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On Communication with Animals
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On Communication with Animals

Are we closer to communication with parrots, chimps, dolphins?  Will it be a key aspect of AI? On Communication By Vinton G. Cerf  in CACM.Communications of the...

Ear Worn eBP Sensor
From The Eponymous Pickle

Ear Worn eBP Sensor

I had understood that such BP methods were hard to do, my apologies if I was mistaken.  Here  considerable detail provided at the link.FROM COMMUNICATIONS OF THE...

Machine Learning and Science
From The Eponymous Pickle

Machine Learning and Science

 Good intro and positioning.   A bit of an overreach perhaps. How will machine learning change science?   by Tanya Petersen, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne...

A New Era for Mechanical CAD
From The Eponymous Pickle

A New Era for Mechanical CAD

Considerable piece.   We actively worked with computer aided design, and used sketchpad too.  Had always thought there would be better models for 'assistance' for...

Is the Dream of Self-Driving Car Over?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Is the Dream of Self-Driving Car Over?

Are we slipping on compete autonomy?  I don't think so.  It may take longer than expected, but it will be here.   It has too many long range benefits to ignore....

Cost of Data Breaches
From The Eponymous Pickle

Cost of Data Breaches

What it costs to have a Data Breach, useful data.IBM Report: Data-Breach Costs Hit 17-Year High of $4.24MNancy Chenyizhi Liu | Editor in SdxCentralJuly 28, 2021...

IBM Weather Company Best Weather Forecast
From The Eponymous Pickle

IBM Weather Company Best Weather Forecast

 We actively used weather prediction data and programs for supply chain models.  I now use IBM's Weather Company almost daily. Quite good, very accurate, not perfect...

Disrupting Ransomware by disrupting Cybercurrecy
From The Eponymous Pickle

Disrupting Ransomware by disrupting Cybercurrecy

Good piece in Schneier.  Disrupt the chain of reward.  Disrupting Ransomware by Disrupting BitcoinRansomware isn’t new; the idea dates back to 1986 with the “Brain...

Amex Uses Synthetic Data for Rare Fraud Patterns
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amex Uses Synthetic Data for Rare Fraud Patterns

Something we modeled even before machine learning to test 'nearness' to rare,  or even nonexistent patterns. Companies Beef Up AI Models with Synthetic Data  By...

What3Words Location Database
From The Eponymous Pickle

What3Words Location Database

And we continue to follow up the complexity, security and implications of determining location.  With a system called What3Words, which I had not heard of before...

Concerns about QR Codes
From The Eponymous Pickle

Concerns about QR Codes

Good points.    I had not known that some of this data was always gathered.   We did formally tesgrt the use of QR codes in store to get information about products...

How are those Drone Swarms Done?
From The Eponymous Pickle

How are those Drone Swarms Done?

I mentioned that we proposed drone and robotic swarms for industrial trials way back,   Now we are seeing the same kind of thing in shows that replace fireworks...

Thermal Sensor on a Smartphone
From The Eponymous Pickle

Thermal Sensor on a Smartphone

Always looking for data, and thus for good sensors.   We often used these for plant systems. Now smartphones give the opportunity for better portable applications...

Process Hacker Detects Intrusions
From The Eponymous Pickle

Process Hacker Detects Intrusions

Some of my work now examines systems security and related issues.  The system mentioned below covers 'Process Hacker', a system that detects and notifies you when...

Training as Maintenance
From The Eponymous Pickle

Training as Maintenance

Much of my early work  in the enterprise dealt with predicting maintenance in plant systems.  So this article is of interest.  Mckinsey's take, reasonable.   Can...

Bamboo Children's  Learning Skill
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Bamboo Children's Learning Skill

Taking a look at this, Alexa has not had enough children's voice learning skillsBamboo Learning Launches Comprehensive Educational Alexa Skill   By Eric Hal Schwartz...

Detecting Deception with Machine Leaning
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Detecting Deception with Machine Leaning

Quite interesting, but my guess, if something like this sees much use, will be heavily regulated.  Below intro, more at the link. Detecting DeceptionBy Sandrine...

IBM and Japan: Quantum System One
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IBM and Japan: Quantum System One

 More moves forward in Quantum Computing:IBM and the University of Tokyo Unveil Japan's Most Powerful Quantum Computer in PRNewsWireTOKYO, July 26, 2021 /PRNewswire...

Designing Optimal Auctions Through DeepLearning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Designing Optimal Auctions Through DeepLearning

Long time involved in auction protocols.  So this interested me.  Not quite sure how it would work in contexts, but intriguing.  Technical.Optimal Auctions Through...

Cobot Designer for Robot Safety
From The Eponymous Pickle

Cobot Designer for Robot Safety

A free available application.Web-based design tool for better job safetyResearch News / July 01, 2021  FraunhoferThe safety of people interacting with robots has...
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