Lightning – can we really protect against it?
Many of us in the British Isles witnessed a spectacular display of lightning during what meteorologists referred to as the mother of all storms. Headlines reporting up 20,000 lightning strikes with some areas experiencing a month’s rainfall in one...
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Just how safe is our National Telecommunications Infrastructure?
Just how safe is our National Telecommunications Infrastructure? Can we trust any networking equipment? Alongside the relentless stream of attacks by cybercriminals lies the threat from hostile nations. Rogue governments may be less of a threat to your personal...
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Home network devices: friend or foe?
Home network devices: friend or foe? Our home maybe our castle, but just how safe are we with our home network devices spying on us? This week’s BBCs Panorama – Hacked: Smart Home Secrets – discussed the risk many...
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Are our domestic IoT devices as just ‘devices’?
Are our domestic IoT devices as just ‘devices’? Are we taking home automation IoT seriously? By Steve Smith When Rob and I founded Astro a significant element of our work involved building voice and telemetry systems for the offshore...
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BT, The Hodge and the Rugby Legend
BT, The Hodge and the Rugby Legend Meeting a legend and being delighted, thank you BT for a fun morning, and for listening. By Steve Hodges It isn’t every day I get a call from my BT account team....
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Who pressed the nation’s “it’s too difficult button”?
Who pressed the nation’s “it’s too difficult button”? Is it OK to just surrender to the Beast from the East? By Steve Hodges Firstly, let me be clear this blog is not targeted at the unfortunate people who have...
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Coopetition – Because all boats rise in a high tide
Coopetition Because all boats rise in a high tide. By Steve Hodges I have seen too many positive examples of this so far this year for me to not want to share my thoughts on it. For the unfamiliar,...
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What can we do to help our healthcare professionals?
What can we do to help our healthcare professionals? Healthcare professionals need more effective use of IT and so do their customers. I rarely watch TV but by chance I walked in part way through a very interesting ITV...
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A super connected city below a city
A Super Connected City below a City The Kingsway Tunnels A few years ago, I had the great good fortune to visit the Kingsway Tunnels. I recently learned that they are unlikely to be opened again for visitors so...
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Is this the end of autonomous vehicles?
Is this the end of autonomous vehicles? Who should we blame if an autonomous vehicle causes injury or loss of human life? By Steve Smith I have had a keen interest in driverless or autonomous vehicles for some time....
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