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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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On a visit to Pakistan with his parents, 7-year-old Aadeel Akhtar met a girl his age who was missing her right leg. Twenty-one years later, in 2015, the IEEE member founded Psyonic , which designs and builds advanced, affordable artificial limbs. I loved everything about engineering, programming, and building things," he says. "I

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U.K. Startup’s Digital Dyeing Printers Save Energy, Water

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At the end of a visit at a major textile dyeing factory, his customer took him behind the buildings to show a horrific scene: A blood-red river—wastewater from the dye baths leaching into the soil and entering the rivers. Miles of fabrics are immersed in gigantic “washing machines” full of dye and water. Here we have a revolution.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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In 1969 he was tasked with helping to build transmission lines in Bangladesh that connected the country’s eastern and western electrical grids. After that, Hepburn continued to work on international projects in countries including Indonesia, Nepal, and Pakistan. He and his family lived there for two years.

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My Cycling trip from Agra to Bikaner

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The outer one was filled with water, the inner between the two walls supposedly had wild animals roaming around. The problem - lack of water. Rain water harvesting was tried out. An artificial lake, Moti jheel, was also made for storing water. Nadeem had finished his BSc. There are two moats in the Agra fort.

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Munich Re: 2011 already the highest-ever loss year on record from natural catastrophes; led by Japan earthquake

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Moreover, buildings that had sustained damage in September 2010 were now completely destroyed by the tremors. Brisbane itself was also severely hit although, contrary to what had been feared, the Brisbane River flood waters remained around a metre below the record level of 1974. There was also widespread ground deformation.

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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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The global community is generally improving on a number of issues, such as health outcomes related to drinking water and sanitation and protection of marine ecosystems, while on other issues significant challenges remain. Substantial populations still suffer from poor air quality, most notably in India, China, and Pakistan.

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