IO's week: Wi-Fi or wired
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Published on October 27, 2024
Bart, co-founder of Media52 and Professor of Journalism oversees IO+, events, and Laio. A journalist at heart, he keeps writing as many stories as possible.
Looking at Albert Jan’s cartoon, I immediately had to think about that guy who invented the wheel but was laughed at by a group of stone carriers. Or about those monks who kept on writing with a goose feather for hundreds of years after the invention of the printing press. Albert Jan refers to a great interview - part of our series - my colleague Elcke Vels had with Bruce Tuch, the inventor of Wi-Fi.
At this moment, we can’t function without Wi-Fi. People are still working hard to optimize the wireless network. The 2 megabits per second speed when Wi-Fi started is long gone. In 2004, the speed was increased to 54 megabits. Meanwhile, we have arrived at Wi-Fi 7, coming this year, with theoretical speeds of up to 46 gigabits per second. Read the whole story here.
Warning: Daylight Saving Time has ended
Autumn has arrived, and the clock is pushed back a full hour. As debates over Daylight Saving Time (DST) continue, a recent study reveals light-based strategies that may ease the disruption DST causes to our internal clocks. The research employs mathematical modeling to explore how exposure to natural and artificial light influences circadian rhythm adjustment to DST. Findings indicate that tailored light exposure can speed up adaptation, mitigating health and productivity challenges associated with DST’s one-hour shift.
So, especially for the night owls, take the researchers’ advice seriously!
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And here's what else caught our eye last week:
- Pentagon eyes Dutch defense innovations for collaboration
- Photonics startups attract major investment to take on growing energy demands in data centers
- Zapping away your cluster headaches with your remote control – patient feedback gives researchers new insights
- Designers collaborate to shape Carbyon’s modular CO2 capture machines for the future
- Netherlands at risk of missing 2030 climate targets
- How does Europe manage waste? (a new installment in our ‘Behind the Numbers’ series)
- Dutch deeptech scaleups seek the attention from politicians and investors
- The perfect head lettuce, tomato, or cucumber: ‘It is my mission to give vegetables optimum quality’ (a prelude to our December event on Innovative agriculture)
- The vertical farm goes from hype to reality: nice promises, lots of bottlenecks
- (only) Four Dutch scaleups join EIC quest for unicorns
- XR Lab Oasis in Hilversum: Where education, industry, and creativity collide to shape the future
- A Sputnik moment, the Silicon Curtain, and ASML’s role in the global chip war: Navigating geopolitical tensions
- ‘A new role for government in our Big Tech-dominated media landscape is essential for democracy’
Have a great week!
Bart Brouwers,Innovation Origins