Daily Archives: August 2, 2006

Vegas is the new Florida

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The Economist reports that “Nevada has the fastest-growing elderly population of any state. The number of Americans over 65 rose by 16.8% between 1990 and 2004, slightly slower than the growth of the population as a whole. In Nevada it rose by 100.5% and in Clark County, which includes Las Vegas, it rose by 122%.”

This certainly gives a new twist to their tourism slogan – what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Jokes aside, the casino business is proving to provide decent and non-strenuous [physically] jobs as compared to driving the toy train in the hot summer sun at Disneyland. Las Vegas apart from being the fastest growing city is also attracting a wide demographic of people other than elderly folk and this certainly gives a filip to housing demand. As the housing bubble in neighboring California continues to grow, senior citizens with a fixed income prefer the equally warm climate of Vegas to settle down.

And what’s more? With a great air link, the children have no excuse not to visit.

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Green WiFi

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Considering that the Internet is touted as the developing countries’ tool to leapfrog into the 21st century, the power that runs the Internet is sadly lacking in such countries. Well, thanks to a Bay Area nonprofit, wireless Internet access can now be powered by solar energy. As seen above:

“The latest version of the organization’s Wi-Fi’s access node, which
consists of a small solar panel, a heavy-duty battery, a router and an
“intelligent” charge controller that moderates power use based on
sunlight intensity. The network is designed to automatically limit
broadband access when solar-power levels are low, which enables the
system to stay in continuous operation for as long as a month in weak
sunlight” [source].

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