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...
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 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 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 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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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),...
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...
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 & 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...
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...
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 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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...