If you’re in the field of engineering, be it software, hardware, machinery, industry or whatever, you’ve certainly came across companies identifying theirselves as a “tech company”. When people hear “tech company” they mostly think of Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Larry Ellison and many other successful businessmen…

Computer systems need energy to run. Software runs on computer systems. Software thus produces CO₂ and consumes energy. That means each piece of software, regardless of whether it is on a low-power embedded system or a massively distributed cloud infrastructure. Even the smallest piece of computer code has an environmental…

The European Union decided to force device manufacturers to use a single standard charger port for phones and tablets. The argument of consumer frustration is understandable, the environment arguments don’t seem as strong. Is there really a problem that needs this type of regulation by the European Union? Let’s face…

We all know examples of everyday annoyances, awkward self-service systems and websites that just don’t seem right. We’ve all browsed retail, travel, banking websites and apps for ages just to figure out we couldn’t buy the desired product or services the way we’d expect. At the beginning of the 21st…

If you love fiddling around with electronics, C/C++ programming and making small things, then IoT is for you and this tutorial might help you get a glimpse of AWS IoT and what it can do (hint: absolutely everything!)