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Hi, I’m Nolan Chan and I’m part of the Programming and Robotics 8/9 Class. Below are some projects I’ve done at home and at school to showcase my skills learned in class.
Trinket Projects
At the beginning of the year, we were required to make 2 projects with Trinket.io and our basic knowledge of Python. Use the
My first project was a simple password interface that used basic Python functions
<iframe src="https://trinket.io/embed/python/e3b01f6090" width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>My second project was a simple food-ordering system that also used simple Python functions
<iframe src="https://trinket.io/embed/python/d0df997393" width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>NHL Predictions
After winter break, we put together a spreadsheet to analyze and predict players in the NHL and how many points they would have at certain checkpoints during the year. Each student chose 25 players and had to put together an optimal way to organize and analyze their players via the NHL API. Below are my prediction differences compared to the actual points across the 25 players. Here is an interactive chart that displays my point prediction differences on each checkpoint date.
<iframe width="600" height="371" seamless frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTivYYTSIb9jM5bq4qb_dzV8hjNaILaMz2WZZERgVso09ysnW6eZf50Fi7TsgXknINFXT-3IeH7GSlf/pubchart?oid=968961311&format=interactive"></iframe>End-of-Year Projects:
At the end of the year, each student is tasked with creating 3 end-of-year projects and creating 2 articles on recent tech news events that happened this year. 2 of these must be programming and robotics-related (ie. using trinkets to create a code, using the Jetson Nano Linux boxes and creating functions with them, etc.). Students were also tasked with narrating their website (the one you see now) and briefly touching on each of the points on the website, via OBS recording software.
End Of Year Project 1: Trinket Number Guessing Game
This is a simple number-guessing game that ranges from 1 to 100. I incorporated the randint (random number function) into my project for fun to see how I could use it.
<iframe src="https://trinket.io/embed/python/e7cc0715ff" width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>End Of Year Project 2: To-Do
This is another simple but useful application of Python: a to-do list.
<iframe src="https://trinket.io/embed/python/ea2dfa2393" width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>End Of Year Project 3: CapCut Images over Music
Article 1: Sora, AI Video Generation
OpenAI has been on the frontlines of the new generation of the internet: Artificial Intelligence. It’s notable for making AI tools including ChatGPT, the first mainstream large language model that accepts prompts and answers them, and DALL-E, the first mainstream AI image generator. These have had a significant impact across the tech industry, with investors and companies flocking over to this new sub-industry of the tech industry. With new innovations coming daily in the AI industry, the introduction of Sora, the upcoming AI video generation tool being released by OpenAI is another step forward for the very young and prospering Artificial Intelligence sector
Personally I think this is a large step in the daily use and usefulness of AI as a whole, but I also believe that with such a broad category that Sora is covering (AI video generation), there must be sufficient guardrails and safety features to be implemented into the system to prevent bad actors from using it for a variety of inappropriate ways (that I cannot talk about in this article). On the flipside, this technology could have a very large ripple effect across multiple industries once released. These industries include the filming, gaming, and advertisement industries, as well as many others. This would also significantly change the jobs of animators and photographers, as now, even though Sora is still in the early stages of development, their jobs and tasks can be done in a matter of seconds to minutes with only a prompt from the user.
See the release details here: https://openai.com/index/sora/v
Article 2: Knock Off Name Brand Technology
With the rise of cheap tech websites like Temu, Wish, AliExpress, and more, there comes the slew of knock-off name-brand products too. Some are obvious knockoffs, while others are actually trying to be the legitimate thing. These products, often known as “reps” aren’t talked about often and aren’t given the credit they deserve. Many name-brand items such as Airpods, Jordans, and Gucci Bags retain much of their value in their brand, rather than the product itself. This means that a Gucci bag without the Gucci logo would only be worth $100, but with the logo and official branding, it could cost upwards of $20,000. Good reps are often made in the same factory as the real product but are branded differently and shipped in obscure places. Many of the products sold on the cheap tech websites listed in the beginning are often not legitimate reps but attempts at creating a similar product.
I personally buy and use these products on a daily basis, and since I’m not an audio or shoe connoisseur, I quite honestly can’t tell the difference between the name brand and off-brand products and I highly recommend people try it out. Just make sure you check the reviews to make sure it’s not a scam!
