Danish Dutch English French German Italian Norwegian Spanish Swedish Choose another edition Talking tech The marriage of communications and information technology is creating a whole new technology sector, called machine-to-machine (M2M) communication. Sensors and control units are combining with software and communications to provide very sophisticated products and services that can add considerable value to what have been previously stand-alone technologies. Beauty and the bear The island of Sardinia has few natural assets except beauty, so it is sensitive to the importance of defending that beauty as it develops its tourism industry. Demands on the water supply in the summer in many communities has increased exponentially. To meet the demand, a new sophisticated water supply and purification system has been installed, including remote-control monitoring, designed to cope with heavy demands for three months of the year and normal depends for the rest. Water equality The Australian Outback town of Cloncurry is a hot, dry place a long way from anywhere. But until recently, it wasn’t the heat, or the dust or the flies that drove the 4,000 inhabitants mad; it was the water pressure. During peak shower times the gravity-fed reticulation system could not cope with the demand. The town solves its problems with Lowara pumps fitted with Hydrovar units linked to Flygt FMCs and a control centre running Aquaview at the treatment plant. Beyond Ethernet Inventor, entrepreneur, CEO, publisher and columnist, venture capitalist – Robert Metcalfe has seen the technology industry from a number of different vantage points in the past 35 years. His invention – Ethernet – has stood the test of time, outlasting rival standards and helping create the networked world we live in today. Metcalfe says it’s only a matter of time before new systems enable tens of millions of devices to network together as the promise of machine-to-machine communication comes to fruition. Capturing the perfect wave At San Diego’s Wave House, thrill seekers can ride a manmade wave on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Wave House is the headquarters for Wave Loch Inc., a maker of surf machines featured at water parks worldwide. Wave Loch’s innovative designs force water up a contoured slope, and the result is a cross between snowboarding and surfing. The problem is management The 2006 Stockholm Water Prize was awarded to Professor Asit K. Biswas of the Third World Centre for Water Management. He says that the world’s water crisis is not a global lack of water, but rather the current poor management practices in nearly all countries. Durability required Reliable dewatering is a necessity for nearly all work done in the construction and mining industries. To meet the needs and tough conditions, ITT Flygt’s new dewatering pumps, developed both in the lab and in the field, ensure that work will continue uninterrupted. New VFD takes the pressure For wastewater-handling customers, ITT Flygt now offers ­specially developed frequency drives that meet the high ­reliability demands made on pump systems. Water that walks Crops that talk Improving on gravity Water innovators of tomorrow Plug-in success Happy anniversary, wastewater pump
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