Have you met the, pardon my French, “Queen of Sh***y Robots”? Unfortunately, I have not had the pleasure. For the unfamiliar, Simone Giertz, a Swedish inventor and roboticist, rose to fame designing and building robots that try and often fail to accomplish mundane tasks. For example, this great video of a robot arm sort of giving a manicure.

Every field has its history makers and trendsetters. However, software engineers are less likely to grace the pages of a history book. So we thought we would take a moment to recognize the software engineers who made a difference.

Big data is a crucial component of big business. Finding out where customers are, what they are searching for, and predicting their future needs can all be obtained through analyzing their data. All that data must be stored somewhere and analyzed, which is where data science comes in.

We live in a rapidly changing world. The tech world specifically is constantly advancing and it’s important for people to be able to adapt to these changes. One way for people to stay relevant in this ever-changing world is by attending local tech meetups to learn from and network with people in the tech field. Below is a list of both online and local tech meetups in the Treasure Valley.