The New York Times had an article on HP labs activities to gather information on a massive scale . It's a research and development program to show an example of building a planet-wide sensing network, using billions of "tiny, cheap, tough and exquisitely sensitive detectors." This kind...
Jim Miller and Mateen Greenway (a couple of other fellows here at HP) just posted an article on hp.com about Three Ways to Thrive in an Uncertain Economic Upturn . These are a different perspective of some of the same issues Jean and I talked about in our Innovation During a Downturn podcast a few weeks...
There is a good interview of Tim O'Reilly that validated many of the posts we've made in this blog over the last 5 years. He also published a white paper that goes into more details . The way business value is generated in the future will be changing, as we have the intersection of sensors and...
A few times on this blog I've talked about the use of the downturn as a jumping off point for innovation and advantage . The other day Jean Lehmann and I were interviewed by about why now is a prime time for innovation. I've put a link to the MP3 file here. Click here to play this audio clip
The BBC has an article: Mobile phones get cyborg vision that got me thinking about the number of times I've seen examples of augmented reality demonstration projects recently. This article states: "Via the video function of a mobile phone's camera it is now possible to combine a regular...
In Computer magazine , there was a recent article Beyond Asimov: The Three Laws of Responsible Robotics. This article addressed a perspective I've always had - Robots will need to have significantly more "perceptual and reasoning capabilities" in order to even approach being able to follow...
It's clear that we're going to be in for a crescendo of wailing and praise around Windows 7 over the next few weeks. Articles are coming out in the Wall Street Journal - by the time it gets to that stage, the release is imminent and your access to it will vary based upon your ties with Microsoft...
There is an article in this month's Smithsonian magazine about robotics and the issues with what they can do, and the problems people have when robots look too human. This is a good article for those interested in robotics or in the numerous robotics projects currently taking place. The article also...