How to open your own frozen yogurt business?

March 10, 2017February 14, 2020 admin

Frozen yogurt has become part of the profitable ice cream industry. If you are considering selling your frozen yogurt products, these are a few areas to consider.

Determine the type of frozen yogurt business – Your business may revolve around a self-serve or a full-service. It is vital that sufficient research is done to create a menu and a product offering that suits your customers.

Apply for permits – To open a frozen yogurt business you will require a business license, tax identification number, retail permit, and food license.

Purchase inventory – Your business will require self-serve machines, caddies for displaying toppings, freezers, warmers for sauces and chairs and table for customers to sit. You will also require other standard business items like a fax machine, telephone, credit card machine and register. To serve your cold desserts, you will require plastic yogurt spoons, bowls, and cones.

Market your business – Customers will need to be informed about your business and what products you offer. Start by creating a Facebook and Instagram account for your business. Look at growing the number of people visiting your page and include daily deals that will promote sales. You can also offer free samples to homes, businesses, malls and other establishments around your store. It is also important that you ask your customers what other products you can add to your current product line.

Best Gadgets For Traveling

February 2, 2017November 16, 2017 admin

Whether you are going away for the weekend, a month, or even a year, having the right travel gadgets can make your trip more enjoyable. There is no need to break the bank, however. You can get your hands on some must-have gadgets for relatively little money.

Smartphones

A smartphone is probably one of the most useful gadgets you can pack for your travels. It replaces a camera, music player, flashlight, map, and many others. Depending on the model, you might be able to get away with packing just this one item for your trip.

You can get a good budget smartphone for under $200 or spend over $1,000 for some of the newer, high-end devices. Just make sure to get one with enough storage for all your apps and, photos, and videos.

Tablets/E-readers

These devices are great for storing books, magazines, movies, and games to enjoy on your trip. You should look into getting one of the larger tablets, however. If your phone has a 6-inch screen, it doesn’t make much sense to go out and buy a tablet with a 7-inch one. You can pick up a 10-inch screen tablet for about $250 today.

Snapchat Spectacles

This is a very unique gadget but it can add some spice to your next trip. These sunglasses from Snapchat allow you to take 10-second clips of your travels and seamlessly post them to Snapchat vi the app on your phone. If you are heavy into social media these are a must-have. And they really do protect your eyes from the sun.

Adding these gadgets to your luggage will ensure a fun and memorable trip, says Dev Randhawa.

Feature requirements for an enterprise wireless network

January 27, 2017May 9, 2017 admin

Article written by MobaProject

Wireless network access has gone from a convenience to an absolute necessity in the enterprise. Previously, companies set up wireless access around meeting rooms and open work areas. Now, employees expect complete coverage of offices and campuses. Unlike homes, enterprise wireless system selection is based on several features. Here are the most important:

Management

Enterprise wireless networks can range from 10 to as many as 100 access points. Managing anything over a few devices individually is impossible. This is why higher end wireless networking equipment comes with wireless controllers. Each controller manages several if not all of the access points. A single change at the controller is propagated to all the access points in the system.

Handoff

Handoff is the term used to describe a client moving from one wireless access point to another. The client device decides which access point to which it connects. This selection is based on signal strength (or lack thereof). The wireless controller manages this handoff by preventing clients from connecting to access points with low signal strength. This keeps a user constantly connected even as they move across a building.

Network isolation

For the sake of security, network isolation prevents two devices connected to the same network from communicating with each other. Proper wireless systems block this interaction only allow communication with the router or gateway. This usage is ideal for guest networks where outsiders connect to a corporate network.

Amazon planning premium Alex speaker with a large screen

December 7, 2016May 9, 2017 admin

Article written by Cyburg

According to Mark Gurman, Amazon is developing a premium Echo like speaker with a screen. This is an effort to expand its lineup of Alexa enabled devices in order to capitalize on its surprise success.

According to people who are familiar with the matter, the screen will be approximate seven inches. It will also be a departure from the typical cylindrical shape of the current lineup of devices. Just like the Echo, the primary interface will be voice driven and will respond to the current set of commands.

The screen is expected to be introduced in order to provide access to content such as weather forecasts, calendars, and news etc. The screen and speaker will be at an angle so the screen will be visible when close by. The device will be powered by a modified version of Fire OS. It is also likely that the screen itself will be touch capable. There are no plans to change the current lineup and the new screen-based version will come at a higher price point.

This is another volley from Amazon in the growing battle by tech companies to own the living room. The Echo’s success was a surprise to everyone, including Amazon. Now there is a scramble from everyone to get a voice controlled device to the market. At the moment the market leader is Amazon. We are yet to see the market impact of the new entrant Google Home.

Differentiating Physical Vapor Deposition from Chemical Vapor Deposition

November 17, 2016March 22, 2022 admin

Article written by The Digital Terror

PVD and CVD are both reliable techniques utilized in various industries today.

Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) and Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) are two types of deposition techniques that are used to create very thin film layers of a material of choice onto a substrate. Mainly used in the semiconductor production industry, where thin layers are prevalent, both techniques have been making their way into any other industries as well like optics, solar panels, and others. This article will showcase the main differences between the two are the processes that they employ.

As their names imply, PVD utilizes physical forces to deposit while CVD uses chemical reactions. Regardless of the process, both of these techniques produce a thin film in the end.

Physical Vapor Deposition

During the PVD coating process, a source material is gasified through the process of evaporation, the application of electric power, lasers, and other techniques. This evaporated material will then condense onto the substrate, therefore creating the thin film. No chemical reactions occur throughout the process.

Chemical Vapor Deposition

CVD on other hand, uses a source material that is not as pure due to it being mixed with a volatile precursor material. This mixture is then injected within a chamber containing the substrate, where the deposition process occurs, similar to PVD thermal evaporation. Once the mixture adheres to the substrate, the precursor will then decompose, leaving behind a layer of the source material in the substrate. After this, the product is then removed from the chamber through gas flow. This process can also accelerated through the use of plasma, heat, and other processes.

Different uses for portable air conditioning

November 17, 2016January 27, 2020 admin

Portable air conditioners are self-contained units that are quick to set up and install. They can be used for events or emergencies. Anywhere that requires some form of spot cooling. Here are a few examples of different use cases:

Outdoor events

Outdoor events like weddings and concerts are perfect uses for a spot cooler. Outdoor wedding marquees can be cooled on hot summer days and opened out in the evening. Concert and event back-end equipment and crews will need cooling while the event is run. Even what people assume to be impossible to cool events can usually be covered using one or many portable air conditioners.

Server rooms

These installations can be permanent or temporary for emergencies. Some server room designs are based on enclosed clusters of racks facing each other. These enclosures are perfect for portable air conditioners. In other designs, a portable unit can be brought in when there is a failure of the central air conditioner and system uptime has to be maintained. There have been times when multiple portable units have been used to cool an entire server farm while the main unit is under maintenance.

Workshops

Another good use case is for cooling industrial workplaces. Factories and other facilities sometimes cannot afford to cool an entire structure. In those cases, portable cooling can be used to cool areas where staff will be concentrated. This allows economical cooling while maintaining the high productivity levels that come with cooler workspaces.