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LiDAR Test Starts up Again
From The Eponymous Pickle

LiDAR Test Starts up Again

 Am now finally getting into my LIDAR test,  on a Apple 12 Pro phone for now.   Using the package Polycam, which looks easy to use and is free for the initial testing...

Advances in Language-Based AI Tasks
From The Eponymous Pickle

Advances in Language-Based AI Tasks

Not surprising,  language is communications.  Between us and everything else.  Spent lots of time trying to make that work.Advances in Language-Based AI Tasks Seen...

API's Again: Building Blocks for Transformation
From The Eponymous Pickle

API's Again: Building Blocks for Transformation

The recent thing about the Supreme Court ruling in a 6–2 decision that Google's use of the Java APIs fell into fair use, made us think of API's again.    Are they...

Secure Lifecycle for IOT
From The Eponymous Pickle

Secure Lifecycle for IOT

This issue of the process involved came up recently, here a good intro. Images provided are very The 3 Stages in Secure Product Lifecycle Management  in IOTCentral...

Consumer Goods AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

Consumer Goods AI

 Simple example of use of AI and automating paid search.Lingerie Brand Leverages AI for Automating Paid Search and Social Media Marketing  in Emerj.comDaniel Faggella...

Understanding Deep Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Understanding Deep Learning

Quite well put,  thoughtful about neural nets.   Much more at the link. Understanding Deep Learning (Still) Requires Rethinking GeneralizationBy Chiyuan Zhang,Communications...

Holograms Improved?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Holograms Improved?

 Seen a number of examples, never satisfying will this improve them?  But note 'doodles of light', not full images.  Possible applications interacting with health...

Towards a Bionic Eye
From The Eponymous Pickle

Towards a Bionic Eye

 As a means for providing new kinds of eye like sensors?   Many efforts in this space. Computer Model Fosters Potential Improvements to 'Bionic Eye' TechnologyKeck...

Dubai RoboTaxi Service: GM's Cruise Origin
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Dubai RoboTaxi Service: GM's Cruise Origin

More self driving, here a taxi service.  More data and experience with the customers and concept.GM's Cruise will operate a robotaxi service in Dubai  in Engadget...

Whiff, A Scent Revolution?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Whiff, A Scent Revolution?

 I had cause to review the book "Whiff! The Revolution of Scent Communication in the Information Age", by C Russell Brumfield.   A good overview the concept of...

Detecting Emotion: Fundametally flawed?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Detecting Emotion: Fundametally flawed?

We did long time tests with emotion  reading, in retail starting with work using MIT 'emotion glasses',  Was interesting for initial tests, but not spot on accurate...

Shoppable Indoor Maps by Google
From The Eponymous Pickle

Shoppable Indoor Maps by Google

Not  a new thing, we saw several examples of this in retail in the 90s.  Put it in our retail experiments.  Even Google was experimenting with the idea then.   Though...

IBM to Install Quantum Computer at Cleveland Clinic
From The Eponymous Pickle

IBM to Install Quantum Computer at Cleveland Clinic

To include Hybrid cloud services and AI.  And to be called an 'Discovery Accelerator' Cleveland Clinic will be IBM’s first private sector customer to install aBy...

UV Light Robotics for Plane Disinfection
From The Eponymous Pickle

UV Light Robotics for Plane Disinfection

Sounds like a good idea, how well does it work?Swiss Robots Use UV Light to Zap Viruses Aboard Passenger PlanesReuters,  Arnd Wiegmann; John Miller,  April 1, 2021...

US Venture Funding Soars
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US Venture Funding Soars

Following new ventures and their funding.Venture funding soared to record $64 billion in Q1Ari Levy @LEVYNEWSKey PointsVenture funding in the U.S. hit $64 billion...

Measuring Innovation in the Workplace
From The Eponymous Pickle

Measuring Innovation in the Workplace

Below just the intro, an interesting piece our of Microsoft Research.   An example they say of using machine learning to derive and measure insights from connected...

On the State of the Cloud, now with Innovation Added
From The Eponymous Pickle

On the State of the Cloud, now with Innovation Added

Useful details on the topic, with many links by a former IBMer who we worked with.  A good follow.  Below the intro paragraph. A collection of observations, news...

Harnessing Chaos to Secure Devices
From The Eponymous Pickle

Harnessing Chaos to Secure Devices

 Seems a quite clever idea.  A means of securing devices.Illustration of a tech-based digital fingerprint. Scientists Harness Chaos to Protect Devices From Hackers...

Snythetic Data in Medical Research
From The Eponymous Pickle

Snythetic Data in Medical Research

Sounds like a bad idea, but you can use the idea of synthetic data to construct innovative models as starting points for serious research.   We did this to understand...

Augmented Reality Remote Assistants
From The Eponymous Pickle

Augmented Reality Remote Assistants

 Had not thought of this specifically, ot a bad idea if it can be done well.  Needs to be taken beyond voice.   But what takes it most effectively beyond the screen...
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