This is the emergency communication system that manages the pull cords, pendants, and fire alarms in apartments. It is a separate system from the Wi-FiWi-Fi is a family of wireless network protocols based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for wireless networking and allow nearby devices to exchange data by […]
As a retirement community resident, you may notice that the community enterprise IT network is quite different from the type of home network you had in your previous residence. An enterprise network and a home network are two very different types of networks. An enterprise network is typically much larger, more complex, and requires specialized […]
A hotspot on your phone lets you share your high-speed data to connect more devices to the internet in more places—all powered by your cellular carrier. A typical WiFi uses electromagnetic waves under a 2.4 GHz radio frequency band for establishing communication. A typical HotSpot uses the technology of WiFi for connecting various devices to […]
NFC is a very short-range means of communication between devices almost touching each other to enable an action. NFC is built into ID tags and credit cards, smartphones and watches and is often used to do such things as identify yourself, unlock doors, and pay for items at checkout. Your Charlestown ID tag has an […]
A speaker, with or without an attached screen that accepts voice commands from you, can answer questions by voice, and much more. Examples of these are Amazon Alexa and Echo, Apple Homepods and TV (addressed as Siri), and GooglePaLM is an advanced technology created by Google that help computers understand and generate text. PaLM (Pathways Language […]
ZoomAI Companion is a generative AI-powered assistant from Zoom (for those with the paid version). It uses large language models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and MetaMeta, the company behind Facebook, has created a powerful technology called LLaMA, a computer program that can understand and create text. TLLaMA is used for a variety of tasks, such as:
• Writing text: It can generate written content based on what you ask it to do.
• Summarizing inform... READ MORE, and has also trained itself by listening in on thousands of meetings between Zoom employees. Some of its uses include: • Summarizing… READ MORE chat is a feature in ZoomAI Companion […]