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College in a MetaVersity?
From The Eponymous Pickle

College in a MetaVersity?

Change is coming,  but the metaverse is also not ready.     Based on our own experiences,  there is much yet to be done to prepare content, delivery and users of...

Asteroid Mining
From The Eponymous Pickle

Asteroid Mining

 A longtime interest, here some good background information.  Skeptical of some value analyses, but ultimately this will be done.Asteroid Material Provides ‘Most...

Are Drones the Optimal Way to Distribute COVID-19 Tests?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Are Drones the Optimal Way to Distribute COVID-19 Tests?

Don't see it except for exceptional situations.  Are Drones the Optimal Way to Distribute COVID-19 Tests?Texas A&M TodayRae Lynn Mitchell, July 22, 2022A new COVID...

GM Answers Questions on EV
From The Eponymous Pickle

GM Answers Questions on EV

Useful outline.  GM wants to answer all your burning questions about electric vehiclesEV Live is the automaker’s latest effort to educate consumers about all things...

cPacket Networks Announces Data Center Observability Products
From insideHPC

cPacket Networks Announces Data Center Observability Products

Milpitas, Calif. – August 16, 2022 – cPacket Networks, maker of hybrid-cloud observability solutions, today announces the latest set of products designed for broader...

TEAMGROUP Claims 1st Heat Dissipating Graphene PCIe 4.0 SSD Label for Cooling Performance
From insideHPC

TEAMGROUP Claims 1st Heat Dissipating Graphene PCIe 4.0 SSD Label for Cooling Performance

August 16, 2022, Taipei — Memory company TEAMGROUP announced announced MP44L M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD, featuring what it said is a breakthrough cooling technology: theTEAMGROUP...

Verge.io Unveils Virtualized GPU Computing
From insideHPC

Verge.io Unveils Virtualized GPU Computing

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—August 16, 2022 — Verge.io, with a mission to offer a simpler way to virtualize data centers, has added new features to its Verge-OS software designed...

Nanomagnets, Wine  and AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

Nanomagnets, Wine and AI

 Interesting application with energy implications.Nanomagnets Can Choose a Wine, Could Quench AI's Thirst for EnergyBy National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Artificial Intelligence and CS Education
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Artificial Intelligence and CS Education

It;s seems like artificial intelligence has been “10 years away” for the last 40 years. Back in the mini computer days every computer was custom and configurations...

Large Language Models and AI Hardware
From The Eponymous Pickle

Large Language Models and AI Hardware

 I thought LLMs were generally available,  but perhaps not generally so. Democratizing LLMs Needs a Revolution in AI HardwareBy TechTalks, August 2, 2022AndrewThere...

Future of Metaverse: An Interview with Matthew Ball
From The Eponymous Pickle

Future of Metaverse: An Interview with Matthew Ball

Matthew Ball, Metaverse Theorist,  with a book forthcoming that I will read ...  on the Metaverse: We've never seen a shift this enormous  ...By Janko Roettgers...

Self-Taught AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

Self-Taught AI

 Like the linking to how the brain works, though brain and AI are still very different.Self-Taught AI Shows Similarities to How the Brain WorksBy Quanta Magazine...

AI Will Come to the Rescue of Future Firefighters
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI Will Come to the Rescue of Future Firefighters

Worked on the application of data to firefighting teams in my early days, appreciated this clearly can be further leverage by using AI methods. AI May Come to the...

Surveillance Too Cheap to Meter?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Surveillance Too Cheap to Meter?

 Interesting point ....   And consider as AI in general becomes cheap.Surveillance Too Cheap to Meter   By Poul-Henning KampCommunications of the ACM, July 2022...

Granulate to Launch Free Autonomous Kubernetes Cost Optimization
From insideHPC

Granulate to Launch Free Autonomous Kubernetes Cost Optimization

Tel Aviv August 11, 2022- Granulate, an Intel company, developer of autonomous workload optimization solutions, announced the upcoming launch of a free cost-reduction...

AWS Launches GA of Private 5G — Though it’s 4G for Now
From insideHPC

AWS Launches GA of Private 5G — Though it’s 4G for Now

Having previewed its Private 5G offering last November, Amazon Web Services has announced the general availability of the  managed service designed “to help enterprises...

From Computational Complexity

A non-controversial question about the Documents Donald Trump had in his house

This is a non-partisan post. In the interest of disclosure I will divulge that I do not think private citizens should have top secret government documents in their...

Amazon Plans more Retail Palm Scanning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon Plans more Retail Palm Scanning

 Also a space we examined. Amazon Expands Palm-Scanning Payment Tech to 65 More Whole Foods LocationsBy TechCrunch, August 12, 2022Amazon plans to expand its Amazon...

Robot Arms to Stock Shelves
From The Eponymous Pickle

Robot Arms to Stock Shelves

Considerable Labor Savings in retail.Robot Arms Replacing Shelf Stockers in Japan's StoresBloombergVlad Savov, Mia Glass, August 9, 2022FamilyMart Co. will install...

Ethereum going to proof of stake?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Ethereum going to proof of stake?

 Ethereum going to proof of stake?  Far less carbon emissions. Ethereum Merge: How Crypto's Carbon Footprint Is About to ShrinkBy CNet.July 15, 2022Whether youThat...
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