RostrumNews Do you live with a stench? Technology could be useful. The wealthy Silicon Valley tech center of Milpitas, California, has an odour issue, as reported by the BBC news. Residents have had to put up with foul odours emanating from industrial sites, including a 342-acre landfill, for decades. Chia-Ling Kong, an engineer for a tech company who lives about half a mile from the dump, says, "I could not open my window for over ten years when I first moved here." Kong claims that although things have improved recently, she and her neighbours still have to deal with "two or three hours of bad smells a day." The community is placing its hopes in technology, which may be fitting for Silicon Valley. Perhaps befitting Silicon Valley, the community is putting its hopes in technology. The operators of Newby Island landfill have been ordered by local authorities to use drones and install monitors to systematically track and measure the chemicals respon...