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. …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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. …

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…

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…

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…