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Nuclear Battery Could Keep Your Future Phone Running for 50 Years

You would need a new phone before you ran out of juice.

By Rick Richardson
Technology This Week

A new nuclear battery created by a Chinese company might power your phone for 50 years with no need to be charged.

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At 15 x 15 x 5 mm, Betavolt Technology says it has successfully shrunk atomic energy batteries. Through the process of radioactive decay, the small battery produces 100 microwatts and a voltage of 3V using 63 nuclear isotopes.

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Did Ancient Romans Find a Solution for Climate Change?

A cement alternative has the potential to reduce emissions by roughly 40 percent.

By Rick Richardson
Technology This Week

All roads lead to Rome, as they say. As the building sector struggles with climate issues posed by concrete, some engineers believe a Roman-era invention may provide the solution.

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Speaking at the Climate Smart Engineering conference in Melbourne, durability engineer Miles Dacre of the consulting firm AECOM notes that concrete emissions are under more and more scrutiny.

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Tack One Launches New Location Tracker for Children and Seniors

Lost keys, earbuds, phones … people … might be a thing of the past.

By Rick Richardson
Technology This Week

Tack One, a Singapore-based startup, wants to help ensure your kids, elderly parents and pets are safe with AI-powered location technology. Recently, the company unveiled its new generation of GPS device, Tack GPS Plus.

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The startup launched its GPS Tracker in 2021 to address the frustration of the short battery life on the market and lower the tracking service cost, making location tracking extremely affordable. Tack One’s battery lasts 30 days on a single charge, and its subscription fees start from $2.95 monthly for a two-year subscription plan.

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MIT Tests New Ingestible Vital Signs Sensor

Devices could deliver life-saving information and medicine in the near future.

By Rick Richardson
Technology This Week

An ingestible capsule that can track vital signs, including heart rate and breathing patterns, from inside a patient’s digestive system was created by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers. The innovative gadget, according to the experts, may also identify respiratory depression symptoms that accompany an opioid overdose. The gadget will be particularly helpful for sleep studies, according to Giovanni Traverso, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT who has been working on creating a variety of ingestible sensors.

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Patients in sleep studies typically need to be connected to multiple sensors and devices. Sensors can be wired to a patient’s scalp, temples, chest and lungs in lab settings or at-home research investigations. A patient may also be asked to wear a chest belt, nasal cannula and pulse oximeter that connects to a portable monitor. It’s difficult to try to sleep with all this equipment.

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Telehealth Advances with AI-Powered Clinics

Patients can perform their own tests, draw their own blood, and more.

By Rick Richardson
Technology This Week

Soon, you will find at a nearby mall, fitness center or office building an artificial intelligence-powered standalone doctor’s office where you, the patient, take your vital signs and draw your blood.

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Several tech-driven initiatives, such as telehealth and concierge medicine, are upending the typical yearly physical. Around the nation, a business called Forward is setting up CarePods, hoping people will routinely visit them for specific issues and preventative care.

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Windows Is Now an App for PCs, Apple Products

The most widely used office software is now more convenient.

By Rick Richardson
Technology This Week

Microsoft has created a Windows App for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, Windows and web browsers. The application effectively transforms the old Windows 365 app into a central location for accessing Microsoft Desktop Services, Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365, Microsoft Dev Box and streaming a copy of Windows from a distant PC.

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Microsoft supports device redirection for peripherals such as webcams, storage devices and printers, as well as configurable display resolutions and scaling. These features are accessible through its Windows App. The preview version of the Windows App isn’t currently available for Android, though.

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Study: Solar Will Lead Global Energy by 2050

Are green energy sources now more economical than fossil fuels?

By Rick Richardson
Technology This Week

According to a recent study, solar power, also called photovoltaics or PV, is expected to overtake all other power sources globally by the year 2050. The analysis shows that even in the absence of extra climate legislation, the change is likely to happen, yet at least four obstacles might impede solar energy’s growth and guarantee the continued use of fossil fuels.

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“Historical policy to stimulate solar PV has brought down costs. We’re now at the point that a virtuous cycle between cost declines and additional deployment doesn’t require more ambitious policies targeting solar anymore,” says study team member Femke Nijsse, a climate and energy systems researcher at the University of Exeter in the UK. “More ambitious policies for other renewables [are] still needed.”

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FCC Approves Superfast Wi-Fi Tethering

New mobile virtual and augmented reality devices are coming soon, thanks to the FCC’s ruling.

By Rick Richardson
Technology This Week

On the same day it voted to restore net neutrality laws, the FCC unanimously approved plans by several tech companies to use the 6GHz range for wireless devices.

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FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel suggested the new regulations, and they would allow meager power (VLP) operations – which means their signals won’t be able to travel very far – in about 850 MHz of the spectrum. Under the regulations, devices may “use higher power levels” if they are geofenced to avoid interfering with genuine permitted 6GHz usage. Additionally, the FCC will be accepting opinions on ways it can increase the use of the 6GHz spectrum by technological devices.

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Rick Richardson, CPA.CITP, CGMA, is the CEO and founder of Richardson Media & Technologies and editor and publisher of Technology This Week, regularly featured at CPA Trendlines under special arrangement.

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Technology This Week provides an easy to read digest of the technology that tax and accounting practitioners need to know to better serve their clients. Professionals rely on Richardson to tell them in a timely and informative manner what’s new in technology and how it will impact their business and personal lives. Subscribers also have access to the entire library of prior issues with an easy-to-use search.

With all of the news sources available today, it's next to impossible to keep up with what's new in the world of technology. Technology This Week is a 20-minute read designed for an average reader rather than the technologist. Richardson had a 28-year career in technology with Ernst & Young, the last twelve years of which he served as National Director of Technology. He has been named to the "Technology 100" – the annual honors list of the 100 key achievers in technology in America. He has also been honored by the American Institute of CPAs with two lifetime achievement awards for his contributions to the profession in the field of technology. In 2012, Rick was inducted into the Accounting Hall of Fame by CPA Practice Advisor Magazine. He has also been named to the 100 most influential individuals in the accounting profession in America by Accounting Today magazine. He is a sought-after speaker around the world, providing his annual forecast of future technology trends to thousands of business executives, professionals, community leaders, educators, and students.

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