Nowadays, electronic devices are an integral part of our daily lives. We rely on electricity for our appliances, our communications, and our businesses. This makes it all the more painful when the power goes out. Even if you’re going off the grid, you’re probably going to want to take some power with you. For example, …
Nowadays, our electronic devices do a ton of heavy lifting in our everyday lives. To take the most obvious example, consider your smartphone. With your phone, you have a GPS, a communications device, and an entertainment center all in one. You probably use it for all kinds of tasks, from texting to online banking to …
These days, we use a lot more electronic devices than we used to. Your desk could easily have a desktop tower, a monitor, an AC charger, a lamp, and an external hard drive. That’s five devices, and you haven’t even plugged in a tablet, or added a second monitor, and so on. Point being, even …
A few years ago, the idea of owning your own doorbell camera would have seemed outlandish. For one thing, cameras were simply too large. Businesses might have a hardwired, closed-circuit camera system. Hotel buildings and mansions might even have a buzzer with an intercom at the entrance. But an actual doorbell, with a camera built …
If you were to visit the average American 100 years ago, they would own zero electronic devices. Yes, electricity was a thing, and major cities had electric street lights. But fancy gizmos like vacuum cleaners and radios were still only found in wealthier homes. Fast forward to 2021, and everyone depends on their electronics for …