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Sound Shirt – Music For Everyone

The hearing-impaired and even the deaf can now experience music, in a new collaboration between the Junge Symphoniker Hamburg Orchestra in Germany and wearable tech company CuteCircuit. The pair have created the Sound Shirt, an incredible garment that translates sound into vibrations. When the Junge Symphoniker Hamburg Orchestra plays classical music, the wearers can feel the various instruments, ...
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Quantum Computing – OpenMind

Quantum computing is the area of study focused on developing computer technology based on the principles of quantum theory. The quantum computer, following the laws of quantum physics, would gain enormous processing power through the ability to be in multiple states, and to perform tasks using all possible permutations simultaneously.A Comparison of Classical and Quantum ComputingClassical computi...
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The world’s smartest WiFi system just got smarter

Introducing TrueMesh Today, we’re releasing TrueMesh — it’s the next generation of eero mesh technology, built from the ground up to work perfectly with eero hardware. At the core of this update are significant improvements to our mesh routing algorithms, enabled by the learnings we’ve gathered through having networks up and running in homes around the world. Overnight, eero customers will see up...
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Approaching Female Customers as a Service Business Professional – HouseCall Pro

  Interacting with your customers is one of the most important parts of running a service business. If a person doesnt like you, or feel comfortable with you in their home, they are far less likely to be Personal Space is Your Friend Keep an appropriate amount of space between your female customer and yourself. Particularly if she is the only one home, be mindful of the fact that you...
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The FOA Reference For Fiber Optics – OLANs- Fiber Optic LANs

Optical LANs have been around since the mid-1980s but in the last few years they have benefited from the worldwide move to install fiber to the home. With over 100 million FTTH subscribers, FTTH has become a market driven by the economies of scale and costs have plummeted. It did not take long for designers to understand that FTTH, especially as used in multi-dwelling units, was similar to typical...
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Friday 5 video for 10.28.16

CenturyLink and Level 3 may be a go, Google Fiber is a no, Facebook Wedges in 100G ToR switches, and more this week in the Friday 5 video. Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy offers his takes on these stories and others. Source: Friday 5 video for 10.28.16
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Jellyfish Inspired Lodges To Help Clean The Environment – Secret Energy

Robot 'jellyfish' with 'tentacles' that catch trash and clean polluted water   The Jellyfish Lodge is a concept conceived by architect Janine Hung for Inhabitat’s Biodesign Competition. They boast kitchen and bathroom-equipped living quarters and even vegetable gardens in their base. They have long 'tentacles' leading into the surrounding river which traps and collects rubbish and al...
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Health Risk: 5G Ultra-High Frequency Radiation Is Coming

The 5G revolution is rushing toward us and it will bring a whole new era of harm from ultra-high microwave frequency radiation. And those who raise their voices against the danger to our health and our human rights to safety have been the subject of harassment, intimidation and attempts to silence them. 'Stay out of the way of technological development.' Source: Health Risk: 5G Ultra-High Frequen...
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