Wireless power is a pretty intriguing technology that has been lingering within the electronics industry but has often been deemed more gimmicky (than useful). The wireless electricity theory has been around for more than 100 years with engineer/ inventor Nikola Tesla’s wireless radio/power experiments of the early 20th Century; so it is nothing new but more of a reinvented technology. (more…)
Cisco is getting pretty innovative. They just released a comic book style 4 part animation series called The Realm. It’s about a group of Cisco engineers battling the evils of network security within the world. This is launched to coincide with their industry conference next month.
Each episode raises issues surrounding security threats, like identity theft and malware, that are averted by comic book heroes, said Marie Hattar, VP of marketing. “The idea was, it would drive the readership to look for products that could [protect them] in real life,” she added.
Taping into the stereotypical security person’s love of comic books and online games, this may proof to be a gimmicky (but effective) effort.
