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Reducing Complexity of Big Data
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Reducing Complexity of Big Data

 Feature detection and extraction to simplify data use in complex data.  Intriguing approach is worth a look,  Simplifying is always a good idea if it providesAlgorithm...

First Public Quantum Company
From The Eponymous Pickle

First Public Quantum Company

Not premature still lots to do in understanding the potential, needs and directing research, but there is lots also happening with larger players.Quantum computing...

Double Masking has Limited Benefits, Says Supercomputer Model
From The Eponymous Pickle

Double Masking has Limited Benefits, Says Supercomputer Model

Am not in a place to evaluate this analysis, or seen a validation, but surprised we have not seen similar analytics regarding transmission of CoronaVirus.  Double...

MS Exchange Server, Patched Late
From The Eponymous Pickle

MS Exchange Server, Patched Late

Why did it take so long for Microsoft to respond?    I have been getting updates, including I assume  patches, from Microsoft once a week since the beginning of...

More Agricultural Drone Use
From The Eponymous Pickle

More Agricultural Drone Use

New uses continuing to emerge:Drones vs. Hungry Moths: Dutch Use Tech to Protect Crops  By Associated Press  March 10, 2021A moth-killing drone hovers over plants...

Time tothink Your Global Logistics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Time tothink Your Global Logistics

Some thoughts about changes Post Pandemic adjustments in supply chains.It’s Time to Rethink Your Global Logisticsby Willy C. Shih and Adrien Foucault  in the HBR...

Reinforcement Learning and Entropy
From The Eponymous Pickle

Reinforcement Learning and Entropy

 Have recently been looking at Reinforcement Learning methods.   And this as a form of simulation-optimization for 'Twin' style models that need training.  Berkeley...

Hw to Get Started in Quantum Computing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Hw to Get Started in Quantum Computing

Pointers to lots of resources and simulators.How to Get Started in Quantum Computing   By Nature  March 3, 2021For those who want to see what the fuss is about,...

China Moves ahead to Digital Currency
From The Eponymous Pickle

China Moves ahead to Digital Currency

China Charges Ahead with National Digital Currency   By The New York Times  March 4, 2021China has charged ahead with a bold effort to remake the way that government...

Faster Linear Equations
From The Eponymous Pickle

Faster Linear Equations

 Like the aspect of guessing to solve, implies the useful introduction  of randomness. Algorithm Breaks Speed Limit for Solving Linear EquationsBy Quanta Magazine...

Just Walk Out: Cashierless Shopping
From The Eponymous Pickle

Just Walk Out: Cashierless Shopping

Being tested in a number of Amazon Go Stores.   Pushing convenience.   In my cook role would love to be able to 'just walk out' with an ingredient item or two. ...

Amazon Lookout spots Defects and Anomalies in Visuals
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon Lookout spots Defects and Anomalies in Visuals

Had not heard of this particular AWS service, could have been useful on our industrial manufacturing and supply chain areas.  Just as we use our vision to scanAmazon...

Soft Robots Turn Rigid on Demand
From The Eponymous Pickle

Soft Robots Turn Rigid on Demand

 Intriguing capability that addresses adding rigidity to allow robots to resist movement.   Had not thought of this as a useful function.Helping Soft Robots Turn...

Web As We Know it Ending?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Web As We Know it Ending?

 Changing yes, but ending now.  We are too dependent on it for too many things.  No doubt using it is getting trickier.  Need to look closer at risks and Threats...

Talk Tonight: A Thousand Brains:   Jeff Hawkins
From The Eponymous Pickle

Talk Tonight: A Thousand Brains: Jeff Hawkins

  Late to this, but of interest, talked to Jeff in our early AI exploration days.Neuroscientist and engineer Jeff Hawkins unveils a new biological theory of intelligence...

Intel Works with Johnson Controls and Sensormatic for Digital Transformations in Retail.
From The Eponymous Pickle

Intel Works with Johnson Controls and Sensormatic for Digital Transformations in Retail.

We talked with Intel on their Movidius vision sensor systems for related applications. This appears to be a considerable advance and direction. “By leveraging Intel...

Future of Logistics:  Autonomous High Speed Transporting
From The Eponymous Pickle

Future of Logistics: Autonomous High Speed Transporting

New Efforts in the future of logistics:An Autonomous High-Speed Transporter for Tomorrow's Logistics  By Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Germany)  March 9, 2021Able to...

Using Synthetic Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Using Synthetic Data

Worked with elements of the idea for some time the enterprise. In fact after a while we learned that its often very useful to have synthetic data alongside 'real'...

FHE Encryption Getting Support from DARPA
From The Eponymous Pickle

FHE Encryption Getting Support from DARPA

The approach is getting more support.    Will post quantum decryption threaten it?Intel will develop a fully homomorphic encryption chip for DARPA  BY MARIA DEUTSCHER...

Last Cortana Speaker is Recalled
From The Eponymous Pickle

Last Cortana Speaker is Recalled

 What seemed like a very credible assistant offering, the Harmon Kardan Intent Speaker, which included the Microsoft assistant Cortana, has left the field.  Further...
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