When I was introduced to YouTube in 2012, my 5th-grade self would come back from school looking forward to seeing what his favorite content creators have in store for him today. As cliché as it sounds, those were simpler times when a creator made videos because it was what excited him. The creator used his…
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Named Data Networking (NDN) is a new type of network architecture that is gaining traction among researchers and tech enthusiasts. NDN operates on a data-centric approach, where data is named by its content, giving you a more secure, flexible, and scalable network. Unlike traditional IP-based networks focusing on the devices, NDN directly retrieves the objects…
A mechanical device with some structural give or flexibility is referred to as a compliant mechanism. Due to this, it may flex or deform instead of failing or breaking under pressure. In robotics and structural engineering, compliant mechanisms are frequently employed to decrease impact, absorb energy, or create more flexible and adaptive structures. Compliant plier…
The RISC-V has been the talk of the town for quite some time now. It is an open standard Instruction Set Architecture (ISA), which is why it is in constant demand from companies – big and small including Apple, as mentioned in the ACM blog RISC-ing Everything To Win – The Apple Way by Ayush…
Why Open Source? Open Source Software is gradually becoming a norm, either as applications nurtured by dedicated users and enterprises or as built-in digital platforms used by millions of people, with Linux leading the pack for a long time. The importance of open-source technology is not only limited to being a low-cost alternative. It also…
What are recessions? This has been a subject of heated debate among economists for a very long time. The definition of a recession is a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters. Put in simpler words, a recession…
Every day, 3.5 billion Google searches are made. With a figure like that, it’s safe to assume that people are already looking for anything your company provides online. But how can you make the most of all that potential? That’s where search engine optimization (SEO) comes in. SEO is only one component of a successful…
What is Minimax Algorithm, and why do we use it? Let’s say we want to write a program that plays a turn-based game like Tic-tac-toe, Checkers, Chess, and more; in such cases, the minimax algorithm would help us find an optimal move for the player with very high accuracy. The Minimax algorithm is a backtracking…
Put yourselves in the shoes of a civil engineer. You’re given 1500 acres of land and are tasked with chalking out a detailed blueprint of the various structures and facilities that need to be set up in order to construct a university campus right beside the coast. Naturally, one of the first steps that must…
What is Neuromorphic Computing? Neuromorphic computing is a method of computer engineering in which elements of a computer are modelled after systems in the human brain and nervous system. The term refers to the design of both hardware and software computing elements. Neuromorphic engineers draw from several disciplines including computer science, biology, mathematics, electronic engineering…