Alfred Traeger Alfred Traeger Alfred Hermann Traeger, OBE (2 August 1895 – 31 July 1980) was an Australian inventor, chiefly known for the development of the pedal radio. Traeger was born at Glenlee, near Dimboola, Victoria, and raised near Adelaide, South Australia. He was instrumental in the establishment and early success of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. Traeger had an interest in radio for much of his life. During the 1920s, he was contacted by Rev John Flynn to assist in experiments which were to enable remote families access to medical treatment by using radio equipment. He also suggested the
Flynn (PaaS) Flynn (PaaS) Flynn is an open-source platform as a service (PaaS) claiming it supports everything that can run on Linux. Its goal is "to free everyone from operating software, that is all the tasks humans currently do to run server side applications." The creators are trying to distinguish Flynn from competitors by using a modular structure. Flynn can be run on a local machine, in the cloud or on a server. It supports twelve-factor apps. In July 2013, Flynn started a crowdfunding campaign that generated over $75,000, the campaign was self-run, it was not an all-or-nothing deal. After a development