How To Begin With Python: Day 1

With trillions of tutorials around, probably the best way is to start with the official tutorial here – The Python Tutorial. Not finding any links to installation on this page, I found it useful to search for the installer section with the intention of doing the installation first. For windows installation, the link to the primer is “Using Python on Windows”. Like most documentation, this … Continue reading How To Begin With Python: Day 1

Internet of Things – IOT – An Introduction – Part 1

Recently I got a chance to learn wood-cutting, make wooden boxes, cut metal, solder wires and attach electronic components to the box. This fun activity re-kindled my interest in Internet of Things (IOT) which, in simplest terms, refers to Internet-enabled objects. For example, right now, I am sitting on a chair. If all chairs are Internet-enabled – at least the ones I use regularly – … Continue reading Internet of Things – IOT – An Introduction – Part 1

Kano – a DIY computer kit can be built like lego blocks and set-up to do programming and play games

Kano, a DIY computer kit allowing you to build and set-up a computer yourself, has been pre-ordered by over 18,000 parents, teachers, and kids from 86 different countries as shared by Mark Frauenfelder here. Priced at $150, Kano bundles beautiful parts of accessories which can be easily built like Lego blocks. It runs on Raspberry Pi, a system-on-a-chip with an ARM 700MHz CPU and 512MB … Continue reading Kano – a DIY computer kit can be built like lego blocks and set-up to do programming and play games