Gamification for Businesses
Gamification for Businesses What is gamification? Gamification is using aspects of video game design and mechanics within a non-game context to increase engagement and motivation. How...
Face Recognition Software
Developing Face Recognition Applications for embedded products Facial Recognition Analysis Facial recognition is a biometric identification process that analyses the features of a person's face...
Experimenting with VR – Virtual Classrooms
Experimenting with VR - Virtual Classrooms Virtual Classroom built in Unity VR allows us to create immersive and interactive experiences to collaborate even with us all being apart. With...
How software can help your business during COVID-19
How software can help your business during COVID-19 Covid-19 is forcing almost every business to re-evaluate how they operate and now technology is incorporated throughout their daily activities. One...
How VR can upgrade your business
How VR can upgrade your business Virtual Reality (VR) uses a headset to immerse you into an entirely virtual world. When most people think of VR, they think of gaming, but in reality it can provide...
Why we’re a multi-skilled software company
Why we're a multi-skilled software company We don’t force our clients to be constrained to one sector of software Software solutions are the best when you think outside the box, we...
Why outsourced is the best software solution
Cost Saving Compared to an in-house developer or team, outsourcing can save you money both in the short-term and long-term. We’re software experts, so can identify and nurture the...
Industry 4.0 | Business Automation using Technology & Software
Throughout the history of n-Coders we have specialised in business automation using technology and software. We are seeing more and more companies beginning to invest in automation. This trend for businesses...
Evolution of our game
As a training exercise for new staff, we often start them off by working on a game we are developing. The game is based on an 80's classic called Roland in the Caves. The idea is that the player falls...
DT-X / IPExpo Recap
Digital Transformation Expo Europe On Wednesday the 9th of October, a member of the n-Coders remote team was sent to attend DT-X (formerly IPExpo Europe) on behalf of the company to gain valuable insights...
n-Coders Office Move
We've moved to Truro! The office is the beating heart of the company, it is where the business decisions are made, and the company direction realised. Though some businesses can operate independent...
The Dangers of Waterfall for SME
Multiple different development approach are used within the software development industry, the two most common being Agile and Waterfall. In this article, we will breakdown some of the dangers that we've...
Our game continues…
As a training project for new starters we get them to work on a game where the objective is for a character (provisionally named Roland as the inspiration came from an old 80's game of the same name),...
IoT Development
So, you want to create an IoT Device? At n-Coders we help companies to create Internet of Things devices, from proof of concept through to manufacture and post development maintenance, we can guide...
Work Experience At n-Coders
A first week at n-Coders I chose to come to n-Coders for work experience as I have had an interest in the production IT related products, such as software and games, for a large portion of my life. The...
Intellectual Property & Bespoke Software
Intellectual Property & Software This blog looks at Intellectual Property (IP) within software and its surrounding material. The discussion regarding software protection is vast and has been raging...
ChangeCourse
Change Course came to us wanting a online platform for training people whereby they watch videos, answer questions about the video and see their results all as part of a rehabilitation program. In this...
Less4Spares
The project that was performed in partnership with Less4Spares was due their requirements that after trying several off the shelf stock control systems, none were suitable. They needed something that was...
Rugged Interactive
Rugged Interactive use a wide range of technologies in their systems. We started working with Rugged Interactive several years ago on their Cardiowall and Pro-X range of products. They are used in gyms,...
Pendennis Shipyard
Whilst being one of the largest and must successful yacht building companies in the country, Pendennis felt that they needed to improve their time tracking and planning systems and make them easier to...
ChatBots to Automate Business
Way back in 1986 when I was 10 years old, and the proud owner of an Amstrad CPC-464 I found a book in the local library on a computer program with listings called 'Eliza'. It was an attempt to simulate...
What makes a good software developer?
At n-Coders we are always looking for top quality software developers to complement our existing team. So what makes a good software developer? Creative problem solving People that take pride...
Augmented Reality Updates
With recent news about the Microsoft HoloLens which was released back in March, progression is being made rapidly within the holographic world. Previous products such as the HTC VIVE, Samsung Gear, Google...
Our game continues…
Waaaaay back in 1983, a game called Bugaboo the Flea was released for the ZX Spectrum (Ported to the Amstrad CPC as Roland in the Caves). It had a very simple mechanic that made the game easy to play,...
Code-fit!
Here at n-Coders we take on a unique range of projects for our clients, from business web application development to embedded software for custom hardware. One such project is the Cardiowall, a fitness...
Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence
People have always had fascination with AI, and it is interesting that machines with human like intelligence have always been predicted to be around within 30 years. I recently enjoyed the film Ex Machina,...
Our Server Support Offering
Here at n-Coders we are committed to providing the absolute best when it comes to server support. So what do we do? We ensure that all of your code and data are securely backed up every day.We install...
Ethan Wright’s Work Experience Game
Hello, my name is Ethan Wright, I'm a student from St. Piran's school, currently studying in year 11, my last year of school. I decided to go to n-Coders for my work experience because throughout the year...
The War Room
In 2016, n-Coders will be running simulated attacks and disasters for customers who have support contracts with us. There is no need to worry: we won't be doing this on your live servers, and we are only...
Getting Ready for Black Friday
November the 27th, for some people this is the last pay day before Christmas and is typically one of the biggest online shopping days of the year. For online retailers, it is a chance to really maximise...
The advantages of bespoke software
At n-Coders we specialise in writing bespoke applications for businesses. We often find that businesses spend a lot of time making do with general purpose software because they perceive bespoke software...
Server Chaos
CHAOS! The word we often hear when a server fails. Though a server may not seem like an essential part of a business, when it goes wrong it can have a crippling impact on sales and service and result...
Google Apps Group Emails
Google Apps and Email Groups We at n-Coders use Google Apps for scaling our business operations. One downside to this Google usage is the lack of diagnosis / troubleshooting techniques. While chasing...
Stagefright. What’s so scary?
What is it? The first Stagefright vulnerabilities cropped up after a mobile security research group, Zimperium, looked very closely at the libraries used to manage incoming MMS messages in the Android...
Nuffield Research Placement
Hello my name is Peter Ergisi, I currently study Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics and Computing at A Level. Nuffield Research Placements provided me with an opportunity to work along with the...
Website Evolution
Several years ago I studied artificial intelligence with the Open University and I was introduced to Genetic Algorithms. Put simply, a genetic algorithm uses techniques inspired by natural selection such...
Secure Connection. Always.
When putting a web server on to the big wide internet we always prefer to have that web server handling its content over HTTPS if any interaction is required by the user. This also includes our very own...
Your POODLE may be on the loose
POODLE is an acronym for “Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption.” It is a bug in the old Internet security protocol SSL 3.0 that was discovered recently by Google security researchers. Most...
Managing software projects
The hardest single part of building a software system is deciding precisely what to build. No other part of the conceptual work is as difficult as establishing the detailed technical requirements, including...
ShellShock, servers, and solutions
The problem A bug within the widely used shell program Bourne Again Shell (BASH) commonly installed as a part of the Linux OS and variants thereof, can allow a malicious user to remotely execute commands...