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[Fact Finder]

Thanks Tech,

As you say, Digimarc has been showing up for a while in "Brainchip" patent searches, but Giant Ai is new. This means that the patent specifications refer to Brainchip, but it is not a real endorsement. Rather it is just cited in a grocery list of ML accelerators:

WO2022212916A1 HYBRID COMPUTING ARCHITECTURES WITH SPECIALIZED PROCESSORS TO ENCODE/DECODE LATENT REPRESENTATIONS FOR CONTROLLING DYNAMIC MECHANICAL SYSTEMS

[00115] ... One or more of the upstream, intermediate (or downstream) encoders may be implemented within one or more hardware ML Accelerators like, but not limited to, Movidius chips, tensorflow edge compute devices, Nvidia Drive PX and Jetson TX1/TX2 Module, Intel Nervana processors, Mobileye EyeQ processors, Habana processors, Qualcomm’s Cloud All 00 processors and SoC AI engines, IBM’s TrueNorth processors, NXP’s S32V234 and S32 chips, AWS Inferentia chips, Microsoft Brainwaive chips, Apple’s Neural Engine, ARM’s Project Trillium based processors, Cerebras’s processors, Graphcore processors, PEZY Computing processors, Tenstorrent processors, Blaize processors, Adapteva processors, Mythic processors, Kalray’s Massively Parallel Processor Array, BrainChip’s spiking neural network processors, Almotiv’s neural network acceleration core, Hailo-8 processors, and various neural network processing units from other vendors. Different ones of these ML Accelerators may be used to implement different ones of the aforementioned models upon sensor data (or upstream encoder output data), such as based on matching of model performance on a given accelerator for given sensor output.

Putting the best ace on this means that, as far as Giant Ai is concerned, Brainchip's spiking neural network processor is well known to the person skilled in the art, and requires no further description.

They use the term "hybrid" to describe a combination of sensor and ML processing capability on a single chip:

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[0020] To mitigate these issues, some embodiments may implement a hybrid architecture in which subsets of sensors of a controlled dynamic mechanical system, like one or more sensors or each of a plurality of sensors, have outputs coupled to a hardware machine- learning accelerator for performing some or all of a pipeline of operations by which inferences (e.g., about system state, environment, action, etc.) are implemented to support control of the dynamic mechanical system. For example, some embodiments of robots and other controlled dynamic mechanical systems described herein may include a plurality of sensors of a modular system hardware design such that each sensor (or a grouping of sensors) is coupled (directly, in some examples) with special-purpose chipsets for performing a space (e.g., like a sub-space or latent-space) or other encoding of sensor data prior to downstream digestion by a higher-level component or model of the system.

Very recently meaning last day or so in one of the company presentations and I have a feeling it was one by Peter van der Made it specifically referenced an involvement with a robotics project???

“some embodiments of robots and other controlled dynamic mechanical systems described herein may include a plurality of sensors of a modular system hardware design such that each sensor (or a grouping of sensors) is coupled (directly, in some examples) with special-purpose chipsets for performing a space”

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

 

[Rise from the ashes]

Nice to see your posting some easy reading Rise !!!!

G'day BienSuert,
You know nothing worthwhile comes from easy reading
Throwing this in here since giant ai was recently mentioned.

 

[cassip]

Very recently meaning last day or so in one of the company presentations and I have a feeling it was one by Peter van der Made it specifically referenced an involvement with a robotics project???

“some embodiments of robots and other controlled dynamic mechanical systems described herein may include a plurality of sensors of a modular system hardware design such that each sensor (or a grouping of sensors) is coupled (directly, in some examples) with special-purpose chipsets for performing a space”

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

This orange looks really good

 

[Bravo]

 

[Rise from the ashes]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://scholar.google.com.au/scholar_url%3Furl%3Dhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Konstantinos-Demertzis/publication/318822219_A_Spiking_One-Class_Anomaly_Detection_Framework_for_Cyber-Security_on_Industrial_Control_Systems/links/59b50cf7a6fdcc3f88985786/A-Spiking-One-Class-Anomaly-Detection-Framework-for-Cyber-Security-on-Industrial-Control-Systems.pdf%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26ei%3DmrJXY5_FD-eR6rQPiJWq0AE%26scisig%3DAAGBfm3oPnvabk5gIq1JVy3yPMmhgGZ5Ig%26oi%3Dscholarr&ved=2ahUKEwiq2_nHjvv6AhWT9zgGHazOBN8QgAN6BAguEAI&usg=AOvVaw0L3cKh7umiik-myp50lcEx

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://scholar.google.com.au/scholar_url%3Furl%3Dhttps://utopia.duth.gr/~liliadis/img/papers/SmG.pdf%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26ei%3DmrJXY5_FD-eR6rQPiJWq0AE%26scisig%3DAAGBfm162oFPtayVN67yJUjsrwqunTzs9w%26oi%3Dscholarr&ved=2ahUKEwiq2_nHjvv6AhWT9zgGHazOBN8QgAN6BAguEAE&usg=AOvVaw1hgknLGDgCEE9PECEhwPaO

For those not wanting to click those monstrously ugly links. The above is a couple of papers from our friends in Greece.

 

[cassip]

Nasa program "EMIT" detects dust to find possible impacts on climate change:

NASA Dust Detective Delivers First Maps From Space for Climate Science - NASA Science

Measurements from EMIT, the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation, will improve computer simulations researchers use to understand climate change.

climate.nasa.gov

NASA kartiert Wüstenstaub, um den Klimawandel besser zu verstehen

Mit einem neuartigen Spektrometer möchte die NASA die Auswirkungen von Wüstenstaub auf das globale Klima erforschen.

www.ingenieur.de

mission partners are listed here:

Partners | Mission – EMIT

EMIT will make the first detailed maps of dust composition of Earth’s dust source regions and use state-of-the-art climate models to better understand regional and global heating and cooling impacts and future changes in dust source regions.

earth.jpl.nasa.gov

 

[Sirod69]

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[SERA2g]

BrainChip Demonstration of Essential AI Utilizing Akida IP​

I haven't seen this video before so thought I'd share it with others that might have missed it.

Life is good!

 

[dippY22]

I have been unable to get out of my head the Phd candidate’s description of AKIDA as a BEAST.

This is truly an amazing adjective to use for this technology. It is so unexpected from my perspective.

It’s use cannot be because of its size as it is smaller than a $AU2.00 coin.

It’s use cannot be due to its minuscule power consumption.

It’s use cannot be because of massive heat generation because there is basically none to speak of.

So it’s use can only be related to its processing power.

AKIDA the BEAST.

Who would have thought to use this term?

A data scientist studying for a PhD that is who?

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

FF wrote,...."It’s use cannot be due to its minuscule power consumption. It’s use cannot be because of massive heat generation because there is basically none to speak of."

Thinking about these two attributes of Akida technology, I was musing about if Brainchip might one day corral some professional association endorsements because of "just" these two attributes? Our website could perhaps boast with the likes of some of the following organizations for example, endorsing Akida for it's proven environmental low impact, or lending their association logo to our website because they are proud to.

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Yale School of the Environment
National Association for EHS&S Management (NAEM)
American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists
Audio Engineering Society
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
The Society of Military Engineers (SAME)
World Wildlife Federation (WWF)

Or, maybe join a few groups and just throw in some association name dropping like Apple does here,....

"We work with a wide range of nonprofit, industry, government, and business partners around the world. We collaborate with other best-in-class companies across all our environmental initiatives through our memberships in organizations like Ceres and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). On our climate change efforts, we work with organizations including Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), RE100, the Japan Climate Leaders’ Partnership, and We Mean Business. Our work on creating circular material supply chains is supported by our membership with the Aluminum Stewardship Initiative and the Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE). We’re also members of Green America’s Clean Electronics Production Network (CEPN) and the Green Chemistry and Commerce Council (GC3). For more information on our partnerships, read the 2022 Environmental Progress Report (PDF)."

Maybe my musing is putting the cart before the horse and in due time these "associations" will be seen. It's just that these attributes or benefits of Akida technology available NOW are such gold I only wish we could leverage them more, and more quickly.

The above musings are my opinion only
dippY

 

[Sirod69]

A really great article!

What can not be changed by AI in the future in our world. Even if we are currently facing huge difficulties worldwide, it is still a very exciting, positively exciting time.

Perceptron: AI saves whales, stabilizes gait and bans traffic
Research in the field of machine learning and AI, now a key technology in practically every industry and company, is far too voluminous for anyone to read it all. This column, Perceptron, aims to collect some of the most relevant recent discoveries and papers — particularly in, but not limited to, artificial intelligence — and explain why they matter.


In a study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, the MIT researchers showed that their device was able to effectively track Parkinson’s progression and severity across dozens of participants during a pilot study. For instance, they showed that gait speed declined almost twice as fast for people with Parkinson’s compared to those without, and that daily fluctuations in a patient’s walking speed corresponded with how well they were responding to their medication.

Perceptron: AI saving whales, steadying gaits and banishing traffic | TechCrunch

In this edition of TechCrunch's Perceptron column, we look at efforts to track Parkinson's progression, stop whale-boat collisions, and more.

techcrunch.com

 

[cosors]

FF wrote,...."It’s use cannot be due to its minuscule power consumption. It’s use cannot be because of massive heat generation because there is basically none to speak of."

Thinking about these two attributes of Akida technology, I was musing about if Brainchip might one day corral some professional association endorsements because of "just" these two attributes? Our website could perhaps boast with the likes of some of the following organizations for example, endorsing Akida for it's proven environmental low impact, or lending their association logo to our website because .

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Yale School of the Environment
National Association for EHS&S Management (NAEM)
American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists
Audio Engineering Society
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
The Society of Military Engineers (SAME)
World Wildlife Federation (WWF)

Or, maybe join a few groups and just throw in some association name dropping like Apple does here,....

"We work with a wide range of nonprofit, industry, government, and business partners around the world. We collaborate with other best-in-class companies across all our environmental initiatives through our memberships in organizations like Ceres and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). On our climate change efforts, we work with organizations including Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), RE100, the Japan Climate Leaders’ Partnership, and We Mean Business. Our work on creating circular material supply chains is supported by our membership with the Aluminum Stewardship Initiative and the Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE). We’re also members of Green America’s Clean Electronics Production Network (CEPN) and the Green Chemistry and Commerce Council (GC3). For more information on our partnerships, read the 2022 Environmental Progress Report (PDF)."

Maybe my musing is putting the cart before the horse and in due time these "associations" will be seen. It's just that these attributes or benefits of Akida technology available NOW are such gold I only wish we could leverage them more, and more quickly.

The above musings are my opinion only
dippY

Or maybe this platform?

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https://thestockexchange.com.au/threads/ai-ml-data-ethics-article-link.40086/post-65128

 

[Sosimple]

BrainChip Demonstration of Essential AI Utilizing Akida IP​

I haven't seen this video before so thought I'd share it with others that might have missed it.

Life is good!

Best demonstration yet
Thanks for sharing

 

[MDhere]

I actually preferer $20 by next Xmas, if this can be arranged it would be gratefully appreciated

 

[JK200SX]

Amir Sherman on LinkedIn: #hwpmax22

Live from London #hwpmax22 showcase Edge Impulse Platform

www.linkedin.com

 

[Dang Son]

I lived in China for five years previously and returned to Australia a couple of years ago. I can tell you with 95% certainty after many conversations with friends living over there that over the last week, the reason the markets are not reacting well is that many in China thought that the zero-Covid policy will be overturned so Xi Jinping can win favour amongst those local municipalities like Shanghai who have suffered more with the draconian measures there not so long ago. Many were wrong and Xi has bigger balls than most expected. He also disgraced ex-President Hu Jintao who opened up China between 2004-15 by escorting him out of the very scripted conference.

History doesn't repeat and often rhymes, and I do think the now majority middle-class will not accept China closing itself after nearly 30 years of opening up and tolerance will only go so far.

Modern China (The PRC) run by the CCP has not even been around for 80 years and looking back at rich and damned interesting Chinese history, revolution will certainly not be dismissed.

To relate to Brainchip, like FF said, lucky we have our literal and figurative chips in the US.

But for the markets in general, the macro environment will not give one bullish sign this year. I was hoping the China situation could have been it.

Recently China has been rapidly advancing cheap Robot Tech like Boston Dynamics $20k Dog copied and made available for $2k

 

[Fact Finder]

I do feel that the long awaited tipping point is at hand just look at the downloads of the AKIDA CNN2SNN on PyPl as at yesterday:

PyPI page
Home page
Author: Alvaro Moran
License: Apache 2.0
Summary: Keras to Akida CNN Converter
Latest version: 2.2.3


Downloads last day: 128
Downloads last week: 956
Downloads last month: 3,916

Assume that just one tiny percent of last months downloads are for the purpose of implementing AKIDA technology in a new product offering this would be 39.16 new products hitting the market over the coming year or so generating royalties. It is happening now.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

 

[Dhm]

I do feel that the long awaited tipping point is at hand just look at the downloads of the AKIDA CNN2SNN on PyPl as at yesterday:

PyPI page
Home page
Author: Alvaro Moran
License: Apache 2.0
Summary: Keras to Akida CNN Converter
Latest version: 2.2.3


Downloads last day: 128
Downloads last week: 956
Downloads last month: 3,916

Assume that just one tiny percent of last months downloads are for the purpose of implementing AKIDA technology in a new product offering this would be 39.16 new products hitting the market over the coming year or so generating royalties. It is happening now.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

This is exciting @Fact Finder. Do you ever sleep? You seem to be across everything Brainchip, especially including things that I wouldn’t have thought to look.

 

[Fact Finder]

Add in the Execution Engine and Models growth and things become very exciting:

PyPI page
Home page
Author: David Corvoysier
License: Proprietary
Summary: Akida Execution Engine
Latest version: 2.2.3
Required dependencies: numpy

Downloads last day: 52
Downloads last week: 314
Downloads last month: 2,147

akida-models​

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PyPI page
Home page
Author: David Corvoysier
License: Apache 2.0
Summary: Akida Models
Latest version: 1.1.4


Downloads last day: 49
Downloads last week: 536
Downloads last month: 2,287

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

 

[MDhere]

I do feel that the long awaited tipping point is at hand just look at the downloads of the AKIDA CNN2SNN on PyPl as at yesterday:

PyPI page
Home page
Author: Alvaro Moran
License: Apache 2.0
Summary: Keras to Akida CNN Converter
Latest version: 2.2.3


Downloads last day: 128
Downloads last week: 956
Downloads last month: 3,916

Assume that just one tiny percent of last months downloads are for the purpose of implementing AKIDA technology in a new product offering this would be 39.16 new products hitting the market over the coming year or so generating royalties. It is happening now.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

Alvaro Moran a good friemd of Alex Gonzalez who happen to take a pic of a licence plate BRN2RUN "by coincidence..."

Alvaro being mentioned here brought me back some months ago when i was lookimg into Philia Engineering also at Toulouse and i remember seeing this picture below in which Alvaro liked.

Now it so happens that the infamous 1and half hour segment that Tech touched on with the name Nikunji so happens that i listened to it and there is quite a segment toward the end mentioning waste management just so happens that Philia Engineering is involved with.

 

[miaeffect]

Less Is More When It Comes To Sensor Power

It used to be the cost of a microcontroller was a big inhibitor to putting brains in everything, but those days are long gone. Even 32-bit CPUs are now cheap enough that you can throw them into any…

hackaday.com

The sensor can measure temperature, humidity, pressure, magnetic field, and acceleration on three axes. The device claims to harvest energy from radio frequencies, vibrations, small temperature differentials or light, even indoors. Our guess is that the sensor package runs on very little and when you poll the device wirelessly, the incoming radio signal supplies power for communication. The company claims its device uses 1000 times less power than competing solutions.