tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34542052037708532282024-03-19T04:46:34.496-04:00My Thoughts on Technology and JamaicaHello! I am Lindsworth Deer, a former Telecoms Technician, freelance Telecoms Researcher and PC Repair Technician and CCTV Camera Installer in Kingston, Jamaica. My blog focuses on Telecommunications, Broadcasting Renewable Energy and Science in Jamaica. Email: horatiodeer2357@gmail.com. Whatsapp: 1(876)5460286 or call 19045956136. Skype: lindsworth.deer (after 6pm!!)
Contact me about any of my articles! Thanx!Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.comBlogger2418125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-56828232042298765922020-03-22T07:48:00.000-04:002020-03-22T07:50:38.921-04:00Air Pollution and Intelligence - Why Jamaicans need to wear N95 Masks
We
already have evidence that air pollution, damages the brain in both humans and
animals as noted in the article “Air
pollution may be making us less intelligent”, published December 19, 2018
by Barbara Maher, Phys.org.
Even
the tiniest, invisible particulates in pollution from traffic sources has been
noted to have the following effects in children who attend highly polluted
Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-43851638714046867582019-07-24T13:37:00.000-04:002019-07-25T08:15:10.985-04:00How reducing 20% CET on Li-Ion Batteries heralds a Jamaican Hydrogen-Electron Based Economy in 2030
“The
expectation is that both regular customers and members of the private sector
will be able to bring in these batteries at a reduced cost.......Without commenting
on any specific project, what it now means is that a number of projects will
now be more attainable in terms of cost”.
State Minister in the
Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Floyd Green,
commenting on Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-76358180423474535352019-07-21T15:50:00.000-04:002019-10-21T02:44:48.259-04:00How the XENON1T experiment for Dark Matter calculated the half-life of Xenon-124
“A
key point here is that we have so many atoms, so if any decays, we’ll see it.
We have a (literal) ton of material.”
Christopher Tunnell,
assistant professor of physics and astronomy and of computer science at Rice
University on the calculation of the half-life of Xenon-124
Finally,
we now know the half-life of Xenon-124, an isotope of Xenon. Located in Group
VIII of the Periodic TableLindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-57300344440400583732019-07-20T21:19:00.001-04:002019-07-25T10:08:30.132-04:00How allowing Limestone mining by Jamaica World and EPSA is Mining in the Cockpit Country
Jamaica
seems to be on a tear to give away our mineral resources to foreigners. In the
process, we are sacrificing pristine areas of unspoilt countryside, especially in
the Cockpit Country area, in exchange for short term gains: money.
A
good example of this is Jamaica World, a mining startup that has partnered with
Spanish mining company EPSA to develope limestone-processing Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-76370651645306044842019-06-23T18:24:00.005-04:002019-06-23T18:24:58.711-04:00ATL Automotive and JPS islandwide Network of Electric Charging Stations by 2020
“It’s
no secret that the future of the automotive industry is electric and that
electric cars are set to overtake the sales of conventionally powered cars
within the next decade”
CEO of the ATL Group
and Sandals Resorts, Adam Stewart on plans to establish an islandwide network
of Electric Vehicle charging stations
Electric
Cars are coming to Jamaica.
This
as the JPS (Jamaica Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-46490937644290230362019-06-23T18:09:00.000-04:002019-06-23T18:09:25.163-04:00Why the LED Light Bulb Market in Jamaica is still untapped
Light
Emitting Diodes (LED) are the latest and most exciting technological
advancement in the lighting industry in Jamaica.
LEDs
are small, solid-state technology used as a replacement for incandescent and
Fluorescent light bulbs. Because the convert electricity to light without
heating a metallic element like an incandescent bulb or via exciting a Noble
Gas to produce light, they are 90% Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-37776151515839872042019-06-09T20:14:00.001-04:002019-06-09T20:14:46.106-04:00AC Hotel Kingston Electric Car Charging is ATL Automotive push for Jamaican EV adoption
“Electric
and hybrid cars are the fastest-growing segment in the automotive industry.
It’s the future. Virtually every automotive company in the world is preparing
to launch full electric variants in the near future, if they haven’t already,
and we’re delighted to be able to offer this future-proof convenience to
Jamaican motorists”
Deputy chairman and CEO
of the ATL Automotive Group, Adam Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-67779971460707578812019-05-16T07:21:00.000-04:002019-05-16T07:21:22.904-04:00How WhatsApp Voice Calling missed calls hacking is a plus for Telegram and Signal
WhatsApp
says its app allows mobile phones to be hacked via a missed in-app call.
The
malware, designed by Israel’s NSO Group, gaining access to the Android OS via
missed calls on the voice-calling function of WhatsApp as reported in the
article “WhatsApp
Discovers Spyware That Infected With A Call Alone”, Published Wednesday May
15, 2019, The Jamaica Gleaner.
The
numbers Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-20563147263444750612019-05-10T07:54:00.001-04:002019-05-10T07:54:36.637-04:00BookFusion and Oxford University Press ebook partnership indicates Digital Education Rising
“As
the leading secondary publisher in the Caribbean, we are absolutely delighted
to have signed this agreement with BookFusion and to be in a position to
support a local business.
Caribbean at Oxford
University Press, Oliver Thornton commenting on the partnership between Oxford
University Press and BookFusion Ltd
With
so many tablets and smartphones in the hands of kids, there is a Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-9567716356647646702019-05-08T08:05:00.000-04:002019-05-08T08:05:04.855-04:00How SVL acquisition of AnyBet will Boost Quisk and GK MPay Mobile Money
SVL
(Supreme Ventures Limited) is acquiring Jamaica’s largest sports bookmaker, Any
Bet.
Any
Bet is the trading name for Post to Post Betting Limited. Operated by Post to
Post Holdings Limited, the company has signed a letter of intent with SVL to
sell majority interest to the gaming company as noted in the article “Supreme
Ventures Acquires Main Sports Betting Rival Any Bet”, published MayLindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-4120146623270082882019-04-13T13:26:00.000-04:002019-04-21T15:39:54.877-04:00How Supreme Ventures Mobile Betting App may revive Lotto or Super Lotto Gaming
“We
expect that our customers will receive the app favourably. For now, we are
focused on ensuring a high success rate for the games offered on the app and to
roll out additional games currently offered by SVL in the future.”
President and CEO of
Supreme Ventures Limited, Ann-Dawn Young Sang commenting on the launch of
betting on the SVL Mobile Betting App.
Finally
Jamaican can place Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-18119771338800996292019-03-24T12:51:00.000-04:002019-03-24T12:51:45.128-04:00How Jamaicans can get great Summer products from Samsung
Samsung
is known primarily for their smartphone. So what does Samsung have that good
for the Easter that is not a smartphone? This article will attempt to partial answer
that question.
Easter Gifts form
Samsung - QLED TV
First
on the list we placed the television selected by Times magazine as one of the “best
inventions of 2018”, the 4K QLED as explained in Samsung new QLED TV
2018 Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-15865341593247792522019-02-24T12:58:00.000-05:002019-02-27T07:09:41.732-05:00How Jamaica plans to fight Dengue with Sterilized male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
“We
are projecting to start releasing by March 2020. We have about a million in the
lab. If you go there now, you would witness the mosquitoes going through the
processes. We keep them in cages and feed them on human blood from the Blood
Bank and other blood as well.”
Sherine Huntley Jones,
head of the Vector Control Programme within the Ministry of Health
There
have also been a number Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-39332893981729804902019-02-22T13:28:00.000-05:002019-02-22T13:28:29.406-05:00How Samsung removing Plastic Packaging can Spur Jamaican Organic Waste Recycling
“This
is not the first move into sustainable packaging the company has made; Samsung
has been introducing environmentally friendly packaging to its notebook
computer line since 2018. Going forward, Samsung looks to expand this
‘eco-conscious packaging’ initiative into its wider product lines, including
its mobile devices, wearables, TVs, refrigerators and other home appliance
products,”
Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-61907695159327440032019-02-21T18:03:00.000-05:002019-02-27T09:42:26.505-05:00Alternatives to Whatsapp for Jamaicans as Facebook Messenger, Instagram to merge soon
Facebook's
CEO Mark Zuckerberg has plan to make WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Instagram
communicate seamlessly as reported in “Facebook
to merge WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram messaging”, published JANUARY 25,
2019 by Queenie Wong and Lori Grunin, CNET.
While
Whatsapp is ad-free and has E2EE (End to End Encryption), Facebook Messenger
and Instagram are not encrypted.
Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-17584197968487724582019-02-20T10:56:00.001-05:002019-02-20T20:35:26.035-05:00How Jamaicans can watch Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2019
There’s
just a day to go until GalaxyUNPACKED 2019!
The
event takes place on February 20th in San Francisco and will
introduce the world to the newest additions to the Galaxy family, revealing an
exciting future for the smartphone as Samsung celebrates 10 years of leadership
in mobile innovation.
If
you can’t make it to the event in person, don’t worry! You can still watch Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-9576821843817291142019-02-15T05:57:00.000-05:002019-02-15T05:57:13.956-05:00How smartphone Apps collect MAC address, IMEI and Android ID to sell to Advertisers
A
new day is coming for users of Social Media and companies that profit from our
data.
California
has plans to implement European-style privacy law that would allow customer to
know what Social Media comapneis and Websites know about them a noted in the
article “California
Governor Wants Users To Profit From Online Data”,
Published Thursday February 14, 2019, The Jamaica Gleaner.
Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-31291508871244454922019-02-12T09:40:00.000-05:002019-02-12T09:40:03.703-05:00Why the 2019 Mini Cooper Countryman Plug-In Hybrid heralds Electric and Hybrids by 2030
Electric
Vehicles are on the horizon. Jamaica will soon have to start changing over to
all-Electric vehicles or Hybrids, as the world's automakers are shifting gears
come 2030.
This
was the sentiment expressed at the launch of the 2019 Mini Cooper Countryman by
ATL Automotive Group on Friday February 7th 2019. The Plug-In Hybrid
Countryman was on display at their showroom along Lady Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-24671775833685616262019-01-12T05:50:00.000-05:002019-01-12T05:57:04.430-05:00Samsung Galaxy Note9’s Water Carbon Cooling System and the quest for week-long battery life
Powered
by faster chips, beefy graphics cards, and enough RAM to game like a
console, modern smartphones have become more like laptops in our
pockets.
Designed
for those that want to do more, the Galaxy Note9 pushes the envelope
further, featuring the latest and greatest chip sets, up to 8GB RAM,
and a 4,000mAh battery as detailed in my Geezam
article
entitled
“Samsung
Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-57490206569110244432019-01-05T04:21:00.001-05:002019-01-07T06:07:16.909-05:00How the Jamaican Plastic Ban is creating Entrepreneurs but Styrofoam Alternatives needed
Happy 2019
everybody!!!
Back in the writer's
chair on my blog after spending much time adjusting to teaching at a
new school, Calabar High School. But blogging is my passion and I
intend to keep going, as I prefer to be tired than broke!!!
It has finally
happened and it's now official!!!
The ban on
single-use plastic bags, straws and Styrofoam is now in place as of
January 1st Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-80449833982623220292019-01-02T09:42:00.000-05:002019-01-04T19:06:02.340-05:00Jamaicans and Cloud Storage - Why Google Drive is the best paid Cloud Service
The
cloud trend for storing files is not going to go away in 2018….and
it is set to make a huge splash in 2019.
Most
regular consumers and businesses rely on local storage hardware and
infrastructure as explained in my Geezam
blog article entitled “How
to do Physical Backup using DVD and CD and Best software”
to keep their precious files easily accessible on the web.
However,
which one Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-65321281162168392442018-08-30T04:51:00.002-04:002018-08-30T04:51:46.814-04:00Digicel MyCash is Sagicor SWYPE powered by MasterCard on their 4G LTE Network
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“We
at Sagicor, along with our partners, Digicel Group (through its
subsidiary Prism Services Jamaica) and Mastercard, are delighted to
be providing this innovative and unprecedented level of customer
convenience to our Jamaican consumers, both here at home and in the
USA; MyCash is Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-22567772730636336582018-08-19T11:08:00.000-04:002018-08-19T11:08:24.789-04:00Why JSE and Blockstation partnership heralds GOJ Cryptocurrency by 2030
“We
are also proud to be at the forefront of bringing innovation to capital
markets. We are very comfortable moving forward based on the training and
support provided by Blockstation, and because their trading platform
incorporates familiar compliance rules to ensure a fair marketplace”
JSE Managing Director
Marlene Street Forrest commenting on their latest MOU signed with Blockstation
to Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-24175618311614468332018-08-16T12:19:00.000-04:002018-08-17T10:14:56.485-04:00How LASCO Manufacturing Limited Drinks Future is Sugarless and Health-Conscious
“The
positive out-turn for the quarter reflects growth in volumes, improved
operational efficiencies, streamlining and cost controls …..”
Managing Director James
Rawle, commenting on LASM (LASCO Manufacturing Limited) performance
LASM
(LASCO Manufacturing Limited) is doing well this year as they are on a
profitability roll.
This
is especially true for their manufacturing of drink Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454205203770853228.post-25819984516495271022018-08-10T20:01:00.000-04:002018-08-16T05:25:08.266-04:00Audley Shaw's Plan for Agriculture at Denbigh 2018 needs Mechatronics, Vertical Farming Tech
“Over
the past five years, the agriculture sector in the Caribbean has been affected
by shifts in weather patterns. We have experienced significant episodes of
prolonged droughts, frequent intense rainfall, flooding and hurricanes.
Climate-related natural disasters, especially hurricane and drought, could
result in losses estimated at US$22 billion annually by 2050 throughout the
Caribbean”.
Lindsworth Deerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03645185967769843075noreply@blogger.com0