Steve Fletcher of Illinois was elected as the President of the National Rural Water Association during meetings held at the WaterPro Conference in Orlando, Fla.

A Google survey conducted by Plumbing Manufacturers International (PMI) asked 1,000 respondents about their concerns relating to water infrastructure.

The thing about these reports of Apple’s approach to McLaren is: Were these approaches before or after Apple’s cut-backs to the staff of its in-house car project? Last week reports said that Apple is laying off engineers from its in-house car project and that Apple would now try to produce not a car, but technology …

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I was interested in the capacitance multiplier included to reduce hum in Allo’s Vana hi-fi amplifier for Raspberry Pi and the firm’s own Sparky computer. So I googled a bit and came across this detailed article on the subject on a website called StarFetch. The website describes the simple version in the image, which comes from …

Read full article: Capacitance multipliers explained

2016 will be another big year for M&A – but only because of three large deals in Q3:,ARM-SoftBank, ADI-Linear and Renesas-Intersil, says ICInsights.

Read full article: 2016 M&A second only to 2015 thanks to Q3 deals

Eaton has announced TV supercapacitors with 3-volt (V) cells claimed toincrease stored energy capacity and power by 20% compared to 2.7V cells. Working either in conjunction with or as standalone alternatives to batteries, TV supercapacitors help reduce maintenance requirements and can provide a longer life and cost-effective energy storage for applications that require extremely reliable …

Read full article: Eaton TV supercapacitor has 3V cells

We are all aware of the importance of the double helix atomic structure in nature; it is the basis of DNA, the genetic make-up which determines all life. German researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) believe they have discovered a double helix structure in a semiconductor. The potential implications of this for electronics …

Read full article: DNA’s double helix could transform printable electronics

Whiles I still think you have to carry a wand and wear a pointy hat with stars on to enter an EMC chamber, Steve Kurt is a man at home in such environments. He has proffered a list of EMC reading resources for anyone wishing make their home in a Faraday cage. “One of my favourite …

Read full article: Good books about EMC

We are in the middle of National Coding Week, and it is not too late to get involved.

Read full article: National Coding Week: get involved this weekend

UK lighting LED maker Plessey introduces its first lighting module, which includes ‘Stellar’ beam-forming technology to reduce height, to 5.6mm.

Read full article: Plessey squeezes 3,000 lm and optics into 5.6mm thick module