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Evading Sanctions with Crypto?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Evading Sanctions with Crypto?

As was mentioned to me by my DC connections, their concern is that  Crypto evade such government attempts?  Below the intro to a longer articleRussians are using...

Time Mag Releases an Issue as an NFT
From The Eponymous Pickle

Time Mag Releases an Issue as an NFT

Further possibilities for the blockchain enabled non-fungible token (NFT).     Besides the demo, not seeing the actual need.   But it seems it can be done.TimeTime...

In Need of Dumb-Phones?
From The Eponymous Pickle

In Need of Dumb-Phones?

 I don't think this will become common, too much  attention is payed to Apps and upgrades, but the point is made. Not smart but clever? The return of 'dumbphones'...

AI-driven Operations Forecasting in Data-light Environments
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI-driven Operations Forecasting in Data-light Environments

 Integrating accurate forecasting is essential.AI-driven operations forecasting in data-light environmentsFor better forecasting in operations management, AI is...

Using Synthetic Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Using Synthetic Data

Synthetic data training from real data.When It Comes to AI, Can We Ditch the Datasets?MIT News, Adam Zewe, March 15, 2022Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)...

Fast Doglike Robotics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Fast Doglike Robotics

Faster tracking surveillance? Note its training abilities.  Mini Cheetah RunsMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have designed a new version...

Battery Free Device Can Float Sensors Like a Dandelion
From The Eponymous Pickle

Battery Free Device Can Float Sensors Like a Dandelion

Quite interesting Bio Mimicry. Battery-free Devices Float on the Wind like Dandelion SeedsBy University of Washington News, March 18, 2022University of Washington...

Hovermap for liDAR Innovation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Hovermap for liDAR Innovation

Mapping with LidarLiDAR News by Gene Roe   February 8, 2022 Leave a commentHovermap Wins Geo Week’s LiDAR Leader Outstanding Innovation AwardEmesent is proud to...

Ransomware Helping Putin?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Ransomware Helping Putin?

Conti Ransomware Gang Helping Putin?  Become more aware of software as a governmental weapon.  Some indications hints and here. Leaked Ransomware Docs Show Conti...

Microsoft and PeopleLens
From The Eponymous Pickle

Microsoft and PeopleLens

Fascinating direction, and natural for Msoft's work in AR capabilities. Microsoft Research BlogPeopleLens: Using AI to support social interaction between children...

AI Needs to Selectively Forget too
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI Needs to Selectively Forget too

We discovered his early on as we had to effectively maintain models. Can AI Learn to Forget?     By Samuel Greengard  in the CACM Communications of the ACM, April...

Amazon Gets more Biometric Capabilities,
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon Gets more Biometric Capabilities,

 Interesting, don't consider this as ominous as is being implied here.  Scare quotes alerting you.   If it works to make people safer,  expect this to happen. In...

On 3D Chip Tech:  Stacking Chips
From The Eponymous Pickle

On 3D Chip Tech: Stacking Chips

 Intro to the tech and how it is evolving.3 Ways 3D Chip Tech Is Upending Computing AMD, Graphcore, and Intel show why the industry’s leading edge is going vertical...

Robot Arm Advances for Human Proximity Tasks
From The Eponymous Pickle

Robot Arm Advances for Human Proximity Tasks

Fraunhofer at the Hannover Messe Preview 2022Safe and powerful robotics for near-human tasksResearch News / March 16, 2022Robots mowing lawns is a form of robotic...

Consider AI Worst Case
From The Eponymous Pickle

Consider AI Worst Case

AI’s 6 Worst-Case Scenarios.  Who needs Terminators when you have precision clickbait and ultra-deepfakes?   By NATASHA BAJEMA in IEEE Expert HOLLYWOOD’S WORST-CASE...

The Brain Rotates Memories
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Brain Rotates Memories

How might we utilize this this? Beyond just tagging memories with a time stamp?The Brain ‘Rotates’ Memories to Save Them From New Sensations  By Jordana Cepelewicz...

Robot Dogs Join NY Fire Department
From The Eponymous Pickle

Robot Dogs Join NY Fire Department

I recall they were rejected for any  police work, but fighting fires is OK.  It seems the same 'Spot' style systems from Boston Dynamics.   Would like to see the...

Algae as Energy Source
From The Eponymous Pickle

Algae as Energy Source

 Had heard of this some time ago, is it reasonably useful? AI Predicts Algae Potential as Alternative Energy SourceBy AgriLife Today, March 17, 2022Scientists at...

Advances in Flexible Drone Warefare
From The Eponymous Pickle

Advances in Flexible Drone Warefare

 It has been been mentioned in a number of press sources that so-called 'Switchblade' drones are now being used and provided by the US, and are being used in the...

Microsoft and the Topological Qubit
From The Eponymous Pickle

Microsoft and the Topological Qubit

Msoft Says it will arrive, and it will even scale.Microsoft announces progress on a completely new type of qubitTopological qubits don't exist yet, but the company...
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