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The Helix Organization and Beyond
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Helix Organization and Beyond

The matrix doesn't work well anymore.   So I think there should also be stronger integration to knowledge and decision making.  And linkages to machines and data...

All Electrical Aircraft Delivered
From The Eponymous Pickle

All Electrical Aircraft Delivered

The problem was recently mentioned here, is it practical to have all-electric commercial scale aircraft?  Here a first test underway:NASA takes delivery of first...

How do Machines Learn?
From The Eponymous Pickle

How do Machines Learn?

Completely non technical description, a simple place to start from.   Though here I add its not only how do we teach machines, but also how do they apply that teaching...

Tracking by Smart TVs
From Schneier on Security

Tracking by Smart TVs

Long Twitter thread about the tracking embedded in modern digital televisions. The thread references three academic papers....

Artificial Skin and Augmented Reality
From The Eponymous Pickle

Artificial Skin and Augmented Reality

Links between skin and augmented reality of interestArtificial Skin Could Help Rehabilitation, Enhance Virtual RealityEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLaure...

Amazon Alexa Strategy for Voice Retail?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon Alexa Strategy for Voice Retail?

From a retail perspective.   I was struck by the cancellation of the Amazon Dash replenishment idea,  so push button buying did not work, and voice buying alsoWhat...

From Computational Complexity

Quantum Supremacy: A Guest Post by Abhinav Deshpande

I am delighted to introduce youto Abhinav Deshpande, who is a graduate student at the University of Maryland, studying Quantum Computing. This will be a guest post...

Flux7 Launches HPC Cloud Consulting Practice
From insideHPC

Flux7 Launches HPC Cloud Consulting Practice

"Flux7’s HPC Consulting Practice is designed to help companies get more out of their investments including traditional HPC applications like seismic imaging, reservoir...

Adversarial Robustness Toolbox
From The Eponymous Pickle

Adversarial Robustness Toolbox

The below talk has already occured, the recording and slides will be placed here:  http://cognitive-science.info/community/weekly-update/   (The slides are there...

Chevron Technology Ventures Selects MemComputing for Prestigious Catalyst Program
From insideHPC

Chevron Technology Ventures Selects MemComputing for Prestigious Catalyst Program

Today MemComputing announced it has been selected for participation in the Chevron Technology Ventures Catalyst Program. CTV's Catalyst Program supports early-stage...

Rescale Listed as one of Y Combinator’s Top 101 Companies
From insideHPC

Rescale Listed as one of Y Combinator’s Top 101 Companies

HPC Cloud provider Rescale was recently named #39 to Y Combinator’s 2019 list of top 101 companies. This marks Rescale’s move up the prestigious list from lastRescale...

Addressing the Scientific Reproducibility Crisis with Singularity
From insideHPC

Addressing the Scientific Reproducibility Crisis with Singularity

In this video from the Perth HPC Conference, Michael Bauer from Sylabs presents: Addressing the Scientific Reproducibility Crisis with Singularity. Containers provide...

Social Credits Expand in China
From The Eponymous Pickle

Social Credits Expand in China

Once you have a ledger entry for every citizen, and the socialist government can add or delete credits for your behavior.   Real or Perceived,  Public or private...

Google Redesigns Shopping
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google Redesigns Shopping

Always thought Google had underused its lens to create a context stream within shopping decisions.  Is this finally a step forward?  Here using it for fashion decisions...

Long Term Photovoltaic Sensors Power RFID
From The Eponymous Pickle

Long Term Photovoltaic Sensors Power RFID

Impressive, if exposed to light, could power RFID chips for years.Photovoltaic-Powered Sensors for the Internet of ThingsMIT NewsRob MathesonMassachusetts Institute...

Measuring the Security of IoT Devices
From Schneier on Security

Measuring the Security of IoT Devices

In August, CyberITL completed a large-scale survey of software security practices in the IoT environment, by looking at the compiled software. Data Collected: 22...

The Design Council’s evolved Double Diamond
From Putting People First

The Design Council’s evolved Double Diamond

At the heart of the Design Council’s framework for innovation, which helps designers and non-designers across the globe tackle some of the most complex social,The...

Schneider Electric teams with Iceotope for Liquid-Cooled Datacenters
From insideHPC

Schneider Electric teams with Iceotope for Liquid-Cooled Datacenters

Today Schneider Electric announced it is teaming up with Avnet and Iceotope to jointly develop innovative, chassis-level immersive liquid cooling solutions forSchneider...

Terraform: Up & Running, 2nd edition has been published!
From Writing

Terraform: Up & Running, 2nd edition has been published!

Terraform: Up & Running, 2nd edition, has been published! The 2nd edition is nearly double the length of the 1st edition (~160 more pages), including two completely...

Harvard Admissions Lawsuit Decision Out
From My Biased Coin

Harvard Admissions Lawsuit Decision Out

As someone who reads a significant number of court documents and decisions (I still do expert witness work), I can recommend for your reading pleasure the very....
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