Publications
January 15, 2016
Weekly Report 16-03
CAUTION: SMART TVs ARE “OPENING A NEW WINDOW OF ATTACK FOR CYBERCRIMINALS… as manufacturers are emphasizing convenience over security… with defenses often lagging far behind those of smartphones or desktop computers… generally not even requiring any authentication. As they become more integrated with commerce and people increasingly enter payment card details,” malicious firmware and ransomware... Continue
January 9, 2016
Weekly Report 16-02
THE COMING IMPACT OF ADDITIVE MAUFACTURING – aka 3D PRINTING – CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. Its convergence with robotics and artificial intelligence will continue to rapidly accelerate “the shift of wealth from labor to capital… dramatically reducing the costs and number of people required… displacing laborers who will have no income, radically affecting global wealth distribution…... Continue
January 2, 2016
Weekly Report 16-01
GENERATION ‘Z’ (aka THE APP GENERATION) are some 60 million kids born after 2000. Their distinguishing characteristic is ‘learning’ almost solely from technology, with “Google-fostered expectations that everything be instantaneous.” Academics, psychologists and marketers are focused on the fact that “this generation is growing up totally and utterly connected… without ability to tolerate even five... Continue
December 24, 2015
Weekly Report 15-52,
SOME EMERGING TRENDS AND ISSUES WE’LL BE SEEING NEXT YEAR AND BEYOND: According to FAST COMPANY “OUT WITH USER INTERFACE, IN WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE,” where 90% of Microsoft Research is now focused. “The emergence of new silicon architectures will result in more natural and competent speech interactions with computers and smart phones, to make virtual... Continue
December 20, 2015