Technology News and Coding
Do you love to watch TV but do not want it as the centre of attention when it is powered off? Do you want a functional yet still relaxing living space? This might be the solution for you! Panasonic just released a prototype that is verging on what you would see in science fiction. This new prototype is a transparent television that you can control with a wave of your hand. This is an amazing innovation.
I don’t know about you but personally when I was a kid I loved building and playing with LEGO. Also whenever I was playing with the figurines I had one person who was me, or at least my LEGO representation of me. Now a company has come out with a way to make your LEGO experience more personal. A UK based company called Funky 3D Faces has devised a way, although not in partnership with LEGO, to 3D print a personalized head for any of your LEGO characters.
Have you ever wanted to have farm fresh vegetables right in your home? Have you ever had an interest in agriculture, but you live in an apartment building and your landlord might get mad if you start digging up their back yard? Well now you can! OPCOM has just come out with their new line of products called OPCOM Farm. The most practical of which (for home use) seems to be the Cube and the Cell.
Java is a very versatile language, that can be used for object oriented programming (OOP), computation and many other applications. In order to make full use of Java, you need to know how to use variables.
Declaring your data type is one of the most important things when it comes to strong information. You are essentially warning the program what type of information it should be expecting. Declaring the correct type is important because once you declare a variable as a certain data type it can not be changed. Let’s look at some examples:
Samsung just showed off its new concept for a modular TV at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2016. This new concept shows promise for a great leap in television technology. This leap will allow many new amazing features to become a reality.
Have you ever wanted to be able to customize the design on your shoe? Have you ever enjoyed the style/shape of a shoe but did not like the design on it? This company has come up with the solution.
The new technology from ShiftWear allows the user to alter the design on their shoe using the companies app, that can be downloaded to your phone or tablet. This is a major leap towards personalized clothing, using technology. The ability to decide what design is on your shoes is amazing but the real feat lies in the shoes themselves.
The ArcaBoard is the latest innovation from the ARCA Space Corporation. This new release marks the start of a new age in technology and transportation. Unlike the Breezeboard sold by companies like Swegway which some have called hover boards, the new board made by ARCA can actually hover.
A boolean expression is evaluated by using certain operators to come to a true or false answer. The operators are:
== – Returns true if the values on either side are equal
!= – Returns true if the values on either side are not equal
< – Returns true if the value on the left is less than the value on the right
<= – Returns true if the value on the left is less than or equal to the value on the right
> – Returns true if the value on the left is greater than the value on the right
>= – Returns true if the value on the left is greater than or equal to the value on the right
&& – (And) Returns true if both values are true.
|| – (Or) Returns true if either value is true
From the creators of the Raspberry Pi comes the new innovation, the Pi Zero. In an attempt to give the gift of coding this Christmas, the people of Raspberry Pi have come up with a new innovative computer that maximizes functionality, while minimizing costs. While it is not a super computer, it is functional and cost effective. At only $5.00, or free if you buy issue #40 of their magazine, this is the cheapest functional computer to date.
