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Home automation, the rise of smart assistants have brought about some exciting and in some cases, bizarre possibilities. Once the work of science fiction, now in reach of many at an affordable price. This can prove to be revolutionary for people with difficulties getting around the house or just fun for those who are fanatical about technology.

Now if you don’t mind, I’m going to sit back and watch a film.

“Alexa, play Back to the Future in the bedroom”...“OK, playing the backstreet boys in the bathroom”, well I never said it was perfect.

Virtual Reality, as it recreates a virtual environment in which a person can look around in 360 degrees, hear thrilling sounds, and move your body to interact with the world around you in a fantastic way.

VR allows you to visit places that you may never have been able to go to before, whilst being in the comfort of your own home.

VR is at the start of its development, and it's got so much more to come.

VOIP, has revolutionised the telephone market, and no longer do we have an inflexible telephone exchange, we now have a digital system that can be configured to our exact needs which removes all of the previous limitations, it has opened up the communication possibilities.

Folding displays, are a fantastic bit of tech as they let you fit a lot more screen space into a much smaller area. Having a full tablet sized device that can be folded away into a pocket is a life-changer. Just need to make sure you don’t get any dust in the hinge!

Paid streaming services, pick and choose when and what to watch or listen to without interruptions.

The internet, who knew you would be able to find anything out at the touch of the button from your mobile phone - useful and useless information.

Artificial Intelligence, I am captivated by the world of artificial intelligence. From Language Models (LLMs) and Image Generators to the potential future applications, such as the ability to generate entire games from a simple prompt, AI represents an ever-evolving frontier.

GPS, what a game changer for adventures whilst travelling. I love the feeling of exploring a new trail or route for the first time, as long as your smart device is charged of course! 

Build pipelines, as they have completely removed the pain points that we previously experienced when publishing a system. Build pipelines ensure the system must pass the automated tests and all configuration parameters will be correctly applied based on the target environment.

Azure, as it provides a fantastic set of services and tools which any developer should be versed in. It has taken a lot of the headaches out of traditional hosting and makes the integration of complex features such as AI & Machine Learning very accessible to any developer.

Visual Studio, as it enables developers to work on multiple types of projects from cloud, web, mobile and desktop, making it essential. It can be easily extended with 3rd party plugins and tools to improve productivity further.

Microsoft Power Platform - This technology allows the design and building of fully integrated business systems in about a quarter of the time of traditional bespoke development

Ableton and other modern pieces of music software. The fact that anyone can learn music from places like YouTube and begin creating with the same tools professional artists use is incredible. The barriers to entry for music have fallen significantly in the past couple of decades, and it's amazing how anyone can create and share art regardless of their background or how much money they can commit to their hobbies.

C# and .Net Core, as it allows us to develop robust and sophisticated cloud, web, mobile and desktop applications that can run across a multitude of different operating systems, which makes this immensely powerful in providing a reliable and flexible solution to our clients.

The keyboard, found on almost every desk and in every pocket. Often overlooked it's one of the most widely used input devices, you could say it was the main contribution to building technology itself. That is until auto-collect comes along.

Web technologies, as it has become so much more interesting to work with, thanks to the multitude of JavaScript frameworks. Not only are they very powerful, but they are also extremely fun to use.

Microprocessor, without it, we wouldn’t have affordable home computing, and so much more that has inspired generations of developers and engineers to transform their interest, creativity and ingenuity into a career.

Infinite Scroll - Used by almost every online media platform now, it has transformed the way people consume most forms of content. It is one of the aspects that makes sites like YouTube or X so addicting causing people to spend hours a day just scrolling.

Digital communication, as it allows people to stay in touch and see each other no matter where they are in the world. And Nintendo...

YouTube, as in the last couple of years, YouTube has become the second most popular website in the world. The platform unites almost 2 billion users from across the world, uploading 500 hours of video content every minute.

This enormous platform is using machine-learning algorithms for recommending videos. It has a great and easy to use UI as well as a search engine that returns a huge number of related videos to multiple users every second.

The platform seems to be utilizing the best data retrieval techniques to display the results in a couple of milliseconds, very impressive.