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Ask your Expert: Nico teWinkel - Software Engineer who specialises in firmware, C and Java.

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Nico teWinkel's expertise: Software Engineer who  specialises in firmware, C and Java.

 

A little about Nico: "I've been a software engineer for more than  20 years. Electronics has been a hobby every since I played with the  old 10-in-1 and 200-in-1 RadioShack kits back in the 70s when I was just  a kid. Right now I'm working part time for a local hardware company  creating firmware for their devices, which brings together my software  engineering skills with my electronics hobby/obsession, and I'm having a  great time!

Software engineering in C and Java, including  iPhone and Android development. Currently developing firmware for Texas  Instruments chips using CCS. Any project involving interfacing Android  with external devices would really spark my interest."
 
 
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    bryan molina wrote:

     

    As the software becomes more

    pervasive, risk to the public

    (due to faulty programs) become

    an increasingly concern. Develop

    a realistic doomsday scenario

    where the failure of a computer

    could do great harm (either economic or human).

    My favorite movies on this subject include:

     

    Westworld (1973)

    Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)

    2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

     

    My favorite short story on the subject is E.M. Forster's The Machine Stops (1909), a remarkably prescient description of the Internet and Social Networking, and what happens when a society depends too heavily on technology.