AWWA and NAWC challenged a new rule on steam power plant discharges, arguing that it does not adequately protect drinking water consumers.

Report highlights the ways Reclamation has partnered with water uses.

Improvements are part of New Jersey American Water’s multimillion dollar program to accelerate the renewal of water infrastructure that is reaching the end of its useful life in more than 100 communities across the state.

Eight ways in which Raspberry Pi has surprised and inspired us this year.   Audio amp blows a Raspberry This expansion board adds a CD quality audio and 44/48 bit stereo record and playback to the Raspberry Pi. Dubbed PiFi the add-on board has three audio outputs that include stereo headphones. There is a Sony/Phillips …

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By trawling the Internet for activity data, InformationisBeautiful.net has come up with a map of what each country is best for:

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Imec shows a silicon-passivated germanium nMOS gate stack with dramatically reduced interface defect density reaching the same level as a Si gate stack and with high mobility and reduced positive bias temperature instability.

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Cavium and China Unicom are to collaborate on the development of Virtualised BBU, looking to provide a path for 5G adoption.

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The new funding should enable Nantero to support partners in bringing multiple products into the market,

Read full article: Nantero raises $21m for CNT memory production

Despite a contraction in the number of early stage start-up deals in the US, some of the deals happening are large by historical standards, reports CB Insights. A few large deals are pulling up average sizes and there were five $30M+ Series A rounds in Q3’16. In 2016, early-stage US tech funding saw $6.9 billion …

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3D-imaging sensor company Vayyar Imaging is launching  a maker design contest with Hackster to create apps with its fully programmable 3D sensor, Walabot, used with Raspberry Pi. Open to participants in US, Europe and China, they can choose from 40 different applications on the Walabot App List — or start from scratch and build their own. The …

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