The Particle Photon connects with the Internet and communicates with another Particle Photon, a website or an app on a smartphone. Data can go both ways. You can turn a light on in your house with your phone or you can see what the temperature is in your living room in real time. These are just simple examples.
Learning about IoT is so important. There is so much hype and mistrust and yet the technology is there to bring so much benefit to people. Just like AI it is time for people with good motives to take the centre ground and find ways to use technology for the benefit of everyone.
There is a lot of scaremongering about Artificial Intelligence, 5G and the Internet of Things. These technologies are powerful tools for good and can of course be abused. Make it your aim to use them for good, to benefit society or an individual. Compassion wins every time. Don’t let the desire for money, power or influence drive you, be a blessing to others and everyone benefits
These are the current most popular coding languages. The list changes slightly every month and is based on use and discussion. TypeScript has moved up apparently. 1. JavaScript 2. Java 3. Python 4. PHP 5. C++ (tie) 5. C# (tie) 7. CSS 8. Ruby 9. C 10. TypeScript 11. Swift 12. Objective-C 13. Scala
Artificial Intelligence isn’t necessarily evil nor benign. It is simply a tool that is a clever way of using information or data combined with the power of a modern computer with code that is written in such a way that does things that humans can’t do easily. We on the other hand are really good at making a nice cup of Yorkshire Tea.
Learning to code is for anyone and everyone, no matter what your age or gender. It is easy to get started and is as difficult as you want to make it. It is a skill that can be used in surprising ways and for things you never expected. The best way to understand what it is for is to try it, it then becomes clearer and clearer. It will take you on a path that will boost your confidence and [...]
Opening the box of goodies. Hoping to create a dreiveless (autonomous) car/robot wih this kit.
Now delete all the code that is there and write the following code in. This is good practice so that it becomes memory muscle and intuitive even though the temptation is to cut and paste somethings. I have found it laborious but in the end very helpful to my coding. function setup() { createCanvas(800, 600); } function draw() { background(100); } You should have something like this... We are going to create a canvas on which [...]
To take part in this challenge you will need to use processing’s web based editor which you can get from www.editor,p5js.org. You can create an account with them (if it works) or you can use a google account (recommended) or a github account (if you have already got one). You should get something like the picture above. Click on the pink cog symbol top right hand corner. Here you can change the background theme. I like to use the high [...]
Sketch B4_11 (distance flash) Don't need Serial print This flashes faster the closer it gets to the object Attach the +ve leg of the LED to pin 10 and the other to GND ✏️ int flash; int ledPin = 13; #define trigPin 12 #define echoPin 11 void setup() { pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT); pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT); pinMode(echoPin, INPUT); } void loop() { long duration; long distance; digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); delayMicroseconds(2); digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH); delayMicroseconds(10); [...]