Electrical Gems #164 Aug-Sep 2021 | Page 9

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COMMUNITY FEELS

An electrician in China has helped bring prosperity to a village in the southern Chinese region of Guangdong by going way above the intended purpose of his visit there . Huang Wenbin arrived in Zouguang as part of a government initiative to help provide some income-boosting ideas to a poverty stricken area . Since 2016 he ’ s helped install street lights , has reinvented the village ’ s tea business , and now aims to attract further investment – and all 500 residents have ‘ beaten poverty ’. All in a day ’ s work !

FOR SALE : THE INTERNET

The inventor of the internet , Sir Tim Berners-Lee , auctioned off a nonfungible token ( NFT ) of the internet ’ s source code last month – and while bidding started off at US $ 1000 , it soon reached a staggering US $ 5.4m The NFT included original time-stamped files containing the source code , a letter written by Berners-Lee on the creation of the code , a digital poster of the code and an animation of the code . It ’ s valuable because its basis in blockchain authenticates its validity . You can ’ t hang it on the wall though . Or drive it .
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LESSONS FROM A WARZONE : HOW TO BE A RESILIENT LEADER IN TIMES OF CRISIS • $ 24.99 , AMAZON . COM . AU When war broke out in Syria , Louai Al Roumani was head of finance and planning at one of the country ’ s largest banks . This is his personal account of coping with leading a business in dangerous and hostile conditions . His valuable and often counterintuitive advice brings a great perspective on how to build resilience in very challenging times .
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TRADIES IN BUSINESS The hosts , who are both trade business owners , chat with guests on a range of topics such as marketing , finances , human resources , legal issues , mindset , motivation , physical and mental health and industry updates .

THE NEW SMART … MASK

We ’ re only surprised it took so long ! The new Active + Halo Smart Mask has all sorts of tech embedded into it that can track your breathing and air volume , can determine air quality and the amount of particulate matter the mask has blocked . It connects to a phone app via Bluetooth – is it the next tech must-have ?!
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