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[Stable Genius]

I've not heard anything about it. However, in my old bookmarks from past research, a Yahoo news article noted that BrainChip had acquired a company called Spikenet Technology in France, which did AI vision processing.

BrainChip Acquires French Based Computer Vision Technology Company -- Spikenet Technology

BrainChip, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BrainChip Holdings Ltd , a developer of a revolutionary new Spiking Neuron Adaptive Processor technology that has the ability to learn autonomously and associate ...

sports.yahoo.com

Note: the links in the article are broken and no longer refer to the video demos, I even checked the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine with no success on that front.

Hi guys/gals.

I wasn’t an investor back then but from the discussions that where had a while ago about it: the Casino Brainchip was working with got bought out and the trial ended. I think it was a software version only at that time.

At that time Brainchip were also in money troubles and offloaded a no. of sales staff to reduce expenditure so they could focus on completing the technology e.g. Akida on chip so they could “Prove” the technology worked and have since transitioned to IP to reduce overheads etc.

Hard but required move at the time to ensure the company continued. Now the technology is proven they can/have increased sales staff again to implement sales. Of course the EAP program was also running in the background during that time.

So now we are at the infancy of commercialisation of a revolutionary technology. Which will obviously take time to implement.

At the Casino you get the cards you given and you don’t get to see anyone else’s cards. Unlike a Casino there is many years of history and research to be uncovered to make a decision on the likelihood of success of the company.

Just like a Casino the options are as usual “buy, sell or hold!”

I’m holding strong and hoping to buy more in December. I have to wait nervously until then. To be honest, for me I’m kinda hoping the price stays where it is until then so I can load up in my super! Ultimately though the “SP will do what it does.“ I think if the quarterly is “Lumpy” and down from the previous that without any more news or improvement in the larger macro conditions the price will generally drift sideways.

If for some reason the SP jumps spectacularly then as I’m already holding some I’ll be on a winner anyway but I’d prefer it to wait until Xmas!

Which ever way it goes I’m still confident of an increase in profits next year as indicated by Sean!

GLTAH!

 

[Stable Genius]

I've not heard anything about it. However, in my old bookmarks from past research, a Yahoo news article noted that BrainChip had acquired a company called Spikenet Technology in France, which did AI vision processing.

BrainChip Acquires French Based Computer Vision Technology Company -- Spikenet Technology

BrainChip, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BrainChip Holdings Ltd , a developer of a revolutionary new Spiking Neuron Adaptive Processor technology that has the ability to learn autonomously and associate ...

sports.yahoo.com

Note: the links in the article are broken and no longer refer to the video demos, I even checked the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine with no success on that front.

My previous post was answering the question re the Casino engagement. I neglected to comment on the Spikenet purchase.

My understanding of the Spikenet purchase is that it is still very important and along with JAST provides a technological moat for the company!

https://brainchip.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/20160901-BRN-ASX-Announcement-Investor-Presentation-with-Cover-Sheet.pdf

 

[Serengeti]

Good evening All,

Interesting article about Samsung and their car cockpit of the future.

“And there's a built-in health service that monitors your wellness.

‘Your stress levels will be tracked, and then alleviated by changes to the vehicle's lighting, scent and music.

Samsung gadgets will also analyse your sleep patterns outside of the car – as well as the movement of your eyelids – to work out if you're too tired to drive without assistance.’

Haven’t delved to determine if it potentially includes Akida but interesting article so thought I’d share.

Samsung debuts 'car of the future' with 49-inch TV and stress monitor

SAMSUNG has created a ‘cockpit of the future’ for semi-driverless cars – and it looks seriously cool. The driver and passengers will enjoy 5G internet, a giant TV, touchscreens, de-stre…

www.thesun.co.uk

 

[Foxdog]

Aus govt offering 6M grants to businesses who can help improve bushfire fighting capabilities. Technology and techniques to be shared internationally. Second round of grants to start shortly.....

 

[Fact Finder]

Thanks @JDelekto
Out of interest did anything eventuate from the trial? I’m guessing not

​

BrainChip Announces New Casino Trial​

Leading casino is evaluating the usage of Game Statistics and Game Outcome for table games​

ALISO VIEJO, CA — (Marketwired) — 05/30/17 —
BrainChip Holdings Ltd. (ASX: BRN), (“BrainChip” or “the Company”), is a leading developer of software and hardware accelerated solutions for Advanced Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning applications. The Company is pleased to announce that its Game Statistics and Game Outcome solutions has been placed in a field trial at a leading casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

BrainChip, in partnership with SN Technologies, developed Games Statistics and Game Outcome based upon BrainChip’s SNAP technology, which utilizes a spiking neural network to detect and identify chips and cards in the extremely dynamic environments on gaming floors using existing video surveillance cameras.

Game Statistics provides the casino operator with intelligent, actionable data regarding players’ activities at table games. This trial of Game Statistics and Game Outcome follows the successful deployment of the Game Outcome solution at the Mohegan Sun casino. It is estimated that there are over 50,000 casino gaming tables worldwide which represents a major market for the Company.

A Brief Brainchip History Lesson:

Once upon a time in a country called Canada there was a firm called SN Technologies. The two principles claimed to be experts in the security and gaming industry. They had open necked shirts, hairy chests and gold chains so clearly they were experts in crime and fraud that exists in these areas.

SN Technologies became agents for Brainchip.

Their first achievement was to secure a trial of SNAP at the Native American Indian casino Mohegan Sun Casino. This trial was technically successful but as that casino regularly does it became insolvent.

The next achievement of SN Technologies was a school security project in New York. That project went well and they secured the contract however despite having used and promoted Brainchip technology in the tender process and in the contract after it was entered when Brainchip asked for their commission SN Technologies claimed they were not using Brainchip technology in the installed system.

Keeping this part of the story short Brainchip commenced the first stages of legal action but at the same time issues around the tender process came to light which saw a repudiation of the contract by the School Board, the involvement of a parent group and US Civil Liberties and the hairy chested good old boys high tailed it across the river/s back to Canada.

This SN Technologies engagement with Brainchip predated the arrival of former CEO Mr. Dinardo and from my discussion with him at the 2019 AGM it was clear he had formed an opinion about SN Technologies after the failed Casino trial and before the schools fraud that led him to move Brainchip away from SN Technologies and in so doing secured the Gaming Partners International deal to develop a smart gaming table to monitor their smart chips while in play on tables indecently of these experts.

This agreement involved the up front payment to Brainchip of $US500,000 plus an additional $US100,000 for engineering fees and then royalties if the project was successful and the tables were put into production and sold to Casinos.

These payments were made and the prototype table was revealed at a trade show to apparently some industry interest but a Japanese playing card company lept from the shadows with a takeover bid for GPI. The bid was successful.

The Japanese company did not want GPI’s gaming table and equipment business only their smart playing chip technology and they effectively did an asset stripe and GPI disappeared.

The End.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

 

[Stable Genius]

Aus govt offering 6M grants to businesses who can help improve bushfire fighting capabilities. Technology and techniques to be shared internationally. Second round of grants to start shortly.....

Hi @Foxdog

Was there a link for that we could send to Brainchip?

I had a quick look but most of the grants I found were related to bushfire victims.

Cheers

 

[thelittleshort]

The new Bosch smart oven sounds awesome, but is heavily reliant on cloud connectivity - based upon this article


Sounds like the sensors are continually transmitting data as opposed to sending only critical data?

Also is anonymised data what is achieved by Akida?


‘Sally connected her oven to the Home Connect server via Wi-Fi and the internet.

She also consented to data communication, so her oven continuously streams all its anonymized sensor data — temperature, humidity, control settings, and the like — to the Home Connect appliance server, which in turn communicates with the Home Connect AI cloud…

…An AI algorithm has to gain experience before it can make reliable forecasts. Machine learning is a method of getting systems to learn from vast amounts of data.

In this case, the algorithm learns from baking processes in its oven — and from those in the ovens of all other users. The oven gets smarter over time, and the more frequently households use these smart ovens, the more accurate their predictions for baked, roasted, braised, and broiled dishes will be’.

Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence (BCAI) on LinkedIn: Smart Oven with Artificial Intelligence

At #Bosch, we develop practical #AI solutions that can be implemented in smart products to create added value for our customers. 🙌 One of those AI…

www.linkedin.com

Smart Oven with Artificial Intelligence

The perfect dish thanks to AI: In the kitchen, food YouTuber Sally Özcan counts on her smart oven from the Bosch Series 8 accent line. Learn more!

www.bosch.com

 

[Foxdog]

The NSW government hopes to inspire innovation which can prevent another Black Summer by promising research grants of up to $8 million each.
The plan is to award the grants, worth a total of $16 million, to people, businesses or universities with fresh ideas on how to prepare for and respond to future bushfires.
“Whether it’s artificial intelligence, drones or predictive mapping, we need to commercialise disaster-resilient practical solutions, not just in NSW, but across Australia and around the world,” Innovation Minister Alister Henskens said in a statement.

 

[Foxdog]

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/politics/nsw-to-launch-16m-bushfire-commercialisation-fund-to-spur-firefighting-innovation/news-story/3025d4d867102239d707391700661067

 

[IndepthDiver]

Interesting job advertisement from Oculus (Meta / Facebook).
They seem to quite interested in neuromorphic sensing, with mentions of neuromorphic computing for AR and VR applications.

What is perhaps the most intriguing part is the term "neuromorphic time based" machine learning. which I suspect refers to time-series analysis in machine learning, and which is used alongside the terms "spiking neural networks" and "event-based sensing". Time-series analysis is commonly done with LSTM's and transformer networks, and as far as we know the only neuromorphic chip with these capabilities will be Akida 2.0 (which hasn't been announced as completed but the simulator is likely ready and possibly in the hands of customers already, as others here have pointed out).

If the above is true, it leads to the question: is Meta an EAP customer?

Keep in mind that this is a research role so if Brainchip is involved it will likely be at least a year or two till potential products hit the market (especially since Akida 2.0 isn't even in silicon yet).

https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=02d2cd36eb2af759&tk=1ge96rrvtm8qm800&from=serp&vjs=3

Computer Vision Researcher - Reality Labs Research​

Oculus

Full Job Description​

Reality Labs Research (RL Research) brings together a world-class R&D team of researchers, developers, and engineers with the shared goal of developing AR and VR across the spectrum. The Surreal group at RL Research is seeking exceptional research scientists to solve the next generation of research challenges on the path to building future machine perception enabled technologies. As a Computer Vision Research Scientist, your role is to collaborate with other researchers and engineers of the team in building novel approaches for AR/VR based on neuromorphic event based sensing technologies. This involves contributing to all steps of the development, including but not limited to, developing novel event based algorithms, determining the architecture and microarchitecture required to operate efficiently the approach, verification, prototyping, and power/performance estimation.

Computer Vision Researcher - Reality Labs Research Responsibilities:​

• Research, develop and prototype advanced novel event based vision algorithms and time based machine learning techniques
• Work with FPGA engineers to perform early prototyping of the developed methods
• Collaborate with team members throughout the lifetime of a project, from prototyping to deployed products
• Support integration of blocks with existing frameworks

Minimum Qualifications:​

• PhD degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
• 10+ years of research experience as a research scientist in the field of event based computation and neuromorphic engineering
• Experience in developing event based vision algorithms
• Experience in time based machine learning and spiking neural networks
• Experience working on multidisciplinary projects
• Interpersonal experience: cross-group and cross-culture collaboration
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Preferred Qualifications:​

• Experience with event based cameras
• Experience with neuromorphic time based development environments
• Tracking, visual odometry using event cameras experience
• MATLAB, Python, C/C++ or similar coding experience

 

[Jefwilto]

A Brief Brainchip History Lesson:

Once upon a time in a country called Canada there was a firm called SN Technologies. The two principles claimed to be experts in the security and gaming industry. They had open necked shirts, hairy chests and gold chains so clearly they were experts in crime and fraud that exists in these areas.

SN Technologies became agents for Brainchip.

Their first achievement was to secure a trial of SNAP at the Native American Indian casino Mohegan Sun Casino. This trial was technically successful but as that casino regularly does it became insolvent.

The next achievement of SN Technologies was a school security project in New York. That project went well and they secured the contract however despite having used and promoted Brainchip technology in the tender process and in the contract after it was entered when Brainchip asked for their commission SN Technologies claimed they were not using Brainchip technology in the installed system.

Keeping this part of the story short Brainchip commenced the first stages of legal action but at the same time issues around the tender process came to light which saw a repudiation of the contract by the School Board, the involvement of a parent group and US Civil Liberties and the hairy chested good old boys high tailed it across the river/s back to Canada.

This SN Technologies engagement with Brainchip predated the arrival of former CEO Mr. Dinardo and from my discussion with him at the 2019 AGM it was clear he had formed an opinion about SN Technologies after the failed Casino trial and before the schools fraud that led him to move Brainchip away from SN Technologies and in so doing secured the Gaming Partners International deal to develop a smart gaming table to monitor their smart chips while in play on tables indecently of these experts.

This agreement involved the up front payment to Brainchip of $US500,000 plus an additional $US100,000 for engineering fees and then royalties if the project was successful and the tables were put into production and sold to Casinos.

These payments were made and the prototype table was revealed at a trade show to apparently some industry interest but a Japanese playing card company lept from the shadows with a takeover bid for GPI. The bid was successful.

The Japanese company did not want GPI’s gaming table and equipment business only their smart playing chip technology and they effectively did an asset stripe and GPI disappeared.

The End.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

All true FF,you are most certainly living up to your pseudonym, ive also been around long enough to remember, that after this milestone was reached,some staff were awarded performance shares,which resulted in a two strike vote at the following AGM,the company,and shareholders were going through a tuff time,out of their control,but managed to get through it,by whatever it took,it is why this company is so great,a never give up attitude,and thats why we are in such a good position now,good luck to all true believers.

 

[Stable Genius]

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/politics/nsw-to-launch-16m-bushfire-commercialisation-fund-to-spur-firefighting-innovation/news-story/3025d4d867102239d707391700661067

Forwarded to Brainchip attention Sales.


There’s a few technologically smart people on this forum. Who may be able to come up with something, make themselves some money and advance Brainchips use/acceptance in Australia. I’m sure if NSW Government use it it could then be picked up by all the other states also as we all suffer bushfire dangers. @Diogenese @uiux @butcherano

Bushfire Commercialisation Fund

The Bushfire Commercialisation Fund, an initiative of the NSW Bushfire Response R&D Mission, will accelerate the development, commercialisation and adoption of bushfire technologies and services in NSW.

www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au

Good luck!

 

[Diogenese]

One thing they could do is put a shower nozzle on those water bombing planes to give a more controlled delivery over a larger area.

 

[Foxdog]

Forwarded to Brainchip attention Sales.


There’s a few technologically smart people on this forum. Who may be able to come up with something, make themselves some money and advance Brainchips use/acceptance in Australia. I’m sure if NSW Government use it it could then be picked up by all the other states also as we all suffer bushfire dangers. @Diogenese @uiux @butcherano

Bushfire Commercialisation Fund

The Bushfire Commercialisation Fund, an initiative of the NSW Bushfire Response R&D Mission, will accelerate the development, commercialisation and adoption of bushfire technologies and services in NSW.

www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au

Good luck!

Thanks for forwarding

 

[Stable Genius]

One thing they could do is put a shower nozzle on those water bombing planes to give a more controlled delivery over a larger area.

That’s what I love about you @Diogenese “You’re an ideas man!”

“Straight to the pool room.”

 

[Fact Finder]

Interesting job advertisement from Oculus (Meta / Facebook).
They seem to quite interested in neuromorphic sensing, with mentions of neuromorphic computing for AR and VR applications.

What is perhaps the most intriguing part is the term "neuromorphic time based" machine learning. which I suspect refers to time-series analysis in machine learning, and which is used alongside the terms "spiking neural networks" and "event-based sensing". Time-series analysis is commonly done with LSTM's and transformer networks, and as far as we know the only neuromorphic chip with these capabilities will be Akida 2.0 (which hasn't been announced as completed but the simulator is likely ready and possibly in the hands of customers already, as others here have pointed out).

If the above is true, it leads to the question: is Meta an EAP customer?

Keep in mind that this is a research role so if Brainchip is involved it will likely be at least a year or two till potential products hit the market (especially since Akida 2.0 isn't even in silicon yet).

https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=02d2cd36eb2af759&tk=1ge96rrvtm8qm800&from=serp&vjs=3

Computer Vision Researcher - Reality Labs Research​

Oculus

Full Job Description​

Reality Labs Research (RL Research) brings together a world-class R&D team of researchers, developers, and engineers with the shared goal of developing AR and VR across the spectrum. The Surreal group at RL Research is seeking exceptional research scientists to solve the next generation of research challenges on the path to building future machine perception enabled technologies. As a Computer Vision Research Scientist, your role is to collaborate with other researchers and engineers of the team in building novel approaches for AR/VR based on neuromorphic event based sensing technologies. This involves contributing to all steps of the development, including but not limited to, developing novel event based algorithms, determining the architecture and microarchitecture required to operate efficiently the approach, verification, prototyping, and power/performance estimation.

Computer Vision Researcher - Reality Labs Research Responsibilities:​

• Research, develop and prototype advanced novel event based vision algorithms and time based machine learning techniques
• Work with FPGA engineers to perform early prototyping of the developed methods
• Collaborate with team members throughout the lifetime of a project, from prototyping to deployed products
• Support integration of blocks with existing frameworks

Minimum Qualifications:​

• PhD degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
• 10+ years of research experience as a research scientist in the field of event based computation and neuromorphic engineering
• Experience in developing event based vision algorithms
• Experience in time based machine learning and spiking neural networks
• Experience working on multidisciplinary projects
• Interpersonal experience: cross-group and cross-culture collaboration
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Preferred Qualifications:​

• Experience with event based cameras
• Experience with neuromorphic time based development environments
• Tracking, visual odometry using event cameras experience
• MATLAB, Python, C/C++ or similar coding experience

I recon Peter van der Made would get this position if he applied.

 

[Jefwilto]

One thing they could do is put a shower nozzle on those water bombing planes to give a more controlled delivery over a larger area.

Me being a retired fireman with 30 years experience,although no experience in water bombing,your theory sounds good,but it would need to be put into trial, as the evaporation rate,because of the heat updraft,is huge,and as a consequence,large volumes need to be dropped at once,but im sure it could be fine tuned

 

[Slymeat]

Me being a retired fireman with 30 years experience,although no experience in water bombing,your theory sounds good,but it would need to be put into trial, as the evaporation rate,because of the heat updraft,is huge,and as a consequence,large volumes need to be dropped at once,but im sure it could be fine tuned

Plus, a nozzle would quickly get blocked by all the rubbish they pick up from the body of water they use.

 

[Diogenese]

Me being a retired fireman with 30 years experience,although no experience in water bombing,your theory sounds good,but it would need to be put into trial, as the evaporation rate,because of the heat updraft,is huge,and as a consequence,large volumes need to be dropped at once,but im sure it could be fine tuned

Plus, a nozzle would quickly get blocked by all the rubbish they pick up from the body of water they use.

Yes, of course. You wouldn't use a nozzle, It would be a matter of determining the diameter of a delivery pipe.

 

[Fact Finder]

All true FF,you are most certainly living up to your pseudonym, ive also been around long enough to remember, that after this milestone was reached,some staff were awarded performance shares,which resulted in a two strike vote at the following AGM,the company,and shareholders were going through a tuff time,out of their control,but managed to get through it,by whatever it took,it is why this company is so great,a never give up attitude,and thats why we are in such a good position now,good luck to all true believers.

And I suspect that those of us who lived through those times and holding our shares down to 4 cents and yet still investing further of our scarce funds in the capital raise at 6 cents to try and keep the lights on find it more difficult than might otherwise be the case when some are upset by an absence of price sensitive announcements.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA