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I have assumed, that now Rob has progressed to full time playing golf, that's right schmoozing our paid up members and collaborators and getting paid for it (good on ya bloke), the job of podcast master, must now surely rest with our new VP of WW sales. Although I think Jerome would make an excellent host.
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I'm pretty sure they stated in the newsletter that the podcast was on a break (into October I think).
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From day one at the #AIHardwareSummit. The BrainChip booth in action with demos running! #neuromorphic #AI #EdgeAI
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Deliberately I post this without evaluation and want to remain as neutral as possible with this post. I have followed the construction of the booth and immediately two cutting questions but also a solution for an unsolved problem in mind. But make up your own mind about their alternative concept. I am curious about comments.Some entertainment for you. Don't mind the SP. Yesterday was the worst trading day on Wall Street in two years.
There is a big trade fair on digitalisation in my city. It's a bit advertising for a phone provider and not interesting for us as far as I can see. Anyway, international speakers are also invited to the fair. Here are some statements from yesterday:
"Apple co-founder Wozniak: "I'll never touch a Tesla again"
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was a guest at Digital X.
Wednesday, 09/14/2022, 07:37
Startup culture and Web 3.0 – someone who knows this well is Silicon Valley legend Steve Wozniak. But the co-founder of the tech giant Apple is not uncritical. He revealed to FOCUS online why he advocates more regulation on the Internet and why he no longer buys the latest iPhone.
Corporate bosses, investors or politicians - they all demand that Germany must become more innovative again. But how does a company become innovative in the first place? One who has an answer is Steve Wozniak. Inventors are needed for real innovation, said Apple -Co-founder and designer of the Apple II - the first really widespread PC - at the Cologne trade fair Digital X.
“Inventors get ideas and want to run to the lab and try them out. It's part of being an inventor," says Wozniak. Many companies would come up with an idea today and later hire engineers to make it happen. "I'm saying it has to be the other way around: from day 1, engineers have to be on board who want to realize ideas, and the business has to follow."
That was no different at Apple , said Wozniak. "I've always been an engineer, and at Apple I didn't want to make big bucks, I wanted to showcase my engineering skills."
However, Wozniak also criticized many technological developments in his speech. "For AI [artificial intelligence], I only believe in the 'A' in the name," Wozniak said. So far, we don't even know how the human brain works properly, and we already want to rebuild it. But AI is not ready yet, Wozniak said. "AI is very good at specific problems, but if you change the rules even a little bit, the AI has to relearn everything."
"I'll never touch a Tesla again"
Wozniak also dished out against well-known tech companies: "How can it be that even the dumbest human driver can adapt to the smallest changes, but Tesla's autopilot can't?"
The Apple co-founder was noticeably unenthusiastic about Elon Musk's vehicles: "They have the most terrible user interface. I'll never touch a Tesla again on,” says Wozniak. The better cars, Wozniak continues, are built by Mercedes. Their design is made for people and is intuitive - "just like Apple's products".
However, the engineer did not want to lean too far out of the window when it comes to future technologies. Wozniak did say that quantum computing could be the "next big thing" in Silicon Valley. "I don't like looking too far into the future, though." When he was still at Apple, he was able to say what would be on the market in a year's time - "because I worked on that myself. But every time I've made a prediction over two years, I've been wrong," said Wozniak.
Steve Wozniak speaking to reporters.
Wozniak is also skeptical about so-called "Web 3.0", new technologies such as blockchain, and also the increasing networking of devices. “I loved the early internet – you were free from the control of the powerful and rich. It's not like that anymore, and that's a shame.”
Apple co-founder advocates more regulation
The intentions behind many new technologies are good, Wozniak continued. When asked by FOCUS online whether users are more controlled by new technologies, the 72-year-old replied: "Today it is difficult to really own something, even a car! You set a temperature of 23 degrees in the car, take the dog out and come back to find that the temperature has been changed – and why? Because the AI thinks they know better than you!”
In order to prevent the actual users of the Internet from losing control in the end, Wozniak also advocates stronger regulation by politicians. “Here, Europe and Germany are ahead of the USA. I'm always happy when I hear when a large tech group has been put in its place again."
Incidentally, Wozniak was long associated with his former employer: "I've always bought the latest iPhone," revealed Wozniak to FOCUS online - "at least until now". In the meantime, the device generations would be too similar: "I also have the Apple Watches 5, 6 and 7 at home - and I can no longer see any differences! I don't need new equipment anymore if the only reason for doing so is just to show that you're up to date.""
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https://www.mira-mobility.com/shaping-the-future-of-mobility/
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Obviously we are working with the U.S Government but this is also a possible GOOGLE connection.......
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BrainChip's Rob Telson moderating the #AIHardwareSummit panel on - Lessons learned from edge aspects of autonomous driving. Speakers were from DENSO international, Ridecell, and Volkswagen.
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The better cars, Wozniak continues, are built by Mercedes. Their design is made for people and is intuitive - "just like Apple's products".
This is so good @cosors!!!!
I wonder what made Steve Wozniak think that electric cars built by Mercedes are "intuitive". Now where have I heard that expression before? Oh, hang on, silly me! I think I know the answer to this...
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Tesla is sued by drivers over alleged false Autopilot, Full Self-Driving claims
Tesla Inc was sued on Wednesday in a proposed class action accusing Elon Musk's electric car company of misleading the public by falsely advertising its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features.
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Do we have any Wyckoff experts here? Or am I seeing things through my rose coloured glasses because of my bias?
Anyways, I think we are at a Wyckoff accumulation phase. It is not quite text book, but close.
No 2 charts would be alike so I guess it is normal to have some variances here. BRN is on the daily on this chart, still at below SMA 30, so is on the weekly, unfortunately. If it breaks the support line, this theory would be wrong, and I will go eat my humble pie, so keen to know how this plays out over the next 2 months.
Not financial advice, I am no charting expert so take my opinion with a kilogram of salt. The ASX, markets around the whole world, and the IT sector are all a bit confused at the moment, so there's also that.
Have a great day all.
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Thanks BL a few others not on these chats are also seeing bullish patterns emerging so it's good to see others are too. I am not really a charter though i do look at indicators the future looks rosey anyway IMO.
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Northrop Grumman, Raytheon move forward in developing electro-optical sensors with built-in machine learning
Sept. 12, 2022DARPA FENCE seeks to develop an event-based camera and a new class of digital signal processing and machine learning for intelligent military sensors.
ARLINGTON, Va. – Two U.S. prime defense systems integrators are moving forward with a military research project to develop a new kind of camera and digital signal processing to enable intelligent electro-optical sensors for tactical military applications.
Officials of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., awarded orders collectively worth $25 million to the Northrop Grumman Corp. Mission Systems segment in Linthicum Heights, Md., and to the Raytheon Intelligence & Space segment in El Segundo, Calif., for the second phase of the Fast Event-based Neuromorphic Camera and Electronics (FENCE) program.
DARPA FENCE seeks to develop and demonstrate a low-latency, low-power, event-based camera and a new class of digital signal processing and machine learningalgorithms that use combined spatial and temporal information to enable intelligent sensors for tactical military applications.
In June 2021 Northrop Grumman won a $15.8 million contract and Raytheon won an $8.8 million contract for the first phase of the FENCE program.
Related: Electro-optical sensors for multispectral aerial reconnaissance with deep-learning introduced by Elbit
Neuromorphic describes silicon circuits that mimic brain operation; it exhibits low latency, sparse output, and extreme energy efficiency. Neuromorphic cameras offer sparse output, and respond only to changes in the scene, with accompanying low latency and low power for small-format cameras in sparse scenes.
Event-based imaging sensorsoperate asynchronously, and only transmit data from pixels that have changed, so they produce 100 times less data in sparse scenes than traditional focal plane arrays (FPAs). This leads to 100x lower latency at 100x lower power.
Despite their inherent advantages, existing event-based cameras are not compatible with military applications because military images are cluttered and dynamic. The FENCE program seeks to develop an integrated event-based infrared focal plan array with embedded processing to overcome these challenges.
The FENCE program's primary focus is on developing an asynchronous read-out integrated circuit (ROIC) capable of very low latency and power operation, and a new, low-latency event-based infrared sensor with in-pixel processing.
Related: Northrop Grumman to flight-test technologies for sensors that cover the entire electromagnetic spectrum
The project also will develop a low-power processing layer that integrates with the ROIC to identify relevant spatial and temporal signals. The ROIC and the processing layer together will enable an integrated FENCE sensor that can operate on less power than 1.5 Watts.
On these orders Northrop Grumman will do the work in Linthicum Heights, Maryland; Baltimore; San Diego; and Palo Alto, Calif. Raytheon will do its work in Goleta and El Segundo, Calif.; Cambridge and Tewksbury, Mass.; McKinney, Texas; and New York. The companies should be finished by June 2024.
For more information contact Northrop Grumman Mission Systems online at www.northropgrumman.com, Raytheon Intelligence & Space at www.raytheonintelligenceandspace.com, or DARPA at Paste link here.
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My view of the present share price is that until the Fed comes out with the next interest rate hike the tech sector will look like a panicked school of herring being stalked by sharks.
The tech sector or at least the US end is characterised by large debt and significant exposure to the retail sector. So tech gets it from both directions when interest rates rise. Their debt costs more to service and consumers have less money to buy their products.
Just need to remember that Brainchip has no debt and does not sell to retail. Brainchip’s AKIDA IP has unlimited market applications and the uptake is not based upon market conditions this week.
For example an automotive manufacturer is looking to a market four years from today. Mobile phone manufacturer similar story.
Yesterday’s sell off was irrational as will be any recovery today as will be a sell off tomorrow and so on and so forth until the Fed announces its decision on rates.
My opinion only DYOR
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The tech sector or at least the US end is characterised by large debt and significant exposure to the retail sector. So tech gets it from both directions when interest rates rise. Their debt costs more to service and consumers have less money to buy their products.
Just need to remember that Brainchip has no debt and does not sell to retail. Brainchip’s AKIDA IP has unlimited market applications and the uptake is not based upon market conditions this week.
For example an automotive manufacturer is looking to a market four years from today. Mobile phone manufacturer similar story.
Yesterday’s sell off was irrational as will be any recovery today as will be a sell off tomorrow and so on and so forth until the Fed announces its decision on rates.
My opinion only DYOR
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Thankyou Fact Finder, feet firmly planted on the ground as usual. cheers
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I went to a data analytics conference held at fancy hotel (more of a sales pitch lol) yesterday, on their slide, it said something like "lots of successful companies continue to make investments even when economy isn't performing well."
My take is that high interest rates won't stop massive companies to innovate to stay as leaders / become leaders.
Obviously they may reduce head count etc. But investing in new tech is almost a necessity for them.
Go Brainchip!!!!
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Tesla’s Autopilot Heads to Trial
The EV maker is facing litigation over a fatal crash that will decide whether its marketing overstates the capabilities of automated driving systems.
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13 September 2022 at 20:00 GMT+10
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Ten seconds before Jeremy Banner’s Tesla Model 3 plowed into the underbelly of a tractor-trailer, he switched on Autopilot. The crash killed the father of three when the top of his car was sheared off, so there’s no way to know exactly what happened that Friday in March three years ago. But an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board found that Banner probably didn’t see the truck crossing a two-lane Florida highway on his way to work. Tesla’s driver assistance feature apparently didn’t see it either. At least not in time to save the 50-year-old’s life.
A court in Palm Beach County has set a February date for a jury to hear testimony on who was at fault, the first of potentially dozens of Autopilot collision trials. Until then, expect the Twittersphere to light up with passionate arguments over a question that’s been debated for years: Does the very name Autopilot lull drivers into a false sense of security that their cars will drive themselves? The trial offers “one of those watershed moments when we have lots of public attention on a verdict, if the jury is sympathetic to the driver and wants to send a message to Tesla,” says Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina.
Tesla’s Autopilot didn’t see the truck in time to prevent the crash and save Banner’s life.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board
Whatever the verdict, it will add urgency to calls by legislators and auto safety advocates for regulatory intervention. A crackdown has been slow to materialize during Tesla’s eight-year experiment with automated driving, but the idea has gained steam under the Biden administration, with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration conducting multipronged investigations.
Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk insists Teslas are the safest cars ever made, but the trial will feature a parade of technology experts testifying about the perils of marketing driver assistance in ways that lead to overconfidence. “A big part of the significance of the case is that it actually is being conducted in a public forum,” says Michael Brooks, chief counsel at the Center for Auto Safety, a consumer advocacy group.
Tesla has long said it’s clear about the system’s limits, citing strong language in its driver manuals. And the company’s website says Autopilot features “require active driver supervision and do not make the vehicle autonomous.” Musk insists that proper use of Autopilot by attentive drivers has saved far more lives than have been lost in crashes. “In investors’ minds, Tesla already has its defense, and they have always bought it: Humans are bad drivers,” says Gene Munster, managing partner of Loup Ventures, an investment firm that follows Tesla but isn’t connected with the case.
The NHTSA says at least 18 fatalities may be linked to driver assistance technology. The agency has investigated almost 200 crashes involving vehicles using the feature, including some in which Teslas have rear-ended police cars or firetrucks parked along roadsides. And California’s Department of Motor Vehicles in August accused the company of false advertising, saying it misleads customers into thinking Autopilot and enhanced “Full Self-Driving” features are more sophisticated than they are.
Lake Lytal, a lawyer for Banner’s family, calls the trial an opportunity “to finally hold Tesla and Elon Musk accountable for using the public roadways throughout our country as a testing ground for this company to try and fix their defective Autopilot system, which they know has killed and will continue to kill its customers.” Tesla and its legal team didn’t respond to requests for comment.
Musk is prickly about public criticism of Autopilot. In 2018 he hung up on Robert Sumwalt, then chairman of the NTSB, after Sumwalt took him to task for blog posts casting blame on the driver of a Model X for a fatal crash. Last October, when President Joe Biden appointed Duke University Professor Mary Cummings as a senior safety adviser to the NHTSA, Musk and thousands of Tesla fans protested on Twitter because of her history as a vocal skeptic of Autopilot, circulating a petition accusing her of bias.
More recently, a furor erupted over a viral YouTube video of a Tesla running over a child-size crash test dummy while purportedly operating in Full Self-Driving mode. In response, some Tesla owners posted videos of their vehicles safely stopping in front of real children, prompting the NHTSA to issue a “don’t try this at home” warning.
A Model 3 at a Tesla dealership in Chicago.
Photographer: Scott Olson/Getty Images
The trial will feature Tesla engineers and outside experts. These include Christopher “CJ” Moore, a former member of the company’s Autopilot executive team, now working for Apple Inc. After interviewing Moore last year, California DMV officials concluded that some of Musk’s tweets exaggerated Autopilot’s capabilities. One person the jury probably won’t hear from is Musk. A judge ruled that the billionaire entrepreneur didn’t have to sit for a deposition, rejecting the Banners’ argument that Musk has “unique knowledge” of the issues in the case.
Most problematic for Tesla may be what the proceeding reveals about the technology’s shortcomings. The public will get its first glimpse of troves of data Tesla collects, including granular information on Autopilot, according to Dana Taschner, a personal injury attorney who’s represented victims of crashes attributed to defects. “Tesla engineers will be on the stand testifying under oath about data and statistics that are very, very carefully guarded,” he says.
The trial also has ramifications for companies such as Apple and Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo, which are developing self-driving vehicles, and conventional carmakers such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz that are investing heavily in cars with automated driving features. For those manufacturers and their myriad suppliers, the trial is a cause for concern because of what it says about liability.
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The Banner family’s lawsuit has its weaknesses, particularly a probe of the accident by the NTSB that found there was blame to go around. Investigators said the truck driver had failed to yield the right of way and faulted Banner for his “inattention due to over-reliance on automation.” But in a 2020 report, the agency criticized Tesla’s technology for insufficiently monitoring and enforcing driver engagement. “The Autopilot system did not send a visual or audible warning to the driver to put his hands back on the steering wheel,” the report said.
The NTSB reached similar conclusions in a 2017 report on a remarkably similar accident in northern Florida, also involving a fatal crash into a semitruck that the car’s sensors didn’t detect. Last October, the agency chastised Tesla for failing to respond to its 2017 recommendations, including limiting where Autopilot can be activated and ensuring that drivers pay attention while using the feature.
The NTSB’s findings about what caused Banner’s crash aren’t allowed as evidence under federal law. But independent experts could use the report as a “road map” to reestablish the same conclusions, says Peter Goelz, a former NTSB managing director. For Musk, the stakes couldn’t be higher. He has, after all, said full self-driving technology is the difference between Tesla being “worth basically zero” and making it one of the world’s most valuable corporations. “The technology is so fundamental to the appeal of the car,” Goelz says. “I don’t think Tesla is going to give an inch.”
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