MOS Associate

Today, I took the MO-300 exam and passed with flying colors. This means that I have now achieved MOS Associate! This is pretty exciting but the journey isn't quite over yet. I'm shooting for a homerun this semester. My next plan is to conquer Outlook and Access. After taking those down I will put my sights on Word Expert and then finally Excel Expert. I believe I accomplish this with some gritty effort! In addition to MOS in parallel I also went for some other certifications via edX. For those who are not familiar, edX was founded by scientist from MIT and Harvard. Their website offers various courses covering a plethora of subjects. I'm taking the Data Science courses through them. I managed to squeeze out an additional 4 certifications!

Quantum Conundrum

For some time now computer scientist have known of a looming issue with quantum computers. You see, there is need to encrypt data as it travels from one destination to the next typically this is not really an issue for use today as most applications and web services handle encryption without the user really needing to even know of its existence. Majority of the keys to decrypt data would take absolute ages to brute force on a typical computer. But, a quantum computer could crack the key before you could finish your morning coffee. This very clearly is a problem for the near future. As quantum computers could make their way into the hands of bad actors. Lots and lots of data could potentially be at risk. However there is a few current solutions to change the way encryption is handled. I find this to be rather fascinating as it gets into matrices and extreme convolutions to keep data safe and protected for prying eyes.

Take a look into the potential future of how your files, passwords and even currency could be protected!

Data Visualization

The current world moves extremely fast and as it stands there are many different people living here. Not everyone speaks a common language and not everyone can interpret a message the exact same. However, when it comes to data, being capable of displaying data in a way that nearly anyone can understand and interpret is an incredible skill. I recently finished an online course on data visualization as we were in the middle of learning Excel, thus 5.8.1 really stood out to me. In the course, I primarily use R programming language to wrangle and display data, but a vast majority of the data collected nowadays is compiled in Excel. So being able to quickly plot graphs and charts in Excel natively to get a general overview of the data that is in front of me is incredibly convenient. Plus, it is much much easier to plot graphs in Excel than in R! Take a look at this complex "Cheat Sheet" that I received from the course. 

So, would you rather plot in Excel or R??

Plant an Idea

Several years ago Tim Ellis had a very interesting idea. He wanted to take the speed and rapid prototyping of traditional 3D printing and combine it with the complexity of Aerospace. After many grueling days of trial by fire and facing defeat of engines failing to produce enough thrust or prints ultimately failing, Tim and his team at Relativity Space persevered. 

Now, their company became the first to ever launch a 3D printed rocket. Terran One successfully launched on 22nd March 2023 paving the way for rocket manufacturing and providing crucial data for Relativity's next fully reusable rocket Terran R. Since the launch the team has been analyzing the data and printing the necessary changes to their engines and other systems to take Terran One into a full orbit.

Terran 1 is currently 85% 3D printed. The primary components that are not 3D printed are the electronics, plumbing lines, and hardware such as nuts, bolts etc. 

The very impressive launch from 22nd March 2023

A glimpse of how these rockets are produced!