Favorite theories of the world’s most eminent thinkers are as eclectic as science itself. In this fascinating study, they cover: Darwin’s Natural Selection Einstein’s Theory of Relativity The discovery that the conscious, deliberative mind is not the author of important decisions Emergence Pavlovian conditioning Two brain systems Chance shaping Personality People become what they do… [Read more…]
September 15, 2011
It is really a simple idea and must be easy to do. It may even exist. Otherwise, I would like to get it built during one of the product sprints. Why? I was reading a bunch of articles on Technology Review and started noticing terms, I have not heard before. Terms like ‘flow cyclometry’, ‘bio… [Read more…]
February 16, 2011
NSF will invest in the multi-agency National Robotics Initiative (NRI) to help develop robots that work beside, interact cooperatively with, or assist people in manufacturing, space and undersea exploration, health care and rehabilitation, military and homeland security and surveillance, education and training, and safe driving. Biological systems provide architectural and operational blue prints to guide… [Read more…]
August 28, 2010
What Intelligence do you need as a company? Here are some ways of looking at intelligence you need to gather to stay competitive. Market/Industry Intelligence You need an idea of your marketplace, players in the space. You need to identify potential competition and partners. While you gather information about your marketplace, you may also want… [Read more…]
August 1, 2010
The concept of emotion markup language itself is quite fascinating. In one of our web data mining applications, we are trying to deal with sentiment based on discussion groups. Easier said than done. There are several packages that mine social data for sentiments. So I was hoping that some kind of standard for Sentiment, at… [Read more…]
June 9, 2010
After I started Tweeting, my blog activity took a nose dive. Most of my LinkLog entries are now tweets. So here is my first attempt to take some of my tweets and elaborate a bit. “Social Media and Business Intelligence” Presented by Phil Brittan, CI Manager at Best Buy http://bit.ly/a7mn0o This is notes from SCIP10 (annual conference… [Read more…]
May 19, 2010
The Prediction API enables access to Google’s machine learning algorithms to analyze your historic data and predict likely future outcomes. Upload your data to Google Storage for Developers, then use the Prediction API to make real-time decisions in your applications. The Prediction API implements supervised learning algorithms as a RESTful web service to let you… [Read more…]
February 22, 2010
Is internet changing the definition of human intelligence? In a survey that explores whether internet is making us smarter or dumber, there are several interesting opinions: Experts and stakeholders say the Internet will enhance our intelligence – not make us stupid. It will also change the functions of reading and writing and be built around… [Read more…]
January 4, 2010
Internet of Things (IOT) is one of the emerging technology trends. Some indications of useful applications of IOT are given by the Hydra project team. With Hydra, all manner of devices such as electricity meters, TV sets, refrigerators, stereos as well as heating and lighting systems, can be networked without having to know what goes… [Read more…]
October 20, 2009
From “Two Score and More: A Lifetime of Learning for Keeping Engineers at the Fore” I suggest the Lifelong Learning Imperative truly is a grand challenge. Here’s why: The scope is not only ambitious, it is bold. It encompasses engineers at all ages; it embraces engineering at all stages. It’s also a good time to… [Read more…]
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