Computer vision

In Silicon Valley, California a massive improvement in crime fighting in taking place in the form of a security guard robot named K5 that was designed by a company named Knightscope. The video on business insider demonstrated just what this bit is capable of when it comes to its crime reducing abilities. One of the most positive actions performed by K5 was when it was shown to be able to detect things like theft and violence and contact the authorities as soon as it detected one of those…

of simulating the brain and mapping it. The Obama administration is funding the BRAIN initiative that has the goal of mapping the activity of every neuron within the human brain. Also, the Human Brain Project in Europe plans to create a completely computer-based brain to test drug therapy and increase our knowledge of the mysterious organ. Machines will eventually take over jobs people have. They would autonomously harvest our crops, run our…

Technology and Sports We all know that technology plays a major role in sports. If it weren’t for new inventions and innovative ideas, the sports that we know of wouldn’t exist. If it weren’t for technology, we wouldn’t have the instant replay, the headset for coaches to throw, or even the wireless microphone for referees to mix up their words on. When you think of the word “technology”, and the word “sports”, you might think of two completely different things. However, the new…

Brusso Love the new world of technology? The world around is changing everyday like it or not. This is because of technology and its advancements. Along with the advancements of technology comes mistakes, bad parts, and unsafe compound devices. More electronic repairers will be required to keep up the pace of faulty technology. With malfunctioning technology, electronic repairers may face a busy schedule with a full time job, but gets the satisfaction of helping others with everyday problems…

Scientists throughout history have dedicated their time and livelihoods to discovering, asking, testing, working, and eventually answering questions of the world around them. Without them the world we know and love, complete with IPhones and super computers, could not exist. These men and woman did what they did for progress, no matter what age they were alive in. That being said, the atmosphere in the world of a scientist can direct them to, or from, progress. The scientific revolution,…

Working in the electronics retail space for over half a decade, computers can get updated and replaced very quickly. Commonly you can have several new models release shortly after the previous one, which can mind blowing. What happens to those aged computers once their owner deems such equipment obsolete? After doing a great deal of research, it turns out most of those computers make their way into local landfills and that in itself has become a major environmental issue. Below are a few of the…

These various types of electronic flip flops were first introduced by a computer design course at UCLA by Montgomery Phister. Another important person in the history of electronic flip flops was known as Dr. Eldred Nelson, which came upon in the introduction of the most commonly known JK Flip Flop. The foundation of the name…

In a society like today we take for granted many things; things such as computers and other technology. Does Alan Turing ring a bell? However, it may not to some; he was a pleasing brilliant mathematician that was persecuted because of his homosexuality rather than being seen for his brilliance. Turing’s invention of defeating the enigma of the Nazi code made an ostentatious impact on human history. The Imitation Game a boundless film based on a real story that can be a great addition to the…

When video games and computers are mentioned, what often comes to mind are consoles that microchips are inserted into and controls that are used to change what is happening on a screen. However, in the future, this technology that is used for entertainment could become a simulation that people have their consciousness downloaded into so that they can experience what is happening inside the video game themselves. Virtnet, a place in The Game of Lives by James Dashner, is a virtual world created…

During the laboratory section two devices were used; these were the DE2-115 board and a computer, containing the software system Quartus II. Each of these devices were very significant for gathering information during the duration of the lab and shall be explained further. The DE2-115 board was the device provided in the lab that displayed the output for viewing by the student. The portions of the DE2-115 board that were used during the duration of the lab were the switches, the LEDs, and the…