Facial recognition is a new technology that’s being built into all sorts of applications, from airport surveillance kiosks to social media engines. It’s also one of the more controversial technologies being pioneered today, as it sets up deep questions regarding security versus privacy rights, and how these facial recognition applications…

Augmented and virtual reality are part of an emerging and rapidly growing industry. With the evolution of new technology and its reach and accessibility, it’s important to consider the influence it has on societal norms, digital interactions, and human behavior. Since the inception of virtual reality (VR), there has been…

In mathematics, a Square is a Rectangle. Indeed it is a specialization of a rectangle. The "is a" makes you want to model this with inheritance. However if in code you made Square derive from Rectangle, then a Square should be usable anywhere you expect a Rectangle. …

“The truth is, homes change over time — and technology has to adapt, not try to do everything at once.” — Tony Fadell, Founder & CEO, Nest Labs Introduction The Internet of Things (“IoT”) refers to the ability of everyday objects to connect to the Internet and to send and receive…

Recursion can be tough to understand — especially for new programmers. In its simplest form, a recursive function is one that calls itself. Let me try to explain with an example. Imagine you go to open your bedroom door and it’s locked. Your three-year-old son pops in from around the…

Everything comes for a reason One of the problems with developed programs, that they tend to grow larger and larger which bring us to using functions . The first reason is that they can be used to avoid repetition of commands within the program. The second reason for careful use…

What’s GCC : GCC is a short for GNU Compiler Collections which is used to compile C and C++ language programs for Linux. It can also be used to compile Objective C and Objective C++. Syntax : gcc [-c|-S|-E] [-std=standard] Note : you can type “man gcc” on your terminal…

Introduction : This article is about “Hard link” & “Soft link” and the difference between them . Soft Link: A soft link also referred to as a symbolic link is a file that points to another file it is more like a shortcut to the real file . You can…