An incredible underwater roundabout is set to open in the remote Faroe Islands. The Eysturoyar tunnel network is almost 7 miles long and runs beneath Skálafjørður fjord, connecting the islands of Streymoy and Eysturoy, the BBC reports. The tunnel network and its undersea roundabout will significantly cut journey times to the
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According to the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, ERGP (page 30), “The Energy sector is fundamental to development across all other sectors of the economy. The ERGP will address issues of energy from the perspective of electric power and the petroleum sector. With regard to the power value chain, efforts
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Kings Embedded Solutions (KEMS) has won The African Top 10 Technology Companies Award for 2020 and featuredin an International Magazine by Inc. Outlook. The CEO of the company Engr Eniola Ishola announced it on his Facebook post. According to him “We are glad to announce this laudable achievement as our company,
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Ground Improvement or Ground treatment is defined as “controlled alteration of the state, nature or mass behavior of ground materials to achieve an intended satisfactory response to existing or projected environmental and engineering actions” Ground Improvement by Vibration Vibration can be used to compact soils and fills. Similar to Vibrating rollers used
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Foundations provide support for structures, transferring their load to layers of soil or rock that have sufficient bearing capacity and suitable settlement characteristics. There are a very wide range of foundation types available, suitable for different applications, depending on considerations, such as: The nature of the load requiring support. Ground
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A top Google scientist on ethical artificial intelligence says she was fired after criticizing the company’s diversity efforts, a claim the Alphabet Inc unit disputed on Thursday, in the latest brush-up between the internet giant and worker activists. Timnit Gebru, who is Black, said on Twitter she was fired after sending
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An American university has denied appointing the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, as a visiting professor. The East Carolina University (ECU) said the letter Mr Ganduje got from a member of its faculty was unauthorised by the appropriate officials. The university stated its official stance in a letter sent to the Kano
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TStv — Nigerian-owned satellite subscription TV service — is not a new name on the list of pay TVs in Nigeria. Despite the presence of household names like DStv, GOtv, and StarTimes, in 2017 TStv got the attention of many Nigerians with the promise of a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) subscription model. However,
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A technological breakthrough tested in monkeys reveals people who have gone blind due to injury or disease may soon be able to regain their vision. The technique involves implanting electrodes in the monkeys' brains to produce dots of light, according to a study published this week by experts in the Netherlands. These dots,
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Tech maven Steve Wozniak launched a new company this week — more than four decades after he started Apple with the late Steve Jobs. Wozniak’s latest venture, Efforce, aims to use cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to make it cheaper and easier for companies to fund environmentally friendly projects. The company says its
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