Leg cramps, wailing children, delays, there are loads of reasons air travel can leave us tossing and turning the night before our trip. The last thing you need added to that list is a confiscated battery pack. Fortunately, there’s a quick and easy way to check whether or not you can bring your lithium battery… Read more >
Coachella 2019 is right around the corner. Soon, you’ll be listening to booming tunes, spotting celebrities, and posting feature-film length instagram stories that’ll be the envy of your friend groups. Unfortunately, phone charging at Coachella can often be a trying process. The music festival is a breeding ground for lasting memories and experiences, but, If… Read more >
Until the next big breakthrough in energy acquisition, we as a species will continue to depend on power. More specifically, we’ll continue to rely on the grid. “The grid” is an interconnected network used to deliver electricity from producers to consumers. It consists of power generation stations, transmission lines that bring power to demand centers,… Read more >
The healthcare industry is changing. Technology is influencing how patients interact with doctors, how nurses interface with patients, and how tech devices communicate with other systems throughout the hospitalization process. The George Washington University, School of Business wrote an article about this change in healthcare and what we can expect as it unfolds. “Technological advancements… Read more >
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. You’re using the phone you painstakingly and lovingly charged overnight, it’s sitting at a healthy 80-90%, and you take your eyes off that battery readout for one second. You bring your eyes back and, lo and behold, you’re looking at 70, sometimes 60%. The iPhone battery glitch… Read more >
2019 is slated to be an exciting year for smartphones. Only a few months in and, instead of opting for the same designs and features we’ve seen hundreds of times before, 2 companies have decided to take a sharp left turn. We all knew folding phones were on the way, but Samsung and Huawei have… Read more >
Advancements in technology can be exciting to some and soul-crushing to others. In the face of a juggernaut in the form of online retailers like Amazon, many smaller retailers who can’t afford an online operation may feel like they’re being slowly pushed towards obsolescence. But, should you consider some more innovative retail technology solutions, those… Read more >
Advancements in tech are always going to transform the way we approach various tasks and industries and education is by no means an exception. We’ve mentioned before the impact of classroom tech on how we teach, but today there’s a more specific change we want to address: the gradual but widespread shift from traditional textbooks… Read more >
Phones, tech, and the networks they use to connect us to the world at large are always in a state of whiplash inducing evolution. Hardly a year goes by without some company or another revolutionizing the game with new hardware or software that transforms the way we use smartphones. And 2019 is looking to be… Read more >
While we haven’t quite cracked the code on hover-boards, flying cars, or teleportation, modern companies have definitely made some impressive efforts towards another staple of Back to the Future-esque tech: wireless charging. Though, we say “efforts” because, as of today, wireless charging and wireless phone charging stations still haven’t completely phased out wired chargers. And… Read more >