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that they use land and water that would be used better for food production. The car also has hybrid technology with regenerative brakes.
Fuelled by Cold war fears and supposedly by the Bay of Pigs fiasco, Kennedy wanted to take on
"China can use space to project power further from its shores, and to more accurately carry out strikes against adversaries.#
and recently helped uncover an enormous underground water aquifer in Kenya's driest region. To get the most from all this technology on offer, Terefa Waluwa,
or a bucket of water. Super spuds Potatoes are preferred often the vegetable of choice for teaching high school science students these principles.
which consists of droplets of water suspended in the air, just like a jet of fuel sprayed from an injector. ou turn on the headlights
An adequate supply of fresh water. Alcohol. Cinemas. Women drivers. Bikinis. Democracy. But there are a few things that aren in short supply in this country of 28 million:
Over 60%of Saudi water comes from desalination an expensive process and the country has untapped vast,
says Aziz. he famous magazines in the Gulf area are paying me to advertise on my Instagram,
Every day, according to the company, 55 Filipinos die from water-related diseases. The company claims its prototype fits onto most taps,
can purify about 25,000 litres of water and can kill 99.9%of microbes. Cofounder Michiel M. Perez says they are hoping the devices will cost $30-40 each.
#Ideas such as low-cost ways to purify water or reduced cost artificial knee joints are good examples of potential solutions that can reduce inequalities,
whereby teachers travel to students in more remote locations and islands around the country, holding classes in the hills, farms and marketplaces.
Every day, according to the company, 55 Filipinos die from water-related diseases. The company claims its prototype fits onto most taps,
can purify about 25,000 litres of water and can kill 99.9%of microbes. Cofounder Michiel M. Perez says they are hoping the devices will cost $30-40 each.
#Ideas such as low-cost ways to purify water or reduced cost artificial knee joints are good examples of potential solutions that can reduce inequalities,
whereby teachers travel to students in more remote locations and islands around the country, holding classes in the hills, farms and marketplaces.
Every company is like a self-contained island. They have backups for everything#water, electricity and food.
With no reliable public transport available, Genpact provides cabs to take over 10,000 employees back home. It's a fully fledged operation,
In fact, profits are down in the island's tech sector, competition is growing and consumers increasingly want devices that are being made elsewhere.
With a population of a little over 23 million, the island has a relatively small domestic market,
Breaking outin its favour, the island has a population that is keen to buy the latest products,
He and others say the island's strong tech manufacturing background,#large talent pool, and increasingly confident and energetic start-up sector#will#help it#to overcome the challenges and obstacles before it.
when and how much to water them, and whether they should be moved to change sunlight levels.
The ability to use just the right amounts of water and fertiliser to produce a good harvest without wasting resources can improve crop yields and rural incomes.
but just right to support liquid water. Since these planets are expected to be small and faint compared to their sun,
Currently, the world's largest ground-based optical telescope is Gran Telescopio Canarias in the Canary islands
Elements and molecules in an atmosphere, such as water and oxygen, have specific signatures in the spectrum,
giving us an idea about its composition and the likelihood that there is liquid water present
Spotting water and oxygen would be just the start, though, says Liske.""If you found things like water, oxygen, CO, methane, in the right amounts, that would be a strong hint of life.
Then of course there would be lots of investigations into whether such a combination of elements could be produced by non-biological processes,
is it all water? Any signs of vegetation? That sort of thing could come in principle from either ground
There may be plenty more fish in the sea but not the ones we're used to eating.
and waters warm there will be a global shift"from a fish to a jellyfish ocean#.#Its author Ferdinando Boero, Professor of Zoology at Salento University, Italy, concludes:"
if you could draw energy from almost unlimited sources found in nature#water and light.
and soon there was Silicon Glen in Scotland, Kenya's Silicon Savannah, Silicon Gulf in the Philippines, Silicon Taiga in Siberia#even the somewhat less romantic-sounding Silicon Roundabout in London.
and in places where these and the kidney's tubes are intertwined especially, water, nutrients and other molecules seep through the walls and pass between the two.
and therefore deteriorate in the presence of water. Modern architecture is designed also to just house people
And WSP plans for seasonal ponds to deal with water storage in Jaypee City in India begin to deal with the changes that happen as the seasons change.
a proposed river crossing in the South korean capital Seoul. This bold design will be much more than a bridge;
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Hurricane Isaac making landfall pounding parts of the Gulf coast with 80 mile-an-hour winds heavy rain.
We'll going to have another live report just moments from now from our own Jeff Flock who is in the City of New orleans. Meanwhile Gulf coast residents won't be the only ones to feel the effects Isaac over 90 percent of oil production in the gulf
And really the news of the moment here is this terrifying hurricane in the Gulf coast.
The water flowing over a levee in the town of--from what we understand. Jeff Flock is in the midst of it he's on the ground in New orleans. And
And we've just received some news from that area that there are people trapped in Plaquemines Parish from an information officer--into Parish that the water overtopped the levee apparently in Plaquemines Parish.
The water cleared this. The parish at this point is under a mandatory evacuation. But again there are people trapped
And Connell looking at some more reports right now it looks like at this point there were earlier reports that people were trapped in the attic of their home because of the rising waters.
You're talking five to seven feet of water coming into this home. At this point the issue is getting to these people.
And it will have certainly an impact on production oil production in the gulf the hurricane will.
Well rising gas prices could go up even further that thanks to the storm that continues to make its way through the Gulf coast region
What the point of working near the water if you don have a boat? Redwood City, California-based icracked,
Coalition air forces that have been ongoing for almost a year are operating from bases in Cyprus and the Persian gulf
Industries like the island only desalinization plant are installing large photovoltaic arrays to help defray their own electricity costs.
Freundel Stuart pledged that the island nation would produce 29 percent of its energy from renewables by the end of the next decade.
Not only is blessed the island by abundant sunshine but it has year-round trade winds to run wind turbines.
The Barbados government is also looking into harnessing the energy of the tides as well as introducing ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) a technology
which employs the temperature difference between cooler deep and warmer shallow sea waters to generate electricity.
which includes recommendations on how to make the island agriculture fisheries transportation and energy systems more sustainable.
The system is called ECO Exhaust Gas Cleaning (ECO-EGC#)for its ability to remove major pollutants from the exhaust gases at any operating condition of a shipt sea, during maneuvering and in port.
The IMO global sulfur limits for seas other than specifically designated ECAS are currently 3. 5 percent
and another to use seawater to crubsulfur compounds from the exhaust gases. Though widely used on land, the system incorporation in oceangoing vessels is considered a significant advancement in environmental technology.
IBM) today announced it is collaborating with Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) on a three-year multi-million dollar project to equip British columbia with a monitoring
The new mart Oceans BCPROGRAM will use marine sensors and data analysis to enhance environmental stewardship and public and marine safety along Canada West coast.
and water quality in major shipping arteries and will include a system to predict the impact of offshore earthquakes tsunamis storm surge and underwater landslides.
ONC which is the University of Victoria largest research project already operates the world most advanced cabled ocean observatories off BC coast.
which will position Canada as a global leader in ocean technology. Western Economic Diversification is also contributing funding to bring online a number of additional underwater observatories and high frequency coastal radars.
and run decision-support systems with commercial viability that could aid industrial and governmental agencies in sea state pollution monitoring spill response and other aspects of ocean management.
ONC estimates the global market for smart oceans systems technology will grow from $4 billion to at least $6 billion by 2020.
Because the country like the U s. West Coast is on a continental shelf that drops off quickly in the sea this has required developing new floating turbine technology.
including water quality projects, energy-efficiency upgrades for state buildings, river revitalization, and habitat restoration projects. In June 2013, the state sold $100 million worth of green bonds as part of a larger bond sale, attracting some new investors specifically because of the green label.
#Watch Bill gates Drink Water From Human waste We know that Bill gates made a lot of money from Microsoft
which turns human waste intorenewable energy and drinkable water. How drinkable? Gates demonstrated by drinking a glassful himself. watched the piles of feces go up the conveyer belt
and produces water and electricity (plus a little ash). I have visited lots of similar sites, like power plants and paper mills,
The water tasted as good as any Ie had out of a bottle. And having studied the engineering behind it,
and boiled, producing water vapor which is purified for drinking. The dry solids are fed then into a fire,
The water burns the waste at temperatures of 1000 degrees Celsius, so high that there no smell.
and produce about 22,700 gallons of drinkable water and 250 kilowatts of energy a day. f we get it right,
Sewersludgethe Omniprocessor turns sewage into water and electricity. Photo credit: Gatesnotes. com Those entrepreneurs would make money from the sludge they remove from the environment,
and the water and electricity they create. Later this year, Janicki will set up the first Omniprocessor in the field in Dakar,
The Intergovernmental panel on climate change predicts that the region will experience rising sea levels, an increasing number of extreme weather events including storms and drought and more frequent wild fires,
the team then selected case studies for energy, tourism and natural hazards, covering the different types of landscapes in the Mediterranean mountainous regions, coastal areas and islands.
smart water metering and even smart parking guidance systems that help drivers to quickly find parking spaces,"
So far the project team has tested successfully the concept of engaging citizens to monitor water levels.
This is why Wesenseit is developing the concept of a citizen-based water observatory, where communities form part of a two-way information chain.
evaluating and communicating valuable information on water levels, creating cost efficiencies and acting as early warning systems for overstretched local authorities. here are so many rivers that it would be impossible to monitor them all with sensors,
explains project coordinator Fabio Ciravegna from the University of Sheffield in the UK. ot all necessary information can be captured with sensors.
and enhance the efficient use of resources like water electricity and raw materials. Gearing up for the future Through a number of case studies the team addressed specific problems affecting the milling grinding and drilling of different metals.
Its river rises dramatically with the sea tides, putting local citizens at risk. Mark Robinson a Senior Coastal Advisor,
oston has some good sea defences, but theye not high enough. So when the surge comes through it means the walls can get over-topped,
which water can enter. This device measures the amount of water in the dam and many other parameters such as the underground temperature,
and the movement of the sensors inside the dam. These indications can be followed in real time using any internet-enabled device.
#Water-friendly hydraulic technology to make heavy machinery greener Bulldozers, diggers, tractors: these heavy machines all apply the same basic hydraulic powers for their trays and claws.
an environmentally-friendly hydraulic system, using water instead of oil. The project, named HYDRO-COAT-supported by a European union (EU) grant of#1. 1 million-tackles the technological challenges of switching hydraulic fluids,
and showing that water can deliver the same performance and durability as traditional mineral oils.""The hydraulic fluids are flammable,
"However, HYDRO-COAT proved that you can substitute mineral oil with water in power hydraulics."The work of the research team focused on applying innovative coating to the pump parts, distributors, cylinders and other hydraulic components.
He says using water could cut costs associated to hydraulics by up to 30%.%And the market potential is huge:
to inform the National water authorities and international civil protection services a little bit earlier, so they are prepared
This is important because river conditions in one country can cause problems in another country downstream."
sensitive component used to control the flow of water that cools the nuclear reactor. The new technology cuts down human intervention and potential exposure to radiation."
They occur as a result of earthquakes, usually at the bottom of the sea. But at present such earthquakes cannot be foreseen.
and occur relatively near the shore. It may be only a matter of 15-20 minutes after the earthquake that the wave hits the shore,
says José Fernando Esteban of Atos Origin Spain. Early detection can greatly reduce loss of life. nalysis must take no longer than 10 minutes
Whether speaking of the lush Yammouneh Valley, the threatened bottlenose dolphin, pristine forestlands or Lake Qaraoun, Lebanon has a long list of treasures in need of preservation.
The foundation of INCAM is an exhaustive environmental inventory of the country on land, in the sea and, most importantly, along the coast."
#Tackling fresh-water shortage problems around the Mediterranean Water is the most vital resource for human life.
A European research project has developed a transport system consisting of water-bags and tugboats to bring fresh water to the hardest-hit coastal and island regions around the Mediterranean.
Areas under increasing pressure from water scarcity, particularly in the summer months, include small cities and islands along the coasts of Spain, Greece and Italy
among others. It is estimated that 50 million European citizens 18%of Europe population living in coastal cities
and island communities around the Mediterranean are affected by water-stress problems. According to the European environment agency (EEA), 16 to 44 million additional people will suffer water scarcity in Southern Europe by 2070.
Coastal and island communities are facing serious water shortages, made worse by the annual influx of tourists.
To meet growing demand for water in this region an innovative, flexible and affordable solution is needed to transport large quantities of fresh water from ater-richto ater-poorareas.
The EU-funded Refresh project has come up with such a solution. The research team has developed
and cost-effective system to transport fresh water by sea using flexible plastic containers water-bags towed by a tugboat.
the Refresh prototype water-bag was towed successfully for 16 nautical miles on a voyage back and forth through the Gulf of Souda, off the island of Crete.
The Refresh water-bag is a composite of modules which can combine to form a 20m-long,
4m-wide container capable of carrying 200 tonnes of fresh water. Each water-bag is equipped with integrated sensors,
powered by a solar cell located on the flat top of the container. A fibre-optic grid monitors any deformations in the bag (signs of tearing
or folding) during its sea voyage. A water quality sensor to assess water purity has been tested in a laboratory with the intention of being fitted to water-bags in the future to ensure safe and clean delivery after transit.
The primary application of the Refresh water-bag and delivery system will be to supply fresh water to Mediterranean coastal cities and islands with less than 300 000 inhabitants covering about 45 million European citizens.
Around 65%of the communities in these coastal cities and islands double in size during the tourist season.
With the initial investment focused mainly on constructing the water-bag and renting or purchasing a tugboat,
the Refresh approach is more cost effective than using tanker ships where fresh water is priced around EUR 14/m3 or huge infrastructures, such as pipelines or desalination plants.
This makes it an attractive proposition for local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMES. he project SME partners all share ownership rights over the system concept
so they will either benefit from manufacturing and selling the water-bag system to third parties
or from directly operating the water-delivery service by setting up a joint venture, says Samuele Ambrosetti,
leading engineer on the Refresh project. ocal operators will have the possibility of buying or renting the water-bags from the consortium
or of procuring the urnkeywater-transport service. The system does not require permanent onshore or near-shore infrastructures and the running costs are kept low thanks to the use of tugboats.
The final price for the water will depend on the distance it is shipped and on the payload.
Preliminary calculations indicate water costs of around two to five euros per cubic metre for intra-Mediterranean voyages,
where each water-bag module is 5 metres long and 4 metres and holds 62.83 cubic metres of water (with total water costs between EUR 126.66-314.15 for such a journey),
The supply of fresh water to locations experiencing shortages will help take the pressure off aquifers and reservoirs,
while CO2 EMISSIONS will be lower thanks to efficient transport options. e have received considerable interest from stakeholders in the Mediterranean and Persian gulf area,
and to form partnerships to deliver water, says Mr Ambrosetti. ontacts are ongoing with potential commercial partners in the USA and Middle east.
and silver and other metals in water says Peter van der Linde managing director of Holland Watertechnology (HWT) the SME responsible for developing the sensor during the SILCO project's lifetime and its current supplier.
which develops and produces innovative solutions in the areas of water chemicals electrolysis and sensor technology.
which has been developing ground and groundwater solutions since the mid-80s. Soil contamination was a serious issue in The netherlands during the 1980s
The BIFIPRO system releases copper and silver ions into the water to eliminate biofilm a breeding ground for harmful bacteria like legionella.
The quantities released into the water are known immediately while the dosage can be adjusted remotely if need be.
Before the development of the SILCO (r) sensor water samples needed to be taken and analysed over a number of days thus making the entire process considerably more complex and expensive.
It demands a lot of sun, good soil, water and cold temperatures. But how do you install an environmentally friendly and sustainable cooling system in a country so warm?
This machine cools a water-glycol mixture up to negative temperatures of about-10°C."By using heat instead of electricity,
and tested by MEDISCO could really help the Mediterranean and indeed other areas with no conventional means of refrigeration due to a lack of water and nonexistent or unreliable energy sources y
In June 2010 the complete Shiparrestor system was put to the test off of Norway's North cape, where the Arctic and Atlantic oceans meet.
Next, a 200-metre chain is dropped into the water. At the end of the chain is a 30-metre-wide sea anchor that opens under water like a parachute both slowing down the drifting ship and turning it 90 degrees.
With the wind and waves now in parallel to the ship instead of hitting the ship from the side the rolling motion is reduced greatly.
#Aquaszero#New product to make drinking water safer Aquaszero New product to make drinking water safer Arsenic may be found as a water
High levels of arsenic are still being detected in groundwater of countries such as Hungary, Greece, Italy, Spain, Romania, Finland, England, Germany and Serbia.
and the human contribution can arise from activities such as mining, large construction works or water extraction for irrigation.
Within 42 months thisambitious initiative intends to build a plantcapable of producing electricity heat coolingand desalinated water by using solar energyintegrated with other energy sources whichare available locally.
sucking out their water, minerals and carbohydrates. The broomrape or Orobanche does not use chlorophyll, the green pigment critical for photosynthesis in most plants,
#WATER-BEE#A wireless watering system It the free advice every decent florist delivers when you buy their potted plants:
how much water they need, and how often. And it not just the occasional flower buyer who needs guidance on watering as even experienced farmers can misjudge how much to sprinkle on their crops,
But now research is offering an intelligent irrigation system to monitor how much water is being held in the soil, automatically spraying when needed.
as well as trillions of litres of water wasted in world farming every year. Global agriculture wastes 60%,or 1
500 trillion litres, of the 2, 500 trillion litres of water it uses each year, according to the WWF.
and the Mediterranean region, with its limited, fragile and unevenly distributed water resources is especially vulnerable:
But better managed, it could mean more water resources for other basics like drinking, hygiene and cooking.
The new research harnesses technological advances in wireless networking, environmental sensors and soil water movement models.
They just want a simple service that helps them use less water, which is developed why we a smartphone app.
the Waterbee system can continuously monitor water movement in the root zone. It uses a Zigbee-standard, low cost,
In The british trials, on Maris Piper potatoes, Waterbee used 56%less water than the local irrigation system in use.
this system could have a wider impact in terms of water and cost savings, and environmental protection.
Could the virtual exploration of an island be part of the solution for these three patients?
##Family filter'stops arsenic in its tracks Arsenic-laced groundwater is a silent but deadly problem affecting the world's poorest nations and a few richer ones as well.
undetectable killer found in large tracts of the world's groundwater, but especially in parts of Asia.
The problem crosses into neighbouring countries, India (West Bengal) and Nepal, affecting tens of millions who have to drink untreated groundwater.
Thankfully, European researchers and their international partners at UNESCO's Institute for Water Education (IHE) in Holland have perfected a simple, efficient and importantly low-cost water filtration device
The filter uses iron oxide-coated sand which absorbs the arsenic from water at the oint of use
Because only 2-3%of water is used for cooking and drinking, the researchers decided to limit the filtration scheme
Families on farms or not connected to town water in countries such as Australia, New zealand and Argentina,
training and capacity building in organisations, knowledge centres and other institutions active in the fields of water, the environment and infrastructure, with emphasis on developing countries and countries in transition.
EU project makes first'solar'kerosene An EU-funded research project called SOLAR-JET has produced the world's first'solar'jet fuel from water and carbon dioxide (CO2), a promising technology for a better
CO2 and water. The process In a first step concentrated light-simulating sunlight-was used to convert carbon dioxide
and water to synthesis gas (syngas) in a high-temperature solar reactor containing metal-oxide based materials developed at ETH Zürich.
I can print underwater reefs (which he says D-Shape has done already before) to repair bridges, piers and infrastructures."
Chris Langdon, a researcher at OSU's Hatfield marine science center, has created along with colleagues and patented a new strain of dulse, a red seaweed
Langdon says it can be cultivated anywhere that there is"a modest amount of seawater and some sunshine."
#New Water-Saving Technologies Help Weather Drought but More Innovation Is needed Here in California, people are cheering from one end of the state to the other.
But unlike today, very stringent water restrictions much more severe than any now in placewere impacting residences as well as commercial facilities.
For instance, some households in Marin county, just north of San francisco, were restricted to 44 gallons of water per person per day0 gallons less per day than normal usage.
Businesses and commercial facilities were asked to reduce water consumption by 57 percent. While many complied,
Water use soon returned to normal. But just 10 years later, the state was hit with another very dry period,
These innovations not only reduce water consumption but have helped people in California and around the country become much more conscious of their water consumption.
Leadership, Planning, New Technologies Public and business leaders over the years have developed ong-termwater conservation programs for California residents
and have been so successful that many areas of the state are using about the same amount of water today as they were 10 and 20 years ago, even with population growth.
We also have many new water reducing technologies today that were likely not even considered 40 years ago.
or similar devices to restrict the amount of water released from faucets. Today, the installation of aerators is one of the most significant and inexpensive steps a commercial facility can take to reduce water consumption.
The typical faucet releases about three gallons of water per minute; with an aerator installed,
this can be reduced to as much as 0. 5 gallons per minute. In the 1970s, 80s,
and early 90s, toilets typically used more than three gallons of water per flush, sometimes as much as five.
and the country early two billion gallons per day across the countryand save a family of four, on average, $2, 000 in water bills over the lifetime of the toilets, according to the EPA.
urinals used 2. 5 to more than three gallons of water per flush. Now low flow urinal systems release about one gallon of water,
and no-water urinals use none whatsoever. Here in California and around the country, they are found in office buildings and schools, even very high-end hotels.
Finally, for commercial facilities with landscaping, automatic drip-type irrigation systems another new technology are helping consumers
and building owners reduce water consumption considerably. With these systems, spray heads are eliminated and water is delivered directly to the roots of plants and vegetation.
Some of these systems also come with ainand soil moisture sensors so that irrigation is released only when and as needed.
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