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Introduction I recently purchased a Nepes NM500 ‘Brilliant USB’ which is 4 x NM500 ‘Neuromorphic’ memory chips behind a USB interface. Nepes provide an SDK for Windows, Linux and Mac OS but unfortunately no realistic example code so I wanted to build something real and share my experiences.   What is the NM500 and why…

Having had some good success using DarkNet Yolo3 object detection, from C, on a Jetson Nano, I wanted to get a bit deeper and understand more about the underlying implementation of deep learning networks. TensorFlow seems the obvious place to start but I really didn’t want to use a horribly inefficient scripting language like Python…

I needed a new computer and a new tablet but didn’t want to spend a lot of money. I really like ChromeOS for simplicity and security as it has served my daughters very well through school and university. But I need something I can develop on as well as consume content so an Android tablet…

If like me you’ve taken the Pimsleur Lithuanian course and then found that you’re completely unprepared for any conversation in Lithuanian apart from ‘I’d like 2 beers and would you like to come back to my place ?’ then you might find this post useful. I really like the Pimsleur style of learning the phrase…

  Since I started studying for my Amateur Radio exam, I wanted to find ways to practice Morse Code. There are a couple of really good websites :- Morsecode.me –  interesting and lively online chatroom where all communication is in morse code MorseBlitz – fun game for improving your speed by keying letters fast enough…

Last week RBS / Natwest updated their banking app to include a convenience feature for customers of allowing authentication via Touch ID on suitably equipped iOS devices. Note that the RBS / Natwest apps are actually developed by a 3rd party Monitise. Monitise claim, on their website, ‘Monitise plc (LSE: MONI.L) is a world leader…