Huawei is Deep into 6G Research Promising Terabyte Downloads!
With many still asking when 5G is coming, reports have emerged that Chinese telecom giant, Huawei, is already deep into research on 6G mobile technology. Researchers are now working on 6G technology in Huawei’s Ottawa Research & Development Center, according to reports. Some say Huawei is in quiet talks with Canadian university researchers about a […]
The Real Winners in the Drive to Automate the Workforce
If you’re a young, minority employee working in rural America, a robot will probably take your job in the not-too-distant future. This is according to a report on the consequences of automation on the American workforce published by Brookings in January. The researchers had examined data on a mix of industries, geographies, and demographic groups across […]
New Space Images Show a Moon Brighter than the Sun
Everything the human eye sees exists within a minuscule percentage of the universe. The rest is invisible. Images shared recently by NASA confirm as much. The pictures, captured through the agency’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, show the Moon shining brighter than the Sun! “Each 5-by-5-degree image is centered on the Moon and shows gamma rays with […]
$2.5k for a drone? Take my money!
Updated on April 21st, 2019 We’ve all seen drones. We read about them every day. Drone violations, drone strikes on enemy targets, the next-door kid’s drone has landed in your backyard again. But pay attention ‘coz there’s new tech in town: the Skydio R1. And it’s not your everyday drone; it’s a fully autonomous flying […]
Poland’s stunning solar powered glow-in-the-dark bicycle lane
Bicycle paths around the world are usually set along scenic routes, but Poland raised the bar when they unveiled their beautiful solar powered glow-in-the-dark bicycle lane in the town of Lidzbark Warminski. The rising popularity of cycling as both a hobby and a sport has paved the way for cities to provide bicycle lanes for enthusiasts – […]
Paper Batteries… Just Add Bacteria!
The dream may be for a paperless office but the reality is very different. Vast amounts of paper are consumed every day – in offices, retail establishments and homes. And while a lot of that paper is recycled, unfortunately, huge amounts go to landfill. In most cases, the paper that’s gone to landfill will break […]
The IoT is going to choke us in e-waste!
The Internet of Things or the Internet of Trash? Look around you. How many obsolete devices can you see? Most of us horde them for a while (it’s a ‘just in case thing’, isn’t it?) until we eventually accept that they’re just taking up space. By then, no-one else wants them either. So what to […]
Predictions are so 2017, but…
Predictions are so 2017…so instead, here are a few IoT themes that I’m excited about this coming year: Edge Comes of Age The promise of Edge and distributed computing, may seem like old news, however, much of enterprise processing still takes place on-prem or in the cloud. Corporate change management (painful) coupled with the cost […]
The Internet of Tomorrow…
Source: Techstars Change has always been constant but the rate at which change occurs certainly hasn’t! The 20th century saw accelerating change in medicine, employment, social interaction, the environment and just about everything else including technology. That pace of change has accelerated almost exponentially sine the clock ticked over to the 21st century. There are […]
It’s about that USB drive you found… it’s transmitting your passwords!
We’ve all been guilty of it. You find an orphan USB drive. If it’s less than 8GB nowadays, you probably bin it. After all, the chances of locating the owner are about exactly zero. But 8GB or better is an invitation to additional storage. So we keep it for ‘a spare’. Sooner or later it […]