So, what is Multiple Myeloma?
We all know about checking for lumps, not smoking, moderating alcohol intake, cutting down on meat and processed foods, and covering up with factor 50. But would you know the causes, signs or...
The Myeloma Race
Finding out that you have an incurable disease with a prognosis of 5-10 years is hard to describe. All I want to do now is, accept the restrictions I have and live as normally as I possibly can,...
Digitising Industry, Digitising Everything
The theme of this year’s Cambridge Wireless International Conference CWIC2019 was Digitising Industry – a theme which is enormously wide ranging and could easily fill a full week’s worth of talks...
CES – the Weird, the Wonderful and the Whacky
For many, January is that time of year when life gets smaller as you stay indoors out of the winter cold, refrain from all the exciting things you recently ate in the hope of reducing your...
Losing Touch / Digital Detox
Could you give up your phone? That’s what Simon Cowell and a number of other celebrities claim to be doing. Mr Cowell has said, “The difference it made was that I became more aware of the people...
Low power cellular technology choices for IoT
I recently attended a webinar about how 5G will help IoT. This webinar looked at Mobile IoT or Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) and how IoT devices can utilise the cellular network - both NarrowBand IoT...
Going Cashless
Have you ever got to the till and experienced the embarrassment of realising you don’t have enough cash on you to pay? You’ve just picked up an impulse buy then realised that the small change,...
Bluetooth 5 - What is it Going to enable next
Today it is difficult to find a wireless enabled smart device that doesn’t use Bluetooth in some form or another. That double arrow head symbol appears in all sorts of places from your car, your...
Antisocial Media?
I’d like to think we’re good parents. Our kids are encouraged to eat their greens, remember their manners, never talk to strangers and always use the Green Cross Code. Oh, and no bike helmet...
Time to Chat to the Chatbot?
Remember how everyone complained when automated telephone answering began? I know I did! We wanted a human person to talk to. However, in today’s fast moving digital world, we want to communicate...
Autonomous Cars – How is the collected data used and shared?
Autonomous vehicles will soon become one of the main communication and data hubs for our lives if you believe some technologists. As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes the norm for more...
Let’s Remove the Blindfolds and Reap the Full Benefits of Technology
What a difference a year makes in the tech world. Last year saw the release of the iPhone 7 with reports of people desperate to get their hands on one and shops running out of stock. Apple’s...
The Internet of Things Smartens Up the Office
Last year we heard a lot about the smart home and this year it’s all about Industry 4.0 and the smart factory. But what about the smart office? What are the benefits and what IoT innovations can...