Tag: Technology

Lucius Fox, The Dark Knight, The Panopticon Penitentiary and The Democratic Geneva Convention. Same Same but not all that different.

Fact: Your body sheds 50 million skin cells every day in homeostatic conditions. Fact: An American adult will spend up to 11 hours per day engaging in watching, reading, listening or simply interacting with media on a daily basis. Our dermis carries in it our DNA telling a story of our epigenetic environment. Similarly, the… Read more Lucius Fox, The Dark Knight, The Panopticon Penitentiary and The Democratic Geneva Convention. Same Same but not all that different.

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

Technology's Hierarchy of Needs

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs attempts to distill the psycho-physiological necessities for human beings into five interdependent layers. As one moves up the tiers, each is more laborious to attain than the last with self-actualization at the pinnacle. Moving down, each tier becomes more vital to existence with air, water, and food as the base. These… Read more Technology's Hierarchy of Needs

Processor technologies for IoT/Cloud Computing/AI-ML

In his first lecture, Daniel had mentioned that processors are the brains responsible for performing all the computations and also presented a slide to depict the clash of different processor technologies. This blog post will give an overview of some of the current processor technologies and how they are getting benefitted by new technologies like… Read more Processor technologies for IoT/Cloud Computing/AI-ML

You can’t spell ‘Idiot’ without 'IOT': Why consumers are afraid of the Smart Home

There is a quote from the 1993 Spielberg classic ‘Jurassic Park’, spoken by the living meme that is Jeff Goldblum. When being briefed in on the internal operations of the park, the eccentric Dr. Ian Malcolm chimes in, lambasting the park owner, John Hammond, and his team. “[They] were so preoccupied with whether or not… Read more You can’t spell ‘Idiot’ without 'IOT': Why consumers are afraid of the Smart Home

IoT and Edge Computing Services

The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the most hyped topics in today’s technology coverage. But what really is IoT? The term IoT summarizes all connected “entities”. The Internet of Things is made up of the smallest machines up to the largest computers. All of them have in common that they use networking technology… Read more IoT and Edge Computing Services

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

How to measure deep learning performance?

With the huge success of deep learning in various fields, there is a critical question we need to answer. How to measure deep learning performance? In 2018, NVIDA president and CEO put forward the PLASTER framework to answer it [1]. PLASTER stands for Programmability, Latency, Accuracy, Size of a model, Throughput, Energy efficiency, and Rate… Read more How to measure deep learning performance?

The future of distribution is “almost” ready to take off

Every now and then our eyes capture the sight of a small and noisy object flying across the sky. Mostly, it takes us some time to figure out and identify the rare encounter, but once we do, everybody seems amazed and cannot stop following its trajectory. Yes, in case a drone popped into your mind… Read more The future of distribution is “almost” ready to take off

Finding a CTO with the right chops

Over the last few years, I have had multiple friends and colleagues tell me how difficult it is to find capable software and technology architects to run the technical aspects of their businesses. While I have taken their word, Suja Viswesan’s lecture from LinkedIn—along with the other lectures and research I have performed while in this… Read more Finding a CTO with the right chops