IO’s week: Wi-Fi or wired

By Bart Brouwers

Each week, in our Sunday newsletter, we look back on the past seven days. Regarding content, we always do so at the initiative of our cartoonist, Albert Jan Rasker. He chooses a subject, draws a picture, and we take it from there.

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 Innovation Maestros 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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