Tag: hardware

Where Eagles Dare

Automation is starting to impact more and more fields of expertise were humans were considered to be essential: driving cars, working in a factory, serving food and, lately, the art of killing one another. As the era of mass warfare came to an end, the population of western countries became increasingly unsupportive with the idea… Read more Where Eagles Dare

Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing in Defence Systems

“An unmanned systems future, really for almost every facet of our life, is inevitable.  It is not going away, so we need to deal with it head-on” says Brigadier General Frank Kelley, and I concur. Kelley, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy’s unmanned systems put forward his idea that the unmanned drones are on… Read more Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing in Defence Systems

Military Drone latencies

The near future in the aviation industry looks to be one hundred percent autonomous. There are already current military systems that are able to control and navigate autonomous systems from nearby bases and unmanned aerial vehicles that possess the power to access remote areas to conduct search operations, deliver potential packages, supply raw materials, scan earth… Read more Military Drone latencies

Hardware Startups too Hard? Lack of Hardware Innovation & Its Limitations

I have heard it mentioned a few times in class that software is becoming the dominant player in a market that used to be controlled by hardware.  It makes sense, as we see the development of cloud computing, virtualization, & shared resources utilizing complex software on just a few machines.  One of the key notes… Read more Hardware Startups too Hard? Lack of Hardware Innovation & Its Limitations

Hardware options for Machine/Deep Learning

With last Friday’s talks on Machine Learning (ML), it is clear that we are currently in a boom of ML and AI SaaS products (like Lark, and even Haystack TV). Many of these applications are hosted in public clouds with companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft Azure. The details of the hardware deployments are hidden… Read more Hardware options for Machine/Deep Learning

Hardware Level Security

In this week’s lecture, Dr. Stephen Herrod mentioned the importance of cyber-security. Data storage is sensitive, and security of that data is very important. In addition, more and more data is being stored online including health records, etc. Stephen also mentioned how cyber attacks are becoming more sophisticated by using massive public cloud resources, hijacking the internet of things to create… Read more Hardware Level Security

Can IoT save retail?

Retail environments have undergone significant change over the past two decades due to the introduction of information technologies, including the rise of online shopping. The Internet of Things has the potential to cause even greater disruption, but IoT can also provide traditional retailers with the tools to compete—and coexist—with the online retail world as “omni-channel”… Read more Can IoT save retail?

Day 2 for brands – Voice

Jeff Bezos is famous for his metaphor of “Day 1” which serves as his leadership philosophy and manifesto guiding Amazon. Day 1 is an ideal state for the company which Amazon fights to retain as “Day 2 is stasis. Followed by irrelevance. Followed by excruciating, painful decline. Followed by death.” Bezos addressed this concept in… Read more Day 2 for brands – Voice

AI and ML at Microsoft, Google, and Apple

With machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) being of particular relevance to this course as leading trends in IT, and also central themes in the annual developer conferences of 3 tech giants, I have chosen to compare & contrast strategies, products, and approaches in the field. Microsoft at Build, Apple at WWDC, and Google… Read more AI and ML at Microsoft, Google, and Apple