Cautioning Against Technological Pitfalls – Part Nine

Encouraging the Use of Open Source

Open source has proven to be rich, abundant, and multi-purpose, including framework systems such as Laravel, data dashboards such as Kibana, as well as big data systems such as Hadoop and their analysis such as Elasticsearch, as well as integrated enterprise resource systems such as OpenERP and other systems. How important it is to use open source and how it can be an alternative to the paid systems that burden small and medium institutions, and it provides mechanisms for building integrated, connected systems with the least investments, and all the institution has to do is hire programmers to develop services through it, and the examples of the success of this step and shift are very many. Many have begun to transition from using the institution's internal website (the intranet) and even the external one (the official website) to using Laravel, and how it is more flexible and powerful than using traditional systems such as SharePoint, as well as the transition of small and medium institutions to using systems such as OpenERP and what it includes of features such as customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning systems (ERP), in addition to point-of-sale and service systems (POS) and others.

Encouraging the Purchase of Phones That Support 5G

Fifth-generation networks have begun to spread noticeably in the country and the coverage has begun to strengthen and flourish, praise be to God, with great efforts being exerted by the service providers, and the time has come, especially for those who do not change their phone every now and then, to buy a phone that supports 5G technology, and the prices have begun to fall within reach, and the lower-priced versions are about to arrive, so be ready for the future, for phones such as the Samsung A71 5G and the upcoming OnePlus Z and others are within the category of less than two thousand dirhams.

Cautioning Against Buying Poor-Quality "Connected" Smart Bulbs

An experiment was carried out on a large number of connected "smart" bulbs to control them automatically in the home, or to change their colors with voice commands, or to create arrangements and distributions of various lights with all kinds of indoor and outdoor bulbs, and the strange thing about the matter is that most of these experiments ended in failure after a short period, even with updating the bulbs! Yet the quality was not as hoped for. Bulbs from a single company are the only ones that proved their worthiness and distinguished performance, namely the connected "Philips Hue" bulbs, which presented a wonderful demonstration of the meaning of quality and mastery, so if you wish to buy, then my advice to you is that these are the best and highest-quality options.

Cautioning Against Not Buying a Television with Quantum Dot Technology

It may not be a recent technology, indeed more than seven years have passed since it appeared, but throughout the past period its prices were very high and it was difficult to recommend it because of its price, but with its entry into the main production lines its situation has become such that we are obliged to recommend it, for it truly gives a much higher quality with a slight price difference, and it has many names in the market, so Samsung calls it "QLED" and Sony, the leader in quality, calls it "Triluminos," and Philips simply named it Quantum Dot. These screens are distinguished by performance, quality, and distinction in colors, and in particular black, which is difficult to fully achieve except in the more expensive screens of the "OLED" category, which themselves have some observations against them, the first of which is their still very high price with a difference that does not truly warrant this difference in price.

Encouraging the Use of Wireless Charging for Phones, Headphones, and Devices

This technology is one of the best qualitative leaps in the history of devices and is without a doubt the future, for by using wireless charging you can charge any type of phone, headphones, or other devices that accept wireless charging without needing to consider the type of device in most cases, so the same device charges Apple iPhone phones and the same device charges many Android phones, so always be keen to buy a phone that supports wireless charging and is no less than 15 watts, and likewise the charging device should be no less than 15 watts or more and be compatible with most phones. For your information, some devices provide a much higher speed but exclusively for their own devices, so such devices are not suitable for the rest of the phones. Wireless charging technology is expected to reach refrigerators, televisions, as well as lamps and all home devices gradually.

Cautioning Against Not Enabling the Blue Light Reduction Feature on the Screen

Everyone knows that blue light tires the eye in phones and also causes insomnia and alertness, so it does not allow you to sleep at night, therefore we advise everyone to enable the blue light reduction option available in most phones, and this is advised especially from sunset until sunrise, and there are those who prefer to enable it night and day.

Encouraging the Use of Smart Assistants to Communicate with Domestic Help

Many homes suffer with intercom or internal communication devices for calling domestic help, so some are forced to give them phones, or to buy all kinds of strange old home communication devices. One of the best ways to do this is to install personal assistant devices from Google or Amazon Alexa and use them for calling, provided that the devices are connected to a single home network.

Eng. Ahmed Abdulrahim Al Zarouni

Al Roeya Newspaper