A Huge New Industry IoT will be a US$1.1 Trillion industry in 2021, so big that we should find out more about it. There will be 50 Billion ‘Things’ by 2030, with 5G driving market growth. While it is a strange title, ‘Things’ refer to anything that can be measured. By connecting these Things to…
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Video Gaming – What is It? I knew very little about video gaming until my 9 year old grandson told me last week he woke at 2am. He was so excited he couldn’t get back to sleep, so I asked why. Apparently his father (my son) said he could try a borrowed Nintendo Switch at…
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Introduction Blockchain is a revolutionary, technically sound and secure technology. Cryptocurrencies (named hereafter ‘cryptos’, e.g. Bitcoin) are based on the blockchain. But many may vanish or be banned, because governments don’t like them as they lose control! They already are banned in some countries. On the other hand, cryptos could grow enormously and become stable…
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While not particularly related to Hydrogen, for those who think technology development is not increasing exponentially, consider this from Brownstone Research. “A quantum computer has solved in 3 seconds, a problem that the world’s most powerful ‘Super Computer’ would take 10,000 years”! Now to our blog subject. Why Hydrogen? Increasing pressure from climate change is…
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Evolving Future The 38 predictions below were sent to this blog by email but the source is unknown. While some are over dramatic and exaggerated, they are generally true. Only the timing is unknown. The changing world is for the vast all ways, not just those listed below. For Example, Omitted Are, How: “38 Interesting…
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VR/AR Stands for Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. There is a 3rd category, MR for Mixed Reality and the total cluster VR/AR/MR is referred to a XR. Their use has accelerated due to COVID 19. VR, Virtual Reality: A headset blocks out the real world, immersing the viewer in an artificial world generated by a…
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Generations Defined Describing generations with names is quite new and reflects a changing world. This blog is about Generation Z (Gen Z, between 8 and 25 years old), what they think and why they are different from previous generations. We older people have Gen Z children or grandchildren. So understanding what they think, do and…
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What is CBDC? Stands for Central Bank Digital Currency. About 80 countries are considering a CBDC to better control money. It would be produced by each country’s Central Bank (CB), sometimes referred to as Federal or Reserve Bank. China is experimenting with the digital yuan because they want to stop the $US dominating world trade.…
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Hire An AV taxi in Phoenix Now The following blog relates mainly to the USA where Google (Waymo), GM and Tesla are involved in different ways. In the last 5 years, autonomous driving has gone from ‘maybe possible’ to ‘definitely possible’ to ‘inevitable’. Then to ‘now commercially available.’ While commercially available is limited to some…
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What’s Good about Nuclear Fusion? The ultimate energy source, safe, clean and virtually limitless: 1 kilogram of hydrogen fusion fuel = 10,000 tonnes of coal, a ratio of 1: 10 Million It is available 24/7, so way better than solar, wind, hydrogen, etc. However, producing it is difficult and it may be a long way off. But…
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