Chastity Mansfield I'm a writer, an amateur designer, and a collector of trinkets that nobody else wants. You can find me on Noozeez, and Twitter.

Self-replicating USBs spread software faster than an Internet connection

14 sec read

Downloading free software is hugely time consuming and expensive in the developing world. Now one computer scientist has worked out how to spread it faster and more cheaply without using the internet.

Getting hold of software, even freeware, is a significant challenge in the developing world. Bandwidth is such a precious commodity in these places that even modest downloads are beyond the budget of most people. 

Avatar of Chastity Mansfield
Chastity Mansfield I'm a writer, an amateur designer, and a collector of trinkets that nobody else wants. You can find me on Noozeez, and Twitter.

Chicago tried and failed to use big data to…

Have you ever seen the movie Minority Report? If you haven’t, all you need to know is that it’s about a special police unit that’s able...
Avatar of Sal McCloskey Sal McCloskey
1 min read

Google believes artificial intelligence will be bigger than virtual…

When Mark Zuckerberg thinks about the future, he sees a world that’s dominated by mobile devices and virtual reality, but when Google CEO Sundar Pichai...
Avatar of Lorie Wimble Lorie Wimble
56 sec read

China wants to build floating nuclear power plants for…

I’m sure you’ve heard about that man-made island chain that China has built in the South China Sea, the one that’s been causing a...
Avatar of Alfie Joshua Alfie Joshua
1 min read

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *