Homebrew Computer Club

We live in an era of intelligent technology where our watches tell us not only the time, but they also remind us to exercise. Our phones recommend the best places to hang out, and our computers predict our preferences, helping us to do our daily work more efficiently. However, all of these digital assistants demonstrate only a tiny sliver of artificial intelligence, and it’s plain to see how we’re still ages away from Skynet and Blade Runner scenarios. Or are we? Since the beginning of the…

knowledge about computers and computer systems. I will also have to go to college for four years and major in some form of computer technology. The reason I want to be a IT technician is because I love to fix things and make things work that normally would not work. The role of an IT technician is to fix people’s computer problems, or to monitor computer systems and make sure everything is working correctly. This goal is not hard to reach if I learn all I need to know about computers and how…

So you have an old Dell PowerEdge 2900 Server laying around with a few hard drives and your thinking I would really like to use this equipment as a NAS drive. It could happen, in our case it did. There were some stumbling blocks on the way though. Here is how we got through them… The goals we wanted to accomplish were creating a RAID5 array of 8 (7+1 Hot Spare) 1TB hard drives and then wanted to connect this FreeNas volume through and iSCSI channel to a file server that will present the NAS…

1. When did you start taking the program? What year are you in now? I joined the Engineering program my freshman year. I was invited to join the Space Program my Sophomore year because of my dedication and technical skills. I have completed one year of the Space Program, and look forward to two more years in the program. 2. What have you gotten out of the program? I have learned real life skills in the program. It has taught me to work independently, and it has taught me to…

Technology is always constantly evolving and there are many people who play a big part in this. One of these people are known as hackers, they are usually viewed negatively in society, but despite that they have a huge part in the evolution of technology. Code 2600, directed and produced by Jeremy Zerechak is about the advancing world of technology and how ‘hackers’ are playing a big part in the advancement of technology as they push company’s to be constantly advancing and help technology…

points of attack in America, simply because people don?t think of their computer as a device that can physically harm them. But computers are the main way of taking care of sensitive documents that the government thinks are important to national security. The fact is that an attack on computer technology can cause a great deal of damage. First, however, we must define cyber terrorism. I define cyber terrorism as abuse of computer technology to destroy personal and business information with the…

in the 1980’s experienced a huge cultural jump. In those ten years many new technological discoveries came to be and since then they’ve only been advancing with the help of some technological geniuses. Technology is better in 2016 because phones, computers and medical technology is more advanced now. Phones…

field. Hardware engineering nowadays is growing because of the use of computers in everything. We use computers in, cars, boats, planes, medical equipment, and much more. If we use these things that field is going to grow bigger and bigger, and it is creating more jobs for people that need them. Some things that a hardware engineer do are, design important blueprints, analyze data from the test that they perform, and upgrade computer software and hardware in their workplace. It is very…

this technology, workers in service-based firms are no longer tied to a physical location, as they can work from their homes. Services that fall in this category include accounting, legal advice, education, insurance, investments, data analysis, computer programming, and consulting. Any service provider with the appropriate telecommunications systems can be located anywhere and still performs her job. Working at home has two main advantages (1) decreased costs through smaller offices, and (2)…

The history of the modern computer is relatively new. What we think of today of computers was not even brought into the world until the 1940’s. If it was not for the competitiveness of World War II, we could be thirty years behind where we are today. The need for faster, more efficient ways of computation and communication developed into a contest for who would have the biggest advantage in war by ways of technology. This race between the great world powers of the United States, Britain, and…