthog ground-attack aircraft at an airshow in Wisconsin, and photographed by commentator of this parish Steve K, this landing light is a long way from Ullverston Cumbria, where it was made by Oxley. Designed to replace a PAR46 bulb, it has a 200,000cd 6,000K white mode (+/-11° to 10%), and a …
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Hail the Megaprocessor, larging the microprocessor
The man behind the Megaprocessor is building his own computer, transistor by transistor, system component by system component.
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Datwyler still in the running for Premier Farnell, says board
Datwyler is still in the running for Premier Farnell despite Avnet’s bid. In June the company bid £795 million then, in July, Avnet made an £868 million bid.
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Largest EDP System In Europe Installed In Frankfurt
The largest electronic data processing system in Europe has been installed by Neckermann Versand KG in Frankfurt, West Germany. So, 55 years ago, starts a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition of January 25th 1961. The story continues: The centre consists of an IBM 7070 fully transistorised computing system. Neckermann’s, believed to be one of the …
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Buck boost DC-DC for battery products is up to 96% efficient
Intersil has announced ISL91127 and ISL91128, two buck boost regulators with 4.5A built-in switches and up to 96% efficiency.
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