If you are planning to fly for the holidays, don’t wait to buy your ticket. Procrastinators are going to pay an even higher rate this year if they wait. The Wall Street Journal reports that Christmas week flights in the U.S. and the Caribbean will cost 9.4 percent more than last year, and Christmas week fares … Continue reading Smart Travel Planning can Save You Money During the Holiday
Soldering isn't as easy as it may look, but with a little practice you too can solder like a pro. Here are some helpful tips to creating professional grade projects: If your soldering iron isn’t working properly, try cleaning the tip. The residue from solder and dirt that accumulates on the tip over time make … Continue reading How to Solder Like a Pro
After major setbacks due to natural and nuclear disasters in 2011, tourism in Tokyo is rebounding. The Japan National Tourism Office reports a 21% increase in visitor arrival numbers between January and August 2013 compared with the same period last year. The renewed surge of visitors is in part being attributed to Tokyo’s successful bid … Continue reading Tips for Traveling to Tokyo
Jet lag is very much a part of any business travelers regular routine. It can cloud your brain and zap your energy. “Jet lag happens when there is a misalignment between the actual time zone and your circadian clock,” says doctor Melanie DesChatelets, a Vancouver-based naturopathic doctor. She says that travelers typically experience jet lag … Continue reading Ways You Can Reduce Jet Lag
Cloud computing and storage, in it’s most basic definition, is storing and accessing data and programs over the internet instead of your computer’s hard drive. The cloud is just another term for the Internet. When you store data on, or run programs from your computer’s hard drive, it is called local storage and computing. Everything … Continue reading What is the Cloud?
It is predicted, that by 2020 billions of devices will be connected to the internet. This technology is known as The Internet of Things (IoT), which refers to uniquely identifiable objects that have a digital presence being connected to one another, creating a digital ecosystem, as well as being connected to the internet. To … Continue reading The Smart Fridge of the Future
Museums have always struggled to make their exhibits more interesting to people who may not know the history behind a specific exhibit. Whether they are art, history or other types of museum, in the past they have often had little more than a paragraph on a plaque to explain the exhibit. If you didn’t … Continue reading Enhancing the Experience of Museums With QR Codes
One of the hardest experiences in life is the death of a loved one. For centuries we have memorialized the remains of our loved ones with a cold and impersonal granite marker. We attempt to make them more personal with our dearly departed’s name, date of birth, date of demise and a heartfelt inscription. … Continue reading QR Codes Adding a New Experience to Visiting Your Dearly Departed
If you can’t get customers, who are too busy to shop, to come to your store then take your store to them. With this mindset comes the future of shopping using QR Codes. An increasing number of companies are creating virtual stores, that are made up of posters displaying the products with quick response … Continue reading QR Code Based Virtual Shopping is the Future of Shopping
EMV was implemented to provide a worldwide standard for the interaction between integrated microprocessor (chip-based) “smart cards”, approved payment devices and ATMs. The standard includes credit, debit and contactless payment transactions. A wide range of applications can be supported by these chip-based cards, but performing payment transactions that store encryption data for authentication is the … Continue reading Why EMV Implementation is Important
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