Posted by Jared Shepherd Our neorsd.org homepage is being improved and streamlined to give customers what they need. Next month, we’ll launch a new and improved website that offers users a more personalized experience, cleaner landing pages, and better navigation to suit desktop and mobile devices. Key user groups—like our residential customers, vendors...
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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 shows us how the water flows on the International Space Station, featuring a closed-loop treatment system in which the water astronauts use—even their...
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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 past. In the present. Thanks to a toilet. October 21, 2015 has been declared Back To The Future Day, a day of ’80s sci-fi nostalgia, the date to which...
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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 long way off in all likelihood. The Huffington Post reported on a study that said human waste may be filled with microscopic particles of gold, silver, platinum,...
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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 disposable wipes don’t break down in the sewer system like toilet paper does, they can clog a home’s plumbing and cause major issues in city treatment systems....
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd 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 could just wait to tweet.
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd ABC Entertainment News | ABC Business News If you’ve ever wondered how astronauts go potty in space, here’s a video. But don’t worry, it’s totally SFW. This NASA clip featured on ABC News shows astronaut Cady Coleman playing with food in a very educational way to help answer one...
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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’s the prediction of Forum, one UK nonprofit which recently envisioned what kind of products consumers will yearn for in the year 2030. Several of the concepts shared by Fast...
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Image courtesy Wikipedia Before there was Google Maps, there were pigeons. Every November, GIS Day showcases geographic information system (GIS) technology that many of us use every day without even thinking about it. It’s a large part of our work, and our own GIS team has routinely used the...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd Genius. In a region where the annual rainfall is practically zero, but the atmospheric humidity is 98%, a university designed a billboard that draws potable water out of the air. Here’s more on the story. Very fitting as we prepare to celebrate World Water Day this Friday.
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