The following is a quick recap of some of the recent technology, recycling, and e-waste industry related news that HOBI’s blog reported on during the week 3/12-3/16. Delivery Drones May Be More Sustainable Than Trucks We’ve been hearing more about how self-driving cars, air taxis, and drone deliveries are becoming more plausible, and yet for …
There is no real default privacy on the internet. Even many of the tools explicitly designed to protect your privacy don’t work quiet as well as advertised. Our personal information is eroded through a combination of user information-driven commerce (since nearly every company sells your personal data), weak governmental protections, leaky products, hacked records and …
Currently, there is a rush to build out edge computing networks, which is the vital link between the massive amount of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and data centers. And EdgeMicro seems to be the front runner of the race. The company is a fairly new start-up company, has announced plans to use micro data …
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One of the hardest tasks in making fashion technology and wearable tech “smart” in the sustainable sense of the word, is finding a way to deal with or prevent the creation of e-waste. The United Nations University in their “Global E-Waste Monitor 2014) forecasted that the amount of global e-waste generation expected to be 49.8 …
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Even in 2018, delivery drones seem like a futuristic idea. However, many companies are looking to make this a reality sooner rather than later. We’ve seen some progress with this idea with Amazon’s Prime Air, a delivery system that aims to safely get packages to customers in 30 minutes or less using unmanned aerial vehicles …
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The following is a quick recap of some of the recent technology, recycling, and e-waste industry news that HOBI’s blog reported on during the week 3/05-3/09. Throwaway Culture is the Root of the E-Waste Crisis Throwaway culture is more widespread than ever. With better and shinier tech gadgets entering the market at a constant rate, …
Sometimes being hacked can feel like a personal attack and not like a cyber criminal just going about his or her very illegal job. There’s nothing worse than attempting to log into Facebook, Gmail, iCloud, or even your online banking accounts only to find out that your password isn’t working, leaving you unable to protect …
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Last week the Mobile World Congress 2018 show (MWC) showcased the future of technology. Held annually in Barcelona, Spain, the show attracts the eyes of millions – all hoping to catch a glimpse at the latest and greatest in mobile technology. And like most years, there were some devices that stole the show, leaving some …
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Nearly all of us are guilty of trashing a product that environmentally should not have been lumped in with regular trash. However, we’ve all unfortunately done it. We’ve trashed a tablet with a cracked screen, ditched an increasingly sluggish iPhone that was being overshadowed by the latest model on the market, or junked a TV …
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The following is a quick recap of some of the recent technology, recycling, and e-waste industry news that HOBI’s blog reported on during the week 2/26-3/01. PolyCE: An E-Plastics Recycling Project PolyCE (or Post-Consumer High-tech Recycled Polymers for a Circular Economy), is a European Commission funded project consisting of a consortium of 20 expert organizations …