Monday, March 27, 2017

Come on Nanotech! The 3D Printer We Really Need

Wouldn't it be nice to bypass big pharma and make the drug you need on demand - at the doctor's office of course :) This machine ain't going to be cheap :)

Monday, March 20, 2017

Wiki Style MLS

How many of you have the same complaint?

Buyer's agent sends you some listings - you can barely read the listing - you have to dig for every scrap of info. You show up and you're underwhelmed or flat out disappointed because, if you knew about things - like the floorplan, etc, you'd have passed in the first place.

What can we do?

Saturday, March 11, 2017

Tensorflow Set to Upend Hardware Verification

I'm sure TF can go through your legacy testbenches and figure out how to verify your new design. Tessolve might have to say goodbye to their new ventures.

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

nVidia GPU Egg Fryer

Remember SETI running out of compute power and outsourcing computations to citizens' screensavers?

Why not national labs do the same things with nVidia GPUs - you buy a GPU and use it when someone needs some computational work done - the heat generated fries your egg.

Think about it - the Carnot cycle - you generate heat - which then boils water and the steam does the mechanical work - and you have to use a coolant to get back to water so you can repeat. Key point in this new idea is that your coolant is the egg that's been sitting cool in the fridge.

Saturday, February 25, 2017

High Tech University

Here's my concept for a new university. GOOG should put in $1b to fund this.

Offer reverse engineering services - which require all kinds of fancy equipment. The idea - kids working on reverse engineering the latest stuff are now ready to extend the state of the art. How can you beat this?

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Cops as School Teachers

Cops on the nasty school may be able to curb some issues.. But, do kids really get the benefits?

How about having cops who have a passion for teaching, and can use their enforcement skills when called upon to do so?

If you see a cop trying to teach you math because he truly knows how much in your interest it is to master the basic skills, you might actually pay attention. You think?

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

The Version of Alexa that Goldman Sachs Wants AMZN to Make

I just assume the folks at GS are busier than the rest of us mere mortals. So, if I could use this one, I'm sure they'd love it as well..

Your presence is required in a meeting you can join via Skype. Okay. Now, you, like the successful millionaires at GS want to multitask. So, here's the wish list :

You want to be able to mute the sound.
You want to be able to mute your microphone.
When your name is mentioned, you want the preceding speech transcribed and showing up on the screen - of the PC and your phone. You might step away from the desk, so you want to be able to get the alert on both devices.
Your name might be mentioned as "That's what I was told by Robert" OR "Isn't that the case Robert?" OR "Robert? Did you hear from XYZ?" You get the idea. You don't really want to be in this meeting, but, when you need to be, you need to be clued in - the question needs to be available visually so you can quickly get in the game.
So, there's got to be bluetooth connectivity so YOU don't have to listen but your gadget needs to.
There's got to be an alert mechanism.
Using machine learning or other AI, it should be able to predict, even before the question arises that the 2 principal interlocutors will soon be calling on a third party.
Nice? Go for it Goldman Jocks!