Category: Tech

Chrisi Kazakov is Senior Software Engineer for WWT and in this episode we talk about a “fun little side project” that she is doing where she’s creating a program that helps PEOPLE IN SPACE select the correct tool to be 3-D printed faster in a “stressful environment” (like… the air is leaving the space capsule!)
-> Continue reading Episode Followup – How I Used Python & JavaScript to Build 3-D Tools in Space! with Christi Kazakov

Data Scientist at World Wide Technology, Leah Ellis-Clemons gives an overview of the specific considerations for implementing machine learning models in Python in real time including OpenCV and Multiprocessing… She gives us a live demonstration of her code as well! Resources: https://github.com/LEllisClemons/Lego_Detector_Realtime https://www.kaggle.com/code/databeru/classify-bricks-compare-transfer-learning-model/notebook https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/joosthazelzet/lego-brick-images https://www.linkedin.com/in/leah-ellis-clemons-6230aa68/ https://www.udemy.com/course/python-for-computer-vision-with-opencv-and-deep-learning

AWS Hero Brian Tarbox (@btarbox) comes on to talk about all things AWS Alexa! How to make an Alexa app (a ‘skill’), how to make in-skill purchasing options, and how to retire early off all that money! Resources: https://twitter.com/btarbox https://briantarbox.org/