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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning– Explained

Steve Blank

Your job is to explain the impact computers will have on business, defense and society to people who are using manual calculators and slide rules. You succeed in convincing one company and a government to adopt computers and learn to code much faster than their competitors /adversaries. Data Science – a new field of computer science.

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Demo day arrives for Springboard’s Internet of Things accelerator

The Next Web

The eight teams hail from all over the world – including entrants from Montreal, Toronto, Portugal and Bulgaria – and have spent the last three months tirelessly working away on their hardware-based startup ideas for the Internet of Things in preparation for today. Playground Energy .

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What is a smart locker?

The Startup Magazine

At the outset, smart locker s are a flexible tool that helps secure equipment and workflow management. They comprise an integrated computer and sensor mechanism that renders self-monitoring. They comprise an integrated computer and sensor mechanism that renders self-monitoring. Note that it is the least secure option.

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Where are the opportunities for machine learning startups? [guest post]

VC Cafe

So-called after the California Gold Rush where the purveyors of picks and shovels made a killing (whereas the outcome for prospectors was mixed), the picks and shovels of machine intelligence are hardware, data feeds, and (arguably) the algorithms themselves. On the hardware front, GPUs have enabled some extraordinary leaps forward.

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Ardent 3: Supercomputer Porn

Steve Blank

Supercomputers With the introduction in 1976 of the Cray-1 , supercomputers were defined as the fastest vector-processing computer , one in which a single instruction performed operations on an array rather than a single number. Cray’s first customers were the U.S. A supercomputer could be a 100x faster. What Markets?

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Single Sign-on Startup Opportunity Has Passed

Startup Professionals Musings

For as long as I can remember, computer users have been complaining about the array of names and passwords required to get work done – a different unique user identification name and password are required to start the computer, email, social networks, banking, read online news, connect to the office, or check your phone bill.

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

mashable.com

In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. It provides the cloud computing services and spam filters that Google soon integrated into Gmail. By purchasing the mobile hardware manufacturer, Google hopes "to supercharge the Android ecosystem.”. Motorola Mobility. dMarc Broadcasting.