University of Bristol scientists are attempting to speed up the detection of landmines using drone-based sensors. The objective to not to detect individual mines, but to cut the time de-mining teams spend probing empty areas – something known as ‘area reduction’ – by accurately finding the edges of minefields. Area reduction is vital because, according …

Bristol University drones hunt for minefields

Good old hactivists. It appears that the Panama Papers were revealed by hackers The head of Mossack Fonseca, Ramon Fonseca, says his firm’s database was hacked. Along with the Bradley Manning and Ed Snowden revelations this must be the one of the most important revelations from hackers. It’s not as though any of these hacks …

Good Old Hacktivists

EnOcean’s wireless wall switches will turn on Molex Power-over-Ethernet LED luminaires in smart lighting applications ensuring that legacy controls don’t have to give way completely to computers, gadgets and software.

We are excited to announce that Amazon Redshift is now available in the AWS China (Beijing) Region.

We are happy to announce the immediate availability of Amazon CloudWatch Logs in the AWS China (Beijing) region. 

AWS Config Rules allow you to create rules that continuously check the configuration of AWS resources recorded by AWS Config, and notifies when resources do not comply with these guidelines. Using the rules dashboard, you can track overall compliance status and troubleshoot specific resource configuration changes that led to noncompliance.

The Emirates’ Federal Electricity and Water Authority (Fewa) is to build four desalination
facilities over the next ten years at a cost of more than Dh 3 billion (US$ 750 million) to
produce 600 Ml/d.

India and Israel are looking to cooperate in water conservation, recycling and desalination.

Aurangabad state government has requested a detailed project report from an Indian Institute
of Technology professor who has proposed the construction of a 1,000 Ml/d desalination plant
near Mumbai to overcome water scarcity in Marathwada according to newspaper The Times of India.

Researchers at Qatar University College of Engineering, in collaboration with a team from
petrochemical giant, ConocoPhillips’ Global Water Sustainability Centre, have developed low-
carbon desalination technology, membrane distillation.