Part 2 — The Walk Through — Welcome to article number 2 about my journey of creating an AI powered taekwondo trainer! If you haven’t already, I would highly suggest you read part one before moving onto part two to better understand the technology behind this project. So in this article, we’re getting right to the point…

My attempt at building a smart mirror. — For the past few months, I’ve been looking for a new mirror. I’ve probably looked on hundreds of websites, looking at all the different styles, colours and sizes of mirrors, but none were really what I was looking for. And sure, some would say a few months is a long…

What are smart cities? How do they work? And how does IoT play a role? — I have a question: what comes to mind when you think of “smart cities?” Is it a dystopian fantasy with flying cars and teleportation? Or is a place run by robots? Does it seem like something in the distant future? For me it did. It seemed like something so far-fetched…

Did I mention that it’s personalized? Has the pandemic had an impact on your ability to work out and train? I know for me it has. As someone who enjoys doing taekwondo in my free time, when the pandemic hit and everything closed, it also impacted my ability to train…

The moonshot project that is changing our world. To feed the world’s growing population, we must produce more food than the past 50 years combined. With climate change on the rise, our food supply is getting scarce. Our methods of farming today are not sustainable for a better tomorrow. …

Navigating the world with my left hand. As someone who writes with their left hand, I have heard a lot of weird things. From people telling me that I have been cursed to believing I will one day grow up to be an amazing musician, the list is endless. …

You have probably come across one of these things in the past year. — I know I have. During the COVID pandemic, these thermometer guns have become an essential part of our lives. But, how do they actually work? I see these guns everywhere, but I’ve always wondered how they work. How can something tell my temperature without actually coming in contact with me? …

A technical rundown of how your Google Home device works. Wake Word: “OK Google” A wake word is a very small scale algorithm that activates a device when spoken. It can also be referred to as a “trigger word,” or “wake up word.” The wake word used to activate your Google assistant is “OK…

Reinforcement Learning Reinforcement learning. What is it and what does it do? In this article, you’ll get a basic rundown of what reinforcement learning is. First, let’s start with a basic definition: Reinforcement learning is an area of machine learning. It involves software agents learning to navigate an uncertain environment to maximize…