Author: Dr. Donna Murdoch

Adult Learners. Lifelong Learning and Relevancy. Opinions are my own.
Future

Nokia Wants to Use Lightning to Charge Your Phone

 

In order to create a \”lightning bolt\” for their test, the team first generated an alternating current through a transformer. They then channeled that current between a gap that was a little under an inch thick, surging 200,000 volts — well within the average strength of a typical lightning strike — in the form of a bolt of electricity. The signal was then transferred into another controlling transformer, where it was able to charge the battery of a Nokia Lumia 925.

via Nokia Wants to Use Lightning to Charge Your Phone [VIDEO].

Tech Software

Why Free Software Is More Important Now Than Ever Before

Much has changed since the beginning of the free software movement: Most people in advanced countries now own computers — sometimes called “phones” — and use the internet with them. Non-free software still makes the users surrender control over their computing to someone else, but now there is another way to lose it: Service as a Software Substitute, or SaaSS, which means letting someone else’s server do your own computing activities.

via Why Free Software Is More Important Now Than Ever Before | Wired Opinion | Wired.com.

Tech Hardware

Samsung supports PowerbyProxi, to let you power your phone wirelessly

I have been watching this technology for years.  It seems fantastic.

“Powering devices wirelessly has long been the stuff of science fiction. But really, what if power really can get rid of cables in the same way that Wi-Fi disposes of networking wires? The wireless power movement is very early, but already there are several competitors pushing alternative technologies and standards to realize that dream.”

via Samsung supports PowerbyProxi, to let you power your phone wirelessly | VentureBeat.

Tech Software

East Coast vs. West: SF beats NYC hands down in open Wi-Fi availability

Both New York City and San Francisco are cosmopolitan cities rife with dining, shopping and cultural amenities. But if you were to walk into any given shop or cafe in either city looking for Wi-Fi, you’re twice as much more likely to get connected in downtown San Francisco than you are in Manhattan.

via East Coast vs. West: SF beats NYC hands down in open Wi-Fi availability — Tech News and Analysis.