Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 5, 2017

TECH: Sewers, iPads, and drones among 5 innovations at work for clean water

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Not all tech innovations are apps. Take a look at five innovations one utility has put to work for efficiency and water quality. How d...
Tuesday, February 14, 2017

TECH: New neorsd.org coming soon, redesigned to give users better, easier access

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Our neorsd.org homepage is being improved and streamlined to give customers what they need. Next month, we'll launch a new and imp...
Thursday, January 7, 2016

GREEN: 6 ways green infrastructure takes root locally and regionally

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Protect. Enhance. Preserve. Restore. These goals are at the heart of the sweeping Green Infrastructure Policy that guides the projects...
Tuesday, December 15, 2015

SPACE: "May the force pee with you," water recycling on the Space Station

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It may not be a Star Wars galaxy far far away , but when astronauts are far from home, water is a life force. Astronaut Chris Hadfield...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

TRENDING: Never forget, it was a toilet that made time travel possible. #BackToTheFutureDay

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Back To The Future 's Doc Brown and his illustration of the time-travel-enabling flux capacitor. The future has arrived. As the pas...
Thursday, March 26, 2015

NEWS: Could sewage be mined for gold? May also be great excuse to grow awesome beards.

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Could human waste really be a source of valuable metals? Recent studies have shown potential, but realizing said potential is still a lon...
Wednesday, December 3, 2014

LIST: Flush or fiction? 5 of our favorite toilet bowl myths and legends

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Handy wipes are flushable: False . They may say flushable on the package. They are common in bathrooms across the country. But because ...
Tuesday, September 9, 2014

TECH: How to save your new iPhone 6+ if it falls in the toilet [#waittotweet]

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Whether you're waiting in line for Apple's new iPhone 6 or still rocking your Blackberry, this can be useful. Or better yet, you...
Friday, February 28, 2014

VIDEO: Watch how a toilet works in outer space. Because science.

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ABC Entertainment News | ABC Business News If you've ever wondered how astronauts go potty in space, here's a video. But don...
Wednesday, February 5, 2014

TECH: Bath to the Future? Gadgets of 2030 could include smart bathroom fixtures

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Great scott, this is heavy: The bathroom may become the new frontier of health-meets-household-technology over the next 16 years. That...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

HISTORY: Next time you tap an address into your GPS, thank a pigeon. #GISday

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Image courtesy Wikipedia Before there was Google Maps, there were pigeons. Every November, GIS Day showcases geographic information ...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

TECH: Drinking water out of thin air

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Genius. In a region where the annual rainfall is practically zero, but the atmospheric humidity is 98%, a university designed a billboard ...
Monday, March 18, 2013

LINK: To boldly go (to the bathroom) where no man has gone (to the bathroom) before

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If you've ever wondered how astronauts do their business in space, the Smithsonian has the $50,000 facility on display . It's e...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

TECH: Are water utilities a target for hackers?

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Photo by Getty Images courtesy bbc.co.uk Earlier this month, an Illinois water utility confirmed it was the victim of an apparent cyber ...