A facial recognition system is a computer application for automatically identifying or verifying a person from a digital image or a video frame from a video source. Digital images, such as those taken by a digital camera or a phone, represent a physical image such as a person’s face in a format that can be…
There is an office dedicated to road safety in Ireland that works to ensure that we as citizens are aware of the correct way to use the road so as to ensure our and other road users safety. It is recognized that the road can be a dangerous place and the best way to…
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet was a thinking man, and if he were around today. I suspect he would have something to say about backups, as without them all the data on a computer system exists in a state of peril. He might have said the following if asked: To Backup or not to…
A report published in August this year said that the average six year old knows more about technology than a 45 year old adult. This knowledge is attributed to that advent of broadband connections, which provide an always on connection to the Internet. Many devices that children use are connected to the Internet all the…
People often find the idea of learning computers an awesome task. At the same time the majority of children have no problem using computers. It is possible that there has been a sudden shift in intelligence levels in the population, from one generation to the next, but it is highly unlikely. Perhaps the difficulty is…
The tale of Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf provides a cautionary note that can be useful when dealing with e-mails. The, well known, tale tells of a wolf who dresses up in Granny’s clothing, with the intention of acquiring little Red Riding Hood as his supper. She was cautious enough, when she recognised…
We in Ireland, have a digital divide, which is often described as being generational. The first of these two are the people who wish technology, and the global invasion that comes with it, would go away. These people, often secretly, hope that it won’t last. The second are the people who believe that technology is…
The first personal computer, the apple I was developed in 1978, which brought about the era of personal computing. Before that all computers were large, and were housed in special air conditioned rooms, with terminals attached. Unless you worked in the industry, the only sight you got of one, apart from pictures in books, was…
The amount of IT skills required by a person or business today depends on what they wish to do. Personally, I believe everyone benefits from basic IT skills with the level of skills to be gained ranging from this to nerd status, defined as an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or…