The new head of research at the Water Environment & Reuse Foundation, US, outlines a vision for research to support integrated water resource management.
Ford motors to reduce water use by up to 75% in 2020
Further reducing water usage in vehicle production, Ford sets long-term goal to use zero potable water in manufacturing.
Water-technology firm TECTA-PDS brings business headquarters back to Ontario
Michael Chan, Ontario Minister of International Trade, made the announcement in his opening remarks at Water Innovation Week.
New Biosan facility to focus solely on production of peracetic acid products
The new 38,000-square-foot production center features expanded manufacturing facilities, state-of-the art laboratories, a bulk tank farm, and an optimized floor plan.
Victoria desalination project stake sold off to AMP Capital
A 5.2% stake in the controversial Victorian Desalination Project has been sold off by Pacific Partnerships to AMP Capital…
Baidu adopts Xilinx ICs for FPGA acceleration
Baidu is using Xilinx FPGAs to accelerate machine learning applications in their data centres in China.
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Mentor for sale
Mentor Graphics is reported to be exploring options for selling the company after it has been receiving the attentions of activist investor hedge fund Elliott Management.
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Apps processor market grows 3% while tablet AP market sinks 34%
The application processor (AP) market grew 3% on year to $10 billion in H1 2016, while the tablet AP sector declined 34% to $889 million.
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Stretchy floppy optical fibre could sense strain inside living tissue
Researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School have developed a bio-compatible stretchable optical fibre, which might one day deliver therapeutic light within the body or sense disease said the team. A particular use of the fibre, which is made of bio-polymer hydrogel, could be within jelly-like brain tissue. To keep light in the fibre, the core must …
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The Cheerfulness Detector
Fujitsu Labs reckons its voice recognition technology can determine whether someone is happy or sad. Using a method that takes into account the average pitch of the voice, the degree of variation and the characteristic changes at relative points within voice data that covers multiple words – namely at the start or end of speech …
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