With the current global waste crisis we’re experiencing, you’ve more than likely heard the phrase: “Reduce, reuse, and recycle.” In fact, for recyclers this phrase is known as the waste hierarchy. These terms designate three essential components of environmentally-responsible behavior and are listed in the order of preferred action from least harmful to most harmful …
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Would you have ever imagined technology reaching a point where you could charge electronics in the rain? It might have sounded impossible just a few short years ago, but in today’s highly connected world, technology is accomplishing the unthinkable. Nexus Media published an article claiming that users could soon be charging their electronics by simply walking …
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Can you imagine a cell phone that has practically zero waste? Where are the components of the phone can be reused in some fashion? It may sound too good to be true, however an article from Nexus Media, an online newswire covering climate, energy, policy, art and culture, reports that a team of researchers are …
HOBI Blog and Industry News Recap Provided is a weekly snapshot of the recent technology, IoT, and data security related news that HOBI’s blog reported on during the week 5/21-2/25. Australia Looks to Turn Plastic Waste into Usable Energy For some of the biggest names in tech, the future is looking green. Companies like Amazon, …
With technology playing some type of role in our daily lives, it’s pretty easy to say that there is nothing more frustrating than dealing with an overtly slow piece of technology, especially our personal computers. We’re so use to having our technology respond to our commands at a near instantaneous manner, that it’s easy to …
The way we interact with our smartphones is rapidly changing. With the rise of the touchscreen display in smartphones, mainstay features like buttons have been left behind in the dust. The end of smartphone buttons came about when Apple introduced a set of new navigation gestures on the iPhone X in lieu of a home …
May 18, Sprint announced the launch of the Sprint IoT Factory, a game-changing online marketplace that represents businesses with a wide selection of complete, ready-made boxed solutions that leverage the power of IoT to help them do business smarter. Envisioned as an online marketplace offering a broad range of ready-made Internet of Things solutions, the …
Much like the rest of the world, Australia is currently experiencing a recycling crisis and is looking beyond recycling and landfilling processes for waste management options. While waste like paper or organic matter can be composted and other materials like glass, metal and rigid plastics can be recycled, the country is focused on looking to …
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The following is a weekly snapshot of the recent e-waste, IoT, and technology related news that HOBI’s blog reported on during the week 5/14-5/18. U.S. Invests $30 Million into New Longer Lasting Battery We’ve come a long way from using double-A batteries to power our favorite gadgets, but we’re still constantly having to tote our …
Cryptojacking is the unauthorized use of someone else’s computer to mine cryptocurrency. Hackers are able to do this by either getting an unsuspecting victim to click on a malicious link sent via email that will then load crypto mining code on the victim’s computer, or by infecting a website with JavaScript code that auto-executes once …
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