The app I decided to make was a timetable app for students which saves a schedule between Monday and Friday.

Wireframe

Mockup

Hello everyone, were taking a different approach to today’s blog. I was supposed to upload a screen cast directly too the blog but there was security issues so I posted in on you tube for you all to view there. The screen cast gives a brief overview of two different pieces of software I used during the subject ‘IT Professional Skills’. These two software’s are Microsoft teams and Microsoft sway. IF anyone reading is unfamiliar with this software ill explain their purposes.

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is cloud-based team collaboration software that is part of the Office 365 suite of applications. The core capabilities in Microsoft Teams include business messaging, calling, video meetings and file sharing. It would be most frequently used in business’s however it is also very useful for group projects for students. As a team we all agreed it was excellent. Rather than communicate over whatsapp, Facebook, snapchat or any other social platform we were more than happy to contact each other through teams. Over the duration of our project we got a lot of use out of it. We messaged each other, shared important links, had several video calls,kept each other up to date on our own progress relating to the presentation and posted useful information we came across that could benefit each other in the presentation. I personally found the mindmeister which can be accessed by logging into office365 was really beneficial. Creating the mind map really helped present the information I wanted to talk about in a very clean, neat and satisfying layout.

Microsoft Sway

We were expected to experiment with different presentation applications rather than the cliche microsoft powerpoint. We had several to choose from but we were torn between prezi or sway. However after screwing around with prezi we decided the overall better application was Sway. Generally sway was an easier app to handle benefiting making enjoyable presentations. Actually every group in our class went with Sway.

Straight away you’re presented with multiple choices of themes to choose from.

As you can see its main attribute is it’s simplicity. There is a multitude of different cards to choose from, such as text, video, grid, or heading, and each one is tailored to a specific kind of information. But unlike PowerPoint slides, the cards work together seamlessly as you scroll through the finished Sway. This means that they’re read as part of a narrative, not individual elements.

You can choose whether your Sway scrolls horizontally or vertically, the color theme, the background, and a few other things as well. Of course, it can be difficult to know if what you’ve chosen will look good to others, and there are plenty of options to choose from, so Sway gives you a Remix button which will apply a random design to your Sway which the team and myself found really helpful to keep slides different. You can click Remix as many times as you want, and it will be quite a while before it starts repeating designs.

I would recommend both of these pieces of software to students or employees who have a group project that requires a presentation as both go hand in hand, very useful and easy to use. Hope you guys found this helpful , See you in the next one.

I imagine everyone reading this blog will have heard something about today’s topic as its very well known. However, for anyone unfamiliar with artificial intelligence I will educate you. AI is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. These processes include learning (the acquisition of information and rules for using the information), reasoning (using rules to reach approximate or definite conclusions) and self-correction. Machine learning is everywhere, it’s most primitive forms are apps like Netflix which recommend movies and TV shows based on your previously watched. Its most advanced uses extend to quantum computing which is a whole other blog in itself so I wont go into detail. Experts believe the possibilities for artificial intelligence is so vast that some are worried about the future believing that this tech may become so intelligent that it  could potentially undergo recursive self-improvement, triggering an intelligence explosion leaving human intellect far behind. Whether this is true or not its quite unsettling.

People are questioning what will prevent machines turning evil and having goals, including myself. I mean, a missile has a goal? The only difference is its not super intelligent and we control it. But what if some of these theories about AI becoming so intelligent it develops its own agenda

AI Myths

There are plenty of myths surrounding AI. Some of the more entertaining and slightly skeptical ideas stretch to super intelligent technology taking over the world by 2100. This stems from the fact that Humans are more intelligent than tigers so we keep some captive. Whats to say that super intelligent robots wont do the same to us humans?

A considerably less exciting myth is that we will have super Intelligent AI systems within the next century. However scientist can simply not agree on a timeline, it may be decades or even centuries before we witness the phenomenal power of these machines.

Although the chances are we wont get to witness the evolution of super intelligent machines taking over the world in our lifetime. Well, I hope not. Anyway guys thanks again for reading, until next time.

Welcome back everyone. In today’s blog we will be referring to gaming. The reason I’m suggesting this as a breakthrough technology is because it is going to change the world of not only gaming, but also every main industry you can think of. These include medicine, manufacturing, tourism retail education etc. The potential for both of these realities are infinite. The main question revolving around these two technologies is which is better.

Virtual Reality

If we compare virtual to augmented we must first identify the most substantial difference. This is that VR comes with a lot of expensive equipment like censors,gloves, headgear and more. This equipment quite literally places you in an altogether different reality. You are submerged into a game living in this animated world. This reality isn’t just used for gaming. It is heavily used for training Currently, VR is used by the military in all three major fields – ground, air and navy forces for flight and battlefield simulations, medical training, vehicle simulation, and virtual boot camps. Considering when VR is mentioned people tend to assume it’s used for solely gaming. You realize it is seriously underrated since its really used on a much greater level training soldiers in the art of combat which I personally think is awesome.

Augmented Reality

Now if we look at augmented reality we know that there is no equipment involved , consequently meaning we cant be placed in an alternate reality. What Augmented reality does is super imposes a virtual image onto the screen of your device. We see this used in apps like Pokemon go. However that is one of the technologies more irrelevant uses. In fact many believe AR is more important and beneficial than VR because of the dramatic difference in expenses. The educational system is slowly adapting to this new way of learning. Eventually majority of learning practices will be implementing AR because it engages the learner far more. For students to do work outside of school,college,university etc they can whip out an iPad instead of books,copies and notes.

Each technology has benefits but which one comes out on top?

Hey guys welcome back to my blog! Hope everyone found the last one interesting. In today’s blog we will be looking over how 3-D printing has improved dramatically over the past decade. Originally it was created back in 1983 by a man called Charles Hull. Over time like every other piece of technology , it has proved to have endless potential and has prevailed into something incredible. Most recently a new technique of 3D printing was created. Its called multi material multinozzel 3-D printing. It uses high speed pressure valves to achieve rapid, continuous ,seamless switching between up to 8 different materials. Enabling the creation of complex shapes with speeds in a fraction of the time currently required using print-heads that range from a single nozzle to large multinozzel arrays.

We are at a point in history where we can design our own house using 3d printing technology. That is exactly what two architects have done, designing the first 3D printed house which is just bordering Bologna, Italy. Which in fact also happens to have entirely built the structure entirely from reusable, recyclable materials taken from the local terrain. With climate change and the demand on reversing the damage we have done to earth this could be the next step in preventing any further damage to our planet

TECLA is printed with clay harvested at the build site. The design allows natural light to pour in during the day, reducing reliance on grid and solar power. 

In case you still are not impressed with how far this technology has become, the first unmanned aircraft has been flown , a car with a 3D-printed body that’s built to get 200 mpg on the freeway has been created.To top it off if you wanted you could go and buy your spouse a 3D printed gold or silver engagement ring.

It is definitely one of the defining technologies of this decade and i’m sure it will remain that way for several more! Thank you guys for reading. Until next time.

Hey guys! My name is Cory O’Donoghue and welcome to my first official blog. These blogs are going to be covering some of the most fantastic technologies made in the past decade so far! each week ill be discussing something new so I hope you all stay tuned. This weeks topic will be talking about one of AI’s (artificial intelligence) main focus. ROBOTS. As we verge into the new decade the likelihood that our future is seeming to be molded into the movie i robots is terrifying. There is constantly new leaps been taking in the robotics field. If we take a look into Japans robotic labs we witness one of the most realistic androids ever created. Hiroshi Ishiguro, director of the Intelligent robotics Laboratory at Osaka University created Erica the robot in 2015. I mean this robot Erika is more life like than some people you interact with on  day to day basis! She has the ability to maintain a conversation and respond to questions simultaneously showing different facial features. In one of her interviews Erika was asked what was her age ,surprisingly her reply being “I’d rather not say that’s a slightly rude question” all the time maintaining eye contact and following her interviewers every move. it is highly possible that robots are going to become the future. Especially since Japan believe by 2035 nearly half of all jobs could be performed by robots. Amazingly the Japanese have shown formidable acceptance of robots within the last year Pepper, a humanoid home robot, went on sale to individual consumers in June, with each shipment selling out in under a minute. What I want to know is how long before the rest of the world adapts japans welcoming mentality towards androids?​