In previous blogs, we have covered Eclipse Collections and Deep Learning. Recently, a couple of the highly recommended katas for Eclipse Collections have been revamped to include "pet" and "fruit" emojis for a little bit of extra fun. What could be better than Learning Eclipse Collections? First, we create a PetType enum with the emoji toString, and then Pet and Person records. We'll populate a people list as is done in the kata.

This blog posts looks at using Apache Groovy with the Deep Java Library (DJL) and backed by the Apache MXNet engine to detect objects within an image. Deep learning falls under the branches of machine learning and artificial intelligence. It involves multiple layers (hence the "deep") of an artificial neural network. There are lots of ways to configure such networks and the details are beyond the scope of this blog post, but we can give some basic details. We will have four input nodes corresponding to the measurements of our four characteristics.

Head designer Klaus Bischoff explains why VW's futuristic self-driving electric van has a retro look Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess has confirmed on Twitter that the production version of the Microbus-inspired ID.Buzz electric van will be debuted on March 9. The production VW ID.Buzz has been teased wearing a psychedelic disguise. Volkswagen hasn't released details on the reveal event, but recently displayed a prototype of the vehicle done up in a psychedelic wrap to disguise its finer features. The ID.Buzz prototype show car leaned heavily into the retro look. Full details on the ID.Buzz have not been revealed, but it will be offered in retail and commercial versions with either rear-wheel-drive like the original Microbus or all-wheel-drive and a driving range of up to 300 miles per charge.