BIM: Building Information Modeling

Take a look at the picture below (more at Google), then read more here. :)

(From Purdy-McGuire)

Back to the... now?

The future is... now.

KIC 8462852

Just for future reference, we used to call it KIC 8462852, or TYC 3162-665-1, or  2MASS
J20061546+4427248 :)

Btw, arxiv paper that started it all is here.

A $3K 6-DOF manipulator? Sign me up.

Automata is designing a cheap manipulator.

The price will probably end up at least twice the quoted number, but still it is significantly better than what I have seen recently at RoboBusiness Expo where all 6- and 7-DOF manipulators in display were around $25-28K.

Open/close

Revolutionary? Not so much...
Cool in a nerdy way? Definitely yes!

Your home knows too much about your life!

Article on IoT from Propublica: "How much does your smart home know about you? That was the question that Charles Givre, a data scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton, set out to answer in a recent experiment."

Reads like a horror story, but there is more ‘meat’ if you read past first few paragraphs.

The Martian

In case you haven't heard about it, The Martian is doing pretty well in the box office. I went to see it for the second time last Friday with my eldest (kinda forced her to see it :), and it was still engaging... even though I have seen it before and read the book earlier this year. The large auditorium was packed on its second week.

After watching the movie, do not forget to watch the additional videos on YouTube. There are quite a few snippets that are really fun to watch.

BTW, the book is still #1 (kindle version), #2 (audio version) and #4 (paperback) in Amazon's best sellers list in Hard Science Fiction. If you ask me, this book should be a required reading for all STEM students.

Everything I learned about elliptic curves, I learned from Jeremy Kun

Seriously, pretty good write up at http://jeremykun.com/2014/02/08/introducing-elliptic-curves.

It starts simple ('I aced my middle school algebra class'-simple btw) and before you know it, Abelian groups will hit you hard. Well worth the few weeks you will spend on it :)

                                                       (Credit: Math ∩ Programming)

Amazon launches AWS IoT

Now, it is getting intersting...
Amazon announces AWS IoT platform (via TechCrunch)

https://aws.amazon.com/iot/

IFTTT Channels

Just looked at the available 'channels' on IFTTT and I am surprised with number of 'recipes' that are listed on the site. Also notable is the fact that 'Connected Home' section is the largest right now.

And, yes, there is an NPR channel. Wait! No Intuit channel?!

Weblog: Data-Driven Intelligence

Micheal Nielsen's 'Data-driven Intelligence' blog is quickly becoming one of my favorites.

AISE

Somebody got a new job as an AISE (artificial intelligence software engineer). Yep! That's the actual title :)

I moved from one group to another at the same company. From a software development position to one that is more research/tinkering oriented. Less REST API, more AI...

My current group/project(s) are all about innovation and advanced technology. The projects will require me to keep an eye on new technologies and research fields. Hence, this blog.. Hopefully, this will keep me on my toes, trying to follow recent developments in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Oh, it is going to be a-w-e-s-o-m-e!

test

Yep. Test...