Science cannot exist in a vacuum. Part 2
My room was my safe space – a refuge for my personal growth and development, where I could isolate myself from the noise of the outside world and a deep sense of detachment from the roots. However, one cannot fight single and the need for communication, the need to be a part of something bigger than myself, began to grow. All the great research projects that interest me – the overwhelming positive impact of artificial intelligence on the development of medical technologies, the ways in which advances in neural network processors fundamentally change the way we see ourselves and our world – are developed in collaboration, projects bring together people from different countries and cultures, as well as to solve the greatest world problems. So, I decided to create a small design workshop that would attract a variety of like-minded people. This is a place where we regularly meet and…
Science cannot exist in a vacuum
My education as an international student with a very diverse experience of applying knowledge has taught me the vital diversity of points of view, the value of focus, as well as the power of cooperation. Having experienced two forced relocations to Eastern Europe before my teenage years – including 18 months as a real self–taught – I arrived in the UK at the age of 14, at that time I had absolutely no contacts in the environment in which I found myself. Mastering a new language and a completely different education system in some of my teenage formative periods was extremely difficult. At first, I decided to plunge into my independent engineering solutions, spending hours in my room conceptualizing, planning and developing a series of design projects in the field of electrical engineering and computer science, which stimulated me and filled my life with meaning. The pure excitement and intellectual…
Calculator
I have already told you about my first steps in implementing my own software projects. I remembered another childhood experience that I created at about the same time as the fruit machine. Another simple game written in Java using Jframe. It is a calculator that can perform substitution and subtraction with the numbers 0,1 and 2.
While jogging
While jogging, I try to listen to something inspiring in order to feel more fully in the present moment. Jogging is my main austerity, and the process itself is a kind of meditation. Daily jogging has long been a part of my life and a steady habit. And what practices do you use in your life?
Fruit Vending Machine
I have already told you that programming is a big part of my life and the basis of my scientific preferences. I started with small projects. Looking into the retrospective of my life, I still somehow remember the first steps in programming, the success of which in many ways aroused my keen interest in science. Here is a code and a fun game that, in fact, works like a fruit machine. I used Jframe to create a separate application.
A gift for Mom
Since childhood, I have been trying to develop not only my programming skills, but also to find applications for them. One day I decided to embody such a benefit in a small jewelry project, which touched my mother very much. I made a ring as a gift to my mom. First, I modeled the ring in 3D format in a CAD program. Then I ordered his exact 3D-printed model. After that, I made a plaster mold of Paris using a prototype printed on a 3D printer, and using my furnace, I melted the silver that I had bought in advance. I poured the silver into the mold, and later took out the silver part. After several hours of careful processing, I used jewelry glue to attach the pearl to the ring. The most significant project I ever created was the ring. It was a birthday present for my mom. I…
Almost everything we consume will one day go to waste
Measures such as waste recycling, reuse and reparation are crucial to decrease the amount of waste. Thanks to such initiatives, only about 1 % of the waste in Sweden goes to landfill.
Two concepts
There are two concepts in the world of cryptocurrency – proof-of-work and proof-of-stake. They are crucial components of blockchain technology and these consensus mechanisms help to achieve safety co-operations with transactions. The difference between them is that proof-of-work is a network protection technology, relies on searching solutions of urgent tasks. It is based on mining. And proof-of-stake is the protecting technology of cryptocurrency network. So, proof-of-work is the solving of cryptographic puzzles and validating transaction. Proof-of-stake is made for realizing that the transaction is reliable. All the computers on the network have to be connected to verify the transactions. If it is seen, that a computer does any fraudulent transactions on a network, it will be known with the help of blockchain. Both of these concepts are used to punish malicious actors, who want to disrupt the network. There are also some disadvantages. Proof-of-work needs great amount of energy to…
Let’s start with the definitions.
Blockchain is a database of all completed transactions Proof of Work (PoW) and Proof of Stake (PoS) are the most well-known consensus mechanisms. Their goal is to secure the networks of major cryptocurrencies. Proof of Work is used by Bitcoin to validate transactions and ensure network security. PoW prevents double spending. A miner is a participant who safeguards the network. Miners use computational power to earn the right to validate new blocks and update the blockchain. The main difference between PoW and PoS lies in how they determine validators of transaction blocks. Proof of Stake is the most popular alternative to Proof of Work. This consensus mechanism aims to overcome certain limitations, such as scalability issues and energy consumption. In PoS, participants are called validators. They don’t require powerful hardware but need to stake the native cryptocurrency of the blockchain. Based on the amount of staked cryptocurrency, the network selects…
Smart Chess Board
The experience I decided to tell you about today gave me a practical approach to implementing the full cycle of the project: from coding to hardware assembly. Perhaps one of the first projects implemented by innovative engineers. The feeling of pride and satisfaction after completing each stage motivated me to study the importance of electrical engineering and computer science even more. I have been fond of chess since early childhood. Largely thanks to this hobby, I was able from a young age to cultivate not only perseverance, but also to manifest myself as a researcher and engineer. The project of developing a smart chessboard aroused my curiosity most of all because of the difficulties that arose during the work and the constant opportunities to solve the problems that faced me. As part of an independent project, I had the opportunity to work under the guidance of Columbia University Professor Ioannis…