19 May 2021, 08:05 am
Who would have thought that unused WiFi signals can be harvested and converted into energy to power small electronic devices?
This is what a research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Japan s Tohoku University (TU) discovered.
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A general view as volunteers gathered at UCL to mark the launch of a brand new mobile phone game, Sea Hero Quest and become a part of scientific history on May 3, 2016 in London, England. Through this event, 350 people collectively playing the game for 10 minutes generated the equivalent of one years worth of similar lab-based research data, to help in the fight against dementia. #gameforgood www.seaheroquest.com
05 May 2021, 08:05 am
Virgin Media is currently suffering from a massive internet outage, which affects thousands of its broadband users. The giant internet provider s users complained that they are struggling to get online.
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People in the audience are illuminated by the screens of their laptop computers during the Sony press conference on the eve of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) on June 4, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. E3 is the most important yearly trade show the USD 78.5 billion videogame industry.
The issue was first confirmed by the popular online website checker service Downdetector. User reports indicate no current problems at Virgin Media, said the online tool.