Month: August 2017

The annual run rate for global IP traffic was 1.2 ZB (Zettabytes) in 2016, with PCs accounting for 46 percent of total IP traffic. Global IP traffic will increase nearly threefold over the next 5 year, with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 24 percent over that time. Today most wireless networks use microwaves to carry signals wirelessly and only operate at max speeds of 1/2 a gigabyte per second.  So with demand outpacing capacity new wi-fi technologies are needed. Now in what could soon be breakthrough technology a team at Brown University via sent video data using...

Whether it is email or texting sending important personal or financial information online is just not a great idea.  But sometimes it may be expedient and you may believe the person on the other end of the conversation is trustworthy.  However, the apps many people are communicating on might not be so secure because important security options aren’t being used.  Researchers at Brigham Young University have confirmed through a study that indeed the majority of users of popular messaging apps like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Viber are leaving themselves exposed to fraud or other hacking. Of these 3 popular...

With the world facing an impending energy crisis, researchers have been working on new low-power-consuming technologies. Studies show that around 2% of all the energy used in the US is “taken” by residential windows. So developing cutting-edge technologies like smart windows, that allow consumers to block either all light or just some will potentially save billions of dollars on heating, cooling and lighting costs. Existing smart window products are made of materials, such as thermotropic and photochromic technology, that change color but tend to be expensive, and take a long time to change shades. Stanford University engineers have recently...