Expertise ingenuity, with
experience
Telos Digital have exceptional skills and experience in a wide range of technological and transformational areas.
Software, like science and mathematics, is about applying similar creativity and patterns to different contexts and fields of endeavour. Please ask us how we can help you.
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Image created by Midjourney. Problem Solving](refract.php?expertise=problem-solving.webp)
Problem Solving
Listen, Explain, Advise, Do
To solve a problem, we use the "5 Whys"; deeply understand the context and root-cause; analyse; consider direct solutions; offer inspiration on alternatives using detailed knowledge of available technology; explain it; actually fix it.
![Cutting through the complexity.
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Communications
Simple explanations of Complex Problems
We can communicate at all levels of a business: from warehouse-operations, to domain-experts, to board-level. We can demonstrate, or explain by analogy, in a way that is clear, but not misleading: this is "simplicity on the other side of complexity", backed up by details and numbers.
![For a solution to work, all the pieces must fit together.
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Real World
Practical, Implementable Solutions
For a solution to work, it must align with business and commercial requirements. We aim to understand the real underlying needs of our clients.
![We know how to recruit exceptional people.
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Team Building
Creating an Exceptional Team
We know how to recruit, interview, evaluate, engage, motivate, inspire, look after, and retain a talented team. Our track record proves it.
![Logistics aims for perfect flow (though it must gracefully resolve externally-caused problems.
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Logistics
Software for Complex Supply Chains
The majority of the team have been involved in high-profile logistics solutions, including contributions to the design and development of bespoke warehouse management software, and traceability management tooling.
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Project Management
Agile Development
We have extensive experience in Agile, the most effective methodology for digital projects. We have built, and successfully delivered, large-scale systems for major customers. We build an MVP first, then use bi-weekly sprints to keep the project on track, even as specifications change.
![Software development requires the best possible tools: multiple screens and, of course, Linux.
Image created by Midjourney. Software Development](refract.php?expertise=software.webp)
Software Development
Applications, Databases, Sensors
The discipline and art of software development applies to multiple fields. It requires a deep understanding of the customer need, creative solutions, well-designed data-structures, technical experience, the knowlege of the right tools and libraries, and exhaustive testing.
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Image created by Midjourney. Science](refract.php?expertise=science.webp)
Science
Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics
Most of us have backgrounds in, and an abiding fascination for, experimental and theoretical physics, chemistry, materials-science, and pure/applied mathematics or astronomy. This scientific world-view guides our thinking.
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Engineering
Software, Electronics, Mechanics
Science allows us to understand the world; engineering allows us to change it. We can design systems, and analyse the designs of others.
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Benedict's solution tests for the presence of reducing sugars. Scientific Consultancy](refract.php?expertise=scientific-consultancy.webp)
Scientific Consultancy
Technical Advice
Our scientific and engineering experience means we can give you accurate advice, and we can design and carry-out practical experiments and measurements to test hypotheses. Order-of-magnitude mathematics is essential to know whether a thing will work in practice, and at scale.
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Infrastructure and Hosting
OpenStack, Networking, CyberSecurity
We use OpenStack to provide our own secure and private, self-hosted, cloud-hosting service, which is the foundation for all of our own software development and production, at a substantial saving compared to AWS.
![The prenguin represents the Linux kernel; the Elephant is for the PostgreSQL database.
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Open Source
Industrial Strength, Adaptable, Low-cost.
We run our lives and our businesses on open-source software. We use it because it is more reliable, easier to use, can be modified, and lower-cost. We can stand on the shoulders of giants when deploying infrastructure, or building new projects.
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Data Science
...and Data Engineering
Data Science includes data-capture, data-engineering, analysis and algorithm optimisations, data-presentation (dashboards) and alert-mechanisms. Understanding the underlying mathematics to select the right algorithm is essential, to avoid being confident, and wrong.
![The art of 6-sigma is to combine real-world experiments with statistical analysis.
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6 Sigma
Statistics and Processs Enhancement
The core of 6-sigma is: define, measure, analyse, improve, and control. We measure processes, design experiments, and teach people, in order to obtain continuous improvement.
![Most Large Language Models have LL(a)M(a) related puns.
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Large Language Models and GPT
Llama, Alpaca, ChatGPT, ...
ChatGPT, the user-friendly interface to the "Generative Pre-trained Transformer" Large Language Model, is currently taking the world by storm. The potential for change, both good and bad, is massive: but we have to stay ahead of the competition.
![Using RPA, we can improve productivity. Here, robots are dancing on a chart to celebrate!
Image created by Midjourney. Automation](refract.php?expertise=automation.webp)
Automation
Hardware, RPA, Scripting
We can automate processes, such as puppetisation for auto-deployment, scripting and interface to API (or GUIs) for Robotic Process Automation.
![This is a device we made to sense photons, with scrupulous electrical isolation, and minimal noise. Sensors and Internet of Things](refract.php?expertise=sensors.webp)
Sensors and Internet of Things
IOT, Communications, Dashboards
Sensors are ubiquitous, but the data must be collated and lead to understandable, actionable insights. For example, warehouse temperature monitoring to provide rapid notifications, saving energy and reducing damaged inventory.
![A control unit we designed, assembled and programmed. Electronics](refract.php?expertise=electronics.webp)
Electronics
Design, Prototyping, and Firmware
We build and design electronics for ourselves, and for automation and measurements. Hybrid analog, digital, and network systems are particularly useful for the Internet of Things.
![An idyllic representation of a solution to a serious problem.
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Environment and Energy
Renewables, Technology, and CO2 reduction
Our expertise in physics, chemistry, thermodynamics, and engineering helps evaluate and improve the technology in renewable energy projects. We also write energy-efficient software.
![Designing the concepts for a user interface.
Image created by Midjourney. User Experience, and Usability](refract.php?expertise=ux-ui.webp)
User Experience, and Usability
Design, Research, and Implementation
When the user-experience is good, via an intuitive user-interface, customers return, and operations make fewer errors with less training. Good user-interfaces are an art and a science.
![An audio workstation. Here, a waveform is being viewed and edited.
Image created by Midjourney. Audio-Visual, and Digital Creativity](refract.php?expertise=av-creativity.webp)
Audio-Visual, and Digital Creativity
Recording, streaming, editing, and design.
We use the entire open-source suite of image, audio and video tools in the course of our work, especially for scripting repetitive pipelines. We have the A/V hardware: cameras, mixers, amplifiers, speakers, lights, etc.
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Quantum Computing
Digital Security and Cryptography *
As quantum computing progresses towards real-world applications, there will be a race to prevent cryptographic weaknesses from being exploited by quantum algorithms.
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Teaching
Inspiring new Thinkers and Doers
We love our subjects, and sharing them with others, teaching, explaining, inspiring and mentoring. Many of us also teach professionally in fields including physics, programming, flying, and agile development.
Image credits: Midjourney.