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In this post, I’ll be describing my current approach to implementing a major feature into an existing web application. In the software development world, everyone knows that there are many different techniques to implement the same set of features. We describe these methods as ‘design patterns’...

As part of my work in the Data Analytics for Resource Efficiency team and my interest in Machine Learning, I’m interested to know when machines can be considered intelligent. Over the years, the Turing Test has been regarded by many (definitely not by all) as THE definitive test for consciousness.

IoT devices do not hold much data themselves for them to be worthwhile paying a ransom to unlock, but they do have access to real world systems; be that locks on the door or assets on the production line. This has a potential to do far more damage than just locking some data.