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Mar 21, 2021

How I made my own glasses for under $2

Making new frames for my broken glasses in under 1 hour Introduction The eyewear industry is messed up. Have you ever wondered why eyewear companies like Oakley, Ray-Ban and Prada all sell frames with prices ranging from $100 to over $300? It turns out, the licensing and trademark rights to Ray-Ban…

Glasses Frames

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How I made my own glasses for under $2
How I made my own glasses for under $2
Glasses Frames

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May 21, 2020

Automated Environments: Making Smarter Devices

Using IoT to turn unintelligent devices into smart ones. — While sitting at home every day for the past 2 months doing boring school work, eating, playing and going to sleep, the thought of “how can I improve my life” has come up more often. …

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Automated Environments: Making Smarter Devices
Automated Environments: Making Smarter Devices

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Apr 12, 2020

How my friend bugging his parents could lead him to success one day.

A few years ago, I used to hang out with this one friend who loved to play video games and would always bug his parents for a new computer because his old one couldn’t play the game well. He also tried to convince his parents to buy proper shelving and…

Self Improvement

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How my friend bugging his parents could lead him to success one day.
How my friend bugging his parents could lead him to success one day.
Self Improvement

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·Apr 3, 2020

An introduction to IoT and networking

Introduction What does a smart home, a thermostat and a self driving car have in common? They all use sensors and devices in order to convert data they collect from their surroundings into an actual change in the environment. Systems like these cannot function well without a technology and architecture called…

IoT

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An introduction to IoT and networking
An introduction to IoT and networking
IoT

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Feb 26, 2020

Harnessing the Potential of Drones to Solve Big Problems.

At a very young age, I got introduced to the world of flight, specifically the field of remote control aircraft. My brother and I started off with buying a prebuilt racing drone, which we got pretty good at flying, then an airplane, which was fun, but buying these aircraft never…

Drones

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Harnessing the Potential of Drones to Solve Big Problems.
Harnessing the Potential of Drones to Solve Big Problems.
Drones

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Jan 9, 2020

Creating GMO Super Plants To Fight Climate Change

The Problem On November 12th of last year, a catastrophic fire danger warning was issued in the Greater Sydney region of Australia for the first time. One of its worst bushfire seasons had occurred and is still destroying a large part of the country. At least 25 people died and thousands are…

Science

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Creating GMO Super Plants To Fight Climate Change
Creating GMO Super Plants To Fight Climate Change
Science

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Jan 5, 2020

An Introduction To CNNs And How I Used Them To Create A Live Object Detector

Computer vision has been a crucial advancement in machine learning technology. Cars now have the potential to become fully autonomous, diseases could be detected and cured much faster and so many of the world’s problems could be solved. …

Machine Learning

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An Introduction To CNNs And How I Used Them To Create A Live Object Detector
An Introduction To CNNs And How I Used Them To Create A Live Object Detector
Machine Learning

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Nov 15, 2019

Using LSTM Networks To Predict Crypto Prices

Two weeks ago, I started off on my journey in using machine learning to make predictions on crypto prices. To do a short recap, I’m working on a cryptocurrency trading bot with my brother, which leverages small differences in the prices of different exchanges, such as between Ethereum and Bitcoin…

Machine Learning

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Using LSTM Networks To Predict Crypto Prices
Using LSTM Networks To Predict Crypto Prices
Machine Learning

5 min read


Oct 31, 2019

A brief introduction to deep neural networks.

Some people may argue that computers are better than humans. They have access to all the data in the world, can make computations insanely fast and us humans are becoming increasingly reliant on them. However, one of the most powerful computer algorithms — artificial intelligence, has been based on how…

Machine Learning

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A Brief Introduction To Deep Neural Networks.
A Brief Introduction To Deep Neural Networks.
Machine Learning

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Sep 16, 2019

A Brief Introduction To Bionics-The Technology Of The Future.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to run with a prosthetic leg like Terry Fox? He developed a type of cancer called osteogenic sarcoma, which is a cancer that affects the bone. Because of this, his right leg had to be amputated and replaced with a prosthetic limb that…

Technology

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A Brief Introduction To Bionics-The Technology Of The Future.
A Brief Introduction To Bionics-The Technology Of The Future.
Technology

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