Telecommunications is a rapidly evolving field. We started with smoke signals and moved up to instant global wireless face-to-face communication. Granted, it’s taken us some time to get here, but the biggest leaps have occurred in the past decade, so imagine where we’ll be in five years’ time. Of course, as telecommunication has progressed, so… Continue reading Telecommunications: Smoke Signals To Instant Messaging
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When Did Smoke Detectors Get So Popular?
The most recent figures on the subject suggest that over 80% of homes in countries such as the UK and the USA use smoke alarms. However, many of us remember growing up in a world in which few if any of the homes we visited had one, so when did they get so popular? The… Continue reading When Did Smoke Detectors Get So Popular?
How My Computer Started Blowing Out Smoke And Other Bad Things
I used to have a computer. I used to think it was pretty nice too. I certainly spent a lot of money on it. Anyway, after having it for a while and impressing all my friends with my fantastic RAM and CPU and graphics cards and Gigabytes of memory (not that I knew or know… Continue reading How My Computer Started Blowing Out Smoke And Other Bad Things