Looking at things differently

Instead of killing bacteria, turn it off! Apparently, there is close at hand the ability to reprogram bacteria. This is significant because people tend to develop resistance to antibiotics. The antibiotics are effective at killing the bacteria. But the body tends to resist the antibiotic making it no longer effective. Solution? By reprogramming the DNA…

Two Batteries – Both giving life!

Puerto Rico was ravaged by Hurricane Maria, September 20. A Twitter interaction between Elon Musk and Ricardo Rossello, Governor of Puerto Rico, led to Tesla sending equipment for equipping Puerto Rican buildings with solar power. The grandeur of this effort is that instead of rebuilding with traditional power supply producing factories, the people of Puerto…

Yet another breech of security – Equifax

“On July 29, 2017, Equifax discovered that attackers had gained unauthorized access to private data belonging to an estimated 143 million Americans by exploiting a vulnerability in a website application.” Whom to Trust? When the breeches are multiple and continuous, where does one turn for good advice? Alliant’s Reliable Tech News is such a source.…