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Tiny Technology, Big Impact

Walk into your kitchen and pick up an orange or something of relative size. Now that you’ve rolled your eyes and simply imagined actually getting up, compare that orange in your stubborn head to the size of the earth. That, my friends, is the size of a nanobot.

In the Absence of Light

I am going to tell you about a dark place. A place where, if you go just far enough into the chilling shadows of the blackness, you will reach the most dangerous, mind-scarring places within the internet. A place called the “deep web”. So, with that said, let’s take a field trip!

Fintech Fever

It may be the root of all evil, but we love it anyway. Because without “it”, we would have nothing. “It” is money, and it makes the world go round. With money, we made a beautiful thing called technology. Then, one day, the two fell in love and had a child called “fintech”. This is a new kind of love…

Learning Between the Lines

Think back to when you were in middle school. You would come home from school, toss your bulky backpack in the corner, and plunge towards the kitchen for some post-schoolwork snacks after a long day. Do you remember your mom asking — “what did you learn today?” Or, what about your…

Cloudy Days Ahead

“It’s just a lot of computers communicating over the internet”

What’s that up in the sky? A bird? A plane? Oh, it’s just our data. Our data lies within the ever-so-figurative clouds above us. Has technology replaced dust particles…

Step On to the App-Mobile

Apps may be “cute” and little, but those simple blocks have a lot of complex structure behind them. Behind the walls of our apps lies long nights and skills that permit the conjoining of programming languages and carefully-structured algorithms. So, it’s like talking to a computer…

The Equation to Life

Are you frustrated? Good, you’re on the right track.

At least, that’s what our fellow GatorTech member (shout out to Rachel Halfaker) discussed with us during our last meeting. Halfaker is a fellow Gator, studying Information…

“There’s an app for that.”

Whether sending pictures of yourself as a puppy dog to your friends or starting your very own business… with mobile apps, the options are limitless. Feeling powerless? Don’t. Your cellphone, alone, has more computing power than the computers used for the Apollo 11 moon landing…