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Another look at IOT and especially Healthcare Vulnerabilities
From The Eponymous Pickle

Another look at IOT and especially Healthcare Vulnerabilities

 Seven key vulnerabilities mentioned.Medical, IoT Devices Vulnerable to AttackBy Dark Reading, March 11, 2022 Researchers at Forescout's Vedere Labs cybersecurity...

More on Tokamak Fusion
From The Eponymous Pickle

More on Tokamak Fusion

Continue to follow.  Though have been warned recently about net energy produced measures that need to be considered.  A nuclear fusion device pushes plasma to a...

Post Quantum Encryption Cracking
From The Eponymous Pickle

Post Quantum Encryption Cracking

 If so, a  problem for one kind of approach. Encryption Meant to Protect Against Quantum Hackers Is Easily CrackedBy New Scientist, March 11, 2022, CommentsWard...

Machine Intelligence Builds Soft Machines
From The Eponymous Pickle

Machine Intelligence Builds Soft Machines

 Softer is naturally more adaptable in a context. Machine Intelligence Builds Soft MachinesBy University of Maryland A. James Clark School of Engineering, February...

On Human Level AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

On Human Level AI

Another look on the meaning of human level AI, and its implication for computing and beyond.   Or the use of the word 'compatible' here.   Meta's Yann LeCun onBy...

Lego Robot with an Organic 'Brain' Learns to Navigate a Maze
From The Eponymous Pickle

Lego Robot with an Organic 'Brain' Learns to Navigate a Maze

Mention of Carver Mead, who I followed for some time.Lego Robot with an Organic 'Brain' Learns to Navigate a Maze  By Scientific American, January 28, 2022In the...

Webinar:   How Metadata Management Must Evolve to Support Data Fabric
From The Eponymous Pickle

Webinar: How Metadata Management Must Evolve to Support Data Fabric

Looks to be useful, plan to attend:TopQuadrant: How Metadata Management Must Evolve to Support Data Fabric   by Irene Polikoff | Mar 8, 2022 | Metadata Management...

Internet Break-Up?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Internet Break-Up?

Now seen it suggested in a number of places.  An Internet breakup imminent? Implications for both 'sides'.  In the BBC. Russia-Ukraine: Is internet on verge of ...

Caution with Deep Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Caution with Deep Learning

From the Opinion section of ACM.  Worth thinking about.   Has it hit a wall?  Cautious , yes, always.  Deep Learning Is Hitting a Wall     By NautilusFew fields...

Deception Environments
From The Eponymous Pickle

Deception Environments

Recently experienced a phishing attack which made me think of something similar, but will it work?  Will it work against those whose business is deception?Lamboozling...

HVAC Operation and Optimization
From The Eponymous Pickle

HVAC Operation and Optimization

Been a customer and process maintainer of HVAC systems, so intriguing to me.  Note the development of rules for appropriate operation. ML Offers Shortcut to Optimal...

Euro Automation and Jobs
From The Eponymous Pickle

Euro Automation and Jobs

 More looks at the influence of robotics on JobsAutomation Could Make 12 Million Jobs in Europe Redundantin ZDNet, Owen Hughes, January 20, 2022Automation could...

Understanding High-Mutating Viruses
From The Eponymous Pickle

Understanding High-Mutating Viruses

Tool Helps to Better Understand High-Mutating Viruses, Including COVID-19Los Alamos Reporter, March 8, 2022Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos...

Traceable Paper Money
From The Eponymous Pickle

Traceable Paper Money

Smart Paper Makes Traceable Money Possible RFID chips embedded in paper herald the future of trackable smart money JEREMY HSU02 MAY 2013  in Spectrum IEEEA simple...

EU Proposed Definition of AI Problematic?
From The Eponymous Pickle

EU Proposed Definition of AI Problematic?

Seems a strange definition, covering much more than AI,  like analytics of most any kind,  just not autonomous?   I am concerned that this will regulated us out...

Why Employee Welless Programs Don't Work
From The Eponymous Pickle

Why Employee Welless Programs Don't Work

Thoughtful piece and podcast.  Considerable plan costs involved.   Remedy?Why Employee Wellness Programs Don’t Work  in Knowledge@WhartonMany companies have employee...

IFTF Newsletter and more
From The Eponymous Pickle

IFTF Newsletter and more

 Starting soon this blog will start to selectively share content, with my comments, from The Institute for the Future  (IFTF)  newsletters. They are a group we...

Self Learning Assistance forManufacturing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Self Learning Assistance forManufacturing

Similar to a proposed application we came up with for manufacturing process observation and improvement assistance for lines that needed to maximize their up-time...

Book: Full Spectrum Thinking
From The Eponymous Pickle

Book: Full Spectrum Thinking

Good thoughts by current and longtime colleague.    CURRENT BOOK: Full-Spectrum Thinking: How to Escape Boxes in a Post-Categorical FutureFull-Spectrum Thinking...

True Holograms in Person to Person Communications
From The Eponymous Pickle

True Holograms in Person to Person Communications

Is it relevant?  Of course you could have asked this of multi person visual conference calling a few decades ago and got a negative. Our needs are driven by possibilities...
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