Tech Talk with Amit & Rinat

We all read about Japan being technologically advanced but how advanced it really is? We don't see many software companies from Japan but a lot of hardware focussed companies. We know about also the big automobile manufacturers. Japan has an amazing mix of smart toilets, a remarkable railway system, widespread digital kiosks for ordering food and many more. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk...

We are generating so much data these days that it is very difficult to make sense of it all. That's why visualising the data is very important. It helps us understand what the data is telling us and make predictions. Data visualization is a powerful technique to do just that. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Data Visualization, what it is, what are the different types, its applicatio...

Motorsports has long been a playground for experimenting with new technologies to push into the consumer cars segment. And Formula 1 has been the pinnacle of motorsport engineering. But with the future going towards the electrification of cars, there was a need for an electric car motorsport. Enter Formula E which has slowly become one of the most exciting sports event to watch on the planet. In t...

Testing mobile apps can be slow and complicated. There are multiple vendors each with their own flavour of mobile OS. And testing with human gestures and the way humans use mobile apps can sometimes be very difficult. There are also some tests that can't be replicated using traditional test tools, like ordering an Uber, etc. This is where Mobot comes in. It's a robot that tests mobile apps. In thi...

With the emergence of generative AI, we can now ask AI to do anything for us. But the way we ask and the way we instruct it is fast becoming an essential skill. With so many different tools available in the market, using the correct prompt efficiently becomes very important since asking AI costs money. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Prompt Engineering, what it is, why it is relevan...

With the recent energy crisis in Europe and many other nations, becoming energy independent has become very important. One of the most easiest ways to do that is to install solar panels in your house. Imagine sunlight meeting your electricity needs. It's crazy to think about this but even satellites use this form of energy to power themselves. But have you wondered how it works and how much it cos...

We know that there is an unequal distribution of wealth in our society but did you know there exists a digital divide as well? Not all people in the world have equal access to digital services via the internet. This causes a loss of access to many of the services we take for granted. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Digital Divide, what it means, why it exists, how can it be fixed an...

The world of AI has been rapidly transforming and the latest tool to disrupt the world is ChatGPT from OpenAI in 2022. Imagine a tool that has also passed the Turing Test for chatbots. A tool that can give responses back like a human. A tool that can help answer all our questions in any language. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about ChatGPT, what are its use cases, its limitations and a...

When a human being is conceived inside a woman's womb, we first try to check for the baby's heartbeat. The heart is one of the most vital organs in our body and is also one of the first organs created. But hearts are also vulnerable to defects during birth and also later in our lives. In order to ensure a long life, there are various cardiac devices and procedures that have been created. In this w...

Imagine a file-sharing protocol that has lasted more than 20 years. It can be used to download all kinds of files, is resistant to network failures and can auto-resume. It doesn't put a lot of load on a single server and is dependent on how many people are downloading the file simultaneously. The speed of the download increases as more people are trying to download the same file. This is BitTorren...

These days airline travel is the most popular means of global transport. But in a hyper-connected world, we all want access to fast internet even when we are in the air. So airlines have been working with various providers to provide us with in-flight Wi-Fi. But is it worth it? What speeds can you get? What are the limitations? In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about In-flight Wi-Fi, how it...

We all consume electricity every day. But do we know how is it generated? How is it sent to our homes? What happens during this transmission process? How is the increase/decrease in demand met? There are various aspects to electricity generation, transmission, distribution and consumption. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about the Electric Grid, the various aspects of it, how it works, an...

In today's world, wireless communication is taken for granted. We use it as part of the mobile network used by our smartphones. And also as Wi-Fi to communicate with the internet using multiple devices. But have you ever wondered what are the different Wi-Fi standards, why are the speeds and frequencies different for each standard? Which standard are you using? In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat...

Computers use a variety of ports to communicate, for power delivery and for data transfer. There are software ports and there are hardware ports. Software ports are used for communication between your computer and the internet or other computers in the network. Hardware ports come in various shapes and sizes and are used for multiple purposes. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Compute...

What if you wanted to start your own shop but don't want to own or maintain the inventory? What if your orders could be taken by one system and fulfilled by some other system? This is what dropshipping is all about. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Dropshipping, how it works, why we should use it, and a lot more!

Fire has been humanity's greatest discovery and it has transformed the way we live throughout various civilizations. In the modern world, fire is used less and less and more stress is given to the usage of electricity as our main driver for everything. But we still use fire in many parts of our house which can cause potential hazards. In order to protect us from a fire we have certain systems in p...

Every day we use some kind of navigation to go from one place to another. We also use it to track our fitness routine like running or cycling or hiking. We sometimes use it where there are no roads or waymarkers. And we use it even without a mobile network. Have you ever thought about how this navigation works? Why do we need to activate location services on our mobile phone to receive our accurat...

We all have been accustomed to passwords. Even SMS codes that come on our mobile phones. Some have gotten used to fingerprint scanners or facial recognition. Some use a code from an authenticator app. Some use hardware that generates a token. And even some use a hardware security key. All this combined together consists of MFA. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about MFA, the different fact...

We live on a planet that is constantly in motion. The things around the planet are constantly in motion. And the things on the planet are constantly in motion. So how does one keep track of where we are and what time it is? Well, you have standards for that. And one such standard for time is UTC. Is UTC a standard or a timezone, as many people might think? How does it work? Why do we need it? In t...

How do you know what you watch on the Internet is real? How do you know what you are hearing over a phone call is real? Technology has come so far now that we can create a realistic fake video/audio and fool people into believing whatever we want. This can have some serious consequences, sometimes even pushing a country into violence. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Deepfake, why is...

When we create our Will, we only think about our physical and financial assets. But what about our digital assets? Have you ever thought about what would happen to all your social media accounts, subscriptions, online investments, documents, photos, scanned files, etc.? Thinking about your digital legacy is more vital than ever and companies have already started thinking about it. In this week's t...

Passwords and PINs have long been overshadowed by fingerprint scanners and facial recognition software in our smartphones. These new ways of authenticating a person are known as the Biometrics of a person. They make our lives easier, are unique and we don't have to remember anything. It does come with its own risks leading to identity theft, etc. but it's a far superior technology for authenticati...

"Humans now only make up 38.5% of internet traffic. The other 61.5% is non-human (bots, hacking tools, etc)." [Source - https://twitter.com/stats_feed/status/1532427285332013056]. Imagine if this tweet is actually true then most of the internet we know of is fake. Everything we follow, like, or subscribe to may not come from a human at all. Leveraging code to automate a workflow or process to gain...

There is noise all around us. Yet we hardly notice it. In today's world the ambient noise we are exposed to is immense. This causes irritation, sleep problems, hearing loss, decreased productivity, lack of concentration, miscommunication, etc. But we don't worry about it till its too late. Noise cancellation is a technology that's actively trying to reduce our ambient noise so that we can reclaim...

We all use some kind of web browser to access the internet. The simple browser is one of the most important app in our lives right now and we know so little about all its features and functionalities. Its opened by almost everyone to access information over the internet. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Internet Browser, what does it do, what are the most popular web browsers, their...