May 282017
Technological developments in the past few years have resulted in massive leaps in work, communications and connectivity. There has been an incredible proliferation of personal devices; the size and cost of wireless technology has dropped tremendously; IPv6 makes it possible to assign a communications address to billions of devices; electronics companies are building Wi-Fi and cellular wireless connectivity into a wide range of devices; mobile data coverage has improved significantly with many networks offering broadband speeds; battery technology has improved significantly; and solar recharging has been built into numerous devices.