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‘Forever chemicals’ are eternal no more thanks to a pollution destroying device from Tacoma startup

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Aquagga Photo) It would be fair to expect the destroyer of toxic “forever chemicals” to be a massive, intimidating device. The long-lived chemicals are great at deflecting water, stains and grease — but they escape from products and now contaminate drinking water across the nation and are even detected in breast milk.

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Startup led by Seattle doctors gets FDA approval for virus-killing, surgical mask technology

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” The masks include a product that contains methylene blue, a chemical known for its ability to kill viruses, bacteria and fungi. The startup is producing the chemical in North Carolina and incorporating it into a polypropylene fabric that becomes the outer layer of the masks. to manufacture Oxafence-containing masks. ”

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Embedded software development for IoT applications

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Image credit ) What is embedded software development and why is it important for IoT-enabled applications Embedded software development plays a major role in the introduction of IoT-enabled applications. However, through IoT applications comes the challenge of integrating sensors into embedded software systems.

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NASA funds small-business ideas ranging from plumbing for the moon to AI medicine

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to support the development of technologies that could come in handy for space exploration or Earth-based applications. Six Washington state businesses are among the recipients of Phase I contracts under NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research program, or SBIR. Each contract is worth up to $125,000.

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Microsoft offers Dynamics users fresh incentives to move to the cloud

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Microsoft unveiled a new incentive program on Tuesday to help enterprises still running its Dynamics ERP and CRM software on premises to move to the cloud. The program was unveiled at the company’s Inspire virtual event for partners and resellers. Microsoft has already tested the new program with some enterprise customers.

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Blue Origin talks up technology that could eventually turn moon dirt into solar cells

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That branch of Blue Origin’s advanced development programs takes the spotlight in a blog item posted to the company’s website. While typical silicon purification methods on Earth use large amounts of toxic and explosive chemicals, our process uses just sunlight and the silicon from our reactor.”

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MYCIN, Watson, and AI History

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MYCIN uses expert rules to make medical inferences, and is one of the most famous artificial intelligence programs in the history of the discipline. It was derived from an earlier system, DENDRAL , specialized for chemical research.