Jul 03 2023
Comcast offers a nationwide public Wi-Fi network across the USA. It is the largest of its kind in the nation using two frequency bands at 2.5 and 5 Ghz. It’s available in outdoor and business locations, all of which can be found online at www.xfinity.com/wifi. Hotspots are wireless access points that allow you and others …
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Apr 04 2023
On a recent 60 gram, host Leslie Stahl interviewed several Microsoft executives on their new Artificial Intelligent (AI) Bing web browser. Both executives announced their updated Bing and Edge web browsers the previous week using Open AI’s ChatGPT software. According to Stahl, over a million users have tried the new AI Chatbot program with much …
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Sep 20 2022
Imagine a bridge that is a living laboratory for researchers, engineers, and the general public. In 2013, the City of Portsmouth, NH, began reconstructing its Memorial Bridge, and designed the structure into a living, smart bridge. Engineers and graduate students from the University of New Hampshire in collaboration with the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, …
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Mar 01 2021
Note: I apologize to our Asian citizens with the cruel attacks upon them by other American citizens regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. I ask any American to report these personal attacks by the perpetrators to their local law agencies as I feel those people who attack our Asian citizens are nothing short of being a terrorist. …
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Feb 11 2021
American engineer, Intel co-founder and chairman emeritus Gordon Moore stated in 1965 that the number of transistors per silicon chip will double every 12 to 24 months! The computer industry calls it Moore’s Law. His law has been extended to other technologies including memory chips. Moore’s Law has been referenced for the last five decades …
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Dec 01 2020
For decades, scientists have been researching how to live longer and comfortably into our later years without the threat of disease or disability. Before COVID-19, older adults were projected to exceed children under age 18 by 2035 according to U.S. Census Bureau projections. Writing in Futurist magazine, journalist Phillip Longman predicted an age war. As …
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Nov 03 2020
According to the World Economic Forum, their recent “The Future of Jobs Report 2020” indicates the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdowns and related global recession of 2020 have created a highly uncertain outlook for the labor market and accelerated the arrival of the future of work in the next five years. The adoption of cloud computing, big …
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Oct 06 2020
Plastics are produced by the conversion of natural products or by the synthesis from primary chemicals coming from oil, natural gas, or coal. Unfortunately, we rely on virgin plastics as it is cheap to manufacture and used in too many daily products including packaging of food, textiles, toys, and other household items. Plastics are a …
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Sep 01 2020
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) highly recommends wearing face masks in public settings. It’s amazing how many people, mostly millennials, still don’t wear masks in public places, and knowing they may cause the spread of COVID-19. Six million American seniors and compromised people of all ages have contracted the disease and nearly …
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Aug 04 2020
Interestingly, the United States and China launched separate rover missions to Mars in July. This is also causing some rivalry between the two strongest economic nations. NASA’s Perseverance rover launched on July 30, while China’s Tianwen-1 rover launched on July 23. Both probes should reach Mars by February 2021. Perseverance’s goal is to research potential …
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Jul 07 2020
In 1893, the American inventor Nikolai Tesla demonstrated a wireless radio in St. Louis, Missouri. Despite this demonstration, Guglielmo Marconi, an English inventor, is the person credited as the father and inventor of the radio. Marconi was awarded the very first wireless telegraphy patent in England in 1896. Tesla’s patent request was granted in 1900. …
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May 05 2020
With the coronavirus crisis in Colorado, many Coloradoans and Americans in general are required to stay home. Telehealth has come to the rescue for many patients who are asked to stay home and call their doctor. Many doctors are using telehealth services to see their patients online instead of in the office. This keeps the …
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