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About - Ash Yadav

Sat, 16 Jul 2016 15:58:01 -0400

Thanks for dropping by my page on interwebs.

For those of you that know me know about my passion for all things technology. I love to read about technolgy and thanks to my long bus rides to work and back I get plenty of time to indulge. I love to share my knowledge with friends and family. We are living in the golden age of tech where we are on the cusp of a major leap that will propel humankind into an age wehre machines and humans will live interdependant lives. Virtual and Augmented reality will open up new experiences for all. Food tech will feed the billions that today have to go to bed hungry. A world where disease will be combated with individualized medicines at a reasonable cost. Gene therapies coded with your dna will target disease and cause less side effects. Quantum computing will enbale computing on a scale that we cannot currently fathom.

to learn about the future of tech tune in and drop by .

Ash Yadav

AshTech #9 - Apple Airpods

Sun, 01 Jan 2017 21:18:46 -0500

After whats seemed like an eternity, Apple has delivered on their promise of Airpods for christmas. Apple hit some unexplained delivery delays on these headphones after it courageously removed the headphone jack on the iphone7.

Well they have finally arrived in mailboxes and apple stores. In true fashion apple under promised and over delivered by delivering my headphones 2 days ahead of time on launch day

My First impressions of using them for the last few days has been great so far. The airpods paired as soon I opened up the case ( and charger ) thanks to the new W1 chip. They fit snugly in my ears and seem very hard to drop. They sound great to my ears. Much better than the wired ones. I have noticed that the stereo separation is much better as I picked up sounds that I have not previously. My standard testing tracks of Pink Floyd, Eagles and the beats radio station were my initial testbed. I have listened to multiple podcasts without any drops outs while roaming thru the house and long dog walks. I watched a Netflix shows with no lag on my iPad Pro. Thanks to the apple magic sauce they show up magically on my apple watch, ipads, and computer via icloud.

Here are some more that provide more details on one of my favorite gadgets of the year.

Reviews

9to5mac review

The Verge review

imore review

AshTech #8 - Amazon Go

Tue, 13 Dec 2016 23:37:56 -0400

Amazon Stores, Trains, Stocks, AI 2016, Eisenhower Matrix

Amazon launches a concept convenience store without cashiers

Amazon puts on display the future of retail and its filled with Cameras, Sensors and AI. It removes the last hurdle of waiting in line and pulling out you card or cash to pay. Its Pick & Go.

https://goo.gl/WJL1MZ

Catching a rogue train on Singapore’s MRT with data

An interesting look at how data scientists helped figure out an errant MRT train.

https://goo.gl/xnzmTc

The Secret Lives of stocks. How do stocks move around the settlement systems

Ever wonder what happens to the stocks you buy and sell after the trade is done. Heres a simple guide to

https://goo.gl/A0aRDw

The state of AI in 2016

The latest trends for AI as we close out the year. The year has brought AI to the forefront and there is no looking back as AI grows by leaps and bounds.

https://goo.gl/5iybOQ

The Eisenhower Matrix - For a productive 2017

Having trouble managing those todo items that keep stacking up in your bullet journal. The Ike Matrix may help clear up the clutter.

https://goo.gl/fXTYeo

AshTech #7 - Pokemon Go

Sat, 16 Jul 2016 23:37:56 -0400

Pokemon Go, Story Arcs, Bitcoin Halving, AI photo coloring, China Fitness Boom

Pokemon Go

https://goo.gl/hTaCD3

Pokemon Go mania is upon us. Almost every person you encounter walking while looking into their phone is playing the game. Walking on NYC streets, on buses and restaurants that I visit Pokemons, poke-stops and poke-gyms are everywhere . I am glad that this game has got kids off the couch and exploring neighborhoods looking for Pokemon. Although 20 years in the making Pokemon is best suited to the Augmented reality experience and the game developers Niantic have done a very good job with it. This week it became the most downloaded app in a week on the ios app store. Gotta Catch em all !

Six basic Arcs of story telling

https://goo.gl/iOMJhW

Word sentiment analysis data mining of over 1700 stories has shown that they fall into 6 basic arcs. Vonnegut spoke about graphical shapes of stories in a lecture in 1995 and Aristotle spoke about similar arcs 2000 years ago. Its good to see that data mining is lending its voice to these theories.

Bitcoin Miner reward is cut in half

http://goo.gl/Srdihi

The reward miners get for sealing a block on the bitcoin ledger drops from 25 btc to 12.5 btc .Known as “the halving” this has been a programmed feature in bitcoin. It is only the second time that this has happened. It will be interesting to keep an eye on the bitcoin price for the next few weeks to see the impact if any.

Deep Learning to colorize your photos

https://goo.gl/MNOlPU

A deep learning algorithm developed by UC Berekley students is doing a decent job at colorizing photos. Click the link above to see some stunning results.

VCs are betting on a chinese fitness boom

https://goo.gl/E1MkcI

365 million chinese millenials are hitting the gym and VCs are taking note. I suspect Apple and Fitbit have their eyes on this mega market.

AshTech #6 - Parsey McParseface

Mon, 23 May 2016 21:52:37 -0400

SWIFT, Eye Computer, VIV, Bitcoin, Parsey McPareface

Another SWIFT Attack

http://goo.gl/n3pPaH

The SWIFT interbank network that handles money transfers between bank has seen its second major hack attack. SWIFT is the primary way banks move billions of dollars to other banks daily. The hack spreads malware using a pdf reader software and bears code signatures similar to the Sony hack and the recent attack on the Bangladesh Central Bank. So if you work at a bank and are reading swift message via a pdf reader make sure its not infected and stay vigilant.

A computer in your eye

(http://goo.gl/5ZHy4G)

Google glass was a stepping stone to the next gen devices google is dreaming up. Not content with the public rejection of google glass the company continues to push the envelope on a wearable computer. It latest vision via a patent filing is to implant one directly into your eyeball. Once injected the device would be powered by an energy harvesting antenna. The device can transmit signals like GPS, NFC, LTE. Will it be able to interact with the optic nerve and beam signals directly to the neo cortex is still unknown.

Viv - Conversation as a platform CAAP

(http://goo.gl/wDLp5H)

A new conversational bot named Viv was unveiled last week by the creators of Siri. Viv promises to be the bridge between the apps on your device. You could ask Viv to order some flowers for mom or the temperature at the golden gate bridge at 7pm. You could even ask it to send some money to your friends. The AI assistant would be social graph and service aware to make the autonomous decisions for you. Will Viv be a radical change or just another bot that is gobbled up by Siri, Cortana or Ok Google

Will the real Satoshi Nakamato please stand up …

(https://goo.gl/kCy4Vh)

The elusive founder of bitcoin was found and lost again. Australian Craig Steve Wright was briefly unmasked as the infamous Satoshi Nakamoto, founder of bitcoin. Several clues including a PGP pubic key, blog posts and the mysterious “Tulip Trust” . Clues that surfaced after the release of the Wired story point an elaborate hoax that Wright may be propagating. So once more Nakamoto-san slips back into matrix..

Cause I’m Slim Shady, yes I’m the real Shady All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating So won’t the real Slim Shady please stand up, Please stand up, please stand up?

Parsey McParseface

(http://goo.gl/dxd3ih)

Google this week open sourced its natural language parser. This will enable smarter applications that one can communicate with using natural language. This should make chatbots smarter. The parser SyntaxNet is a Neural network built on googles macdhine learning framework Tensor Flow.

AshTech #5 Deepmind & Go

Sun, 08 May 2016 23:40:30 -0400

Go - Deepmind, Skinterface, Email Habits, Doodling, HoverBike

AI - Thoughts on Deepmind and Go

#AI #go #deepmind #singularity

The machines are winning. The recent win of Google’s Deepmind AI at laying Go is a major step in Machine Learning. Go is an abstract strategy board game for two players, in which the aim is to surround more territory than the opponent. The game has long been the holy grail of the AI geeks to find. Recently Google’s DeepMind AI defeated Go Grandmaster Lee Se Dol 4-1. This is clearly a triumph of the advances in artificial Intelligence and deep learning. In Game 3 Deepmind played a move that no human has ever made. Here in lies the hope that AI will bring to humanity. It will enable us to see things that we have not yet dreamt of and help us look beyond our imagination. So heres looking to the beginning of a beautiful friendship humanity+ai

Skinterface

#interface #applewatch #smartwatch #androidwear

This new idea for using the human skin as input for our smartwatch may just be the thing that will make them more usable.

Video Demo

Email habits

#email

Some great tips from the C-suite on dealing with your daily email deluge. http://goo.gl/Om3Zt8

Doodling

#art #doodle As a parent of a doodler I was fascinated to learn how doodling enhances memory, recall and understanding of the subject matter. Maybe that is why when whiteboard my meetings I enjoy them better . http://goo.gl/tpVvIb

HoverBike

#drone #hoverbike You have to watch to see this crazy fun bike now where can I chase those stormtroopers. https://youtu.be/1ToBgypNwL4 http://goo.gl/qnsfE1

AshTech #4 - Driverless Trucks

Sun, 01 May 2016 22:34:52 -0400

Driverless Trucks, $79 Laptop, Negotiaiting Salary, Fotokite, Win95 on Applewatch

The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automate millions of jobs

http://goo.gl/nygHZy

Before we get driverless cars, driverless trucks have the potential to revolutionize the goods distribution system on land. It will reduce cost and reduce the time for delivery of goods. It will pose a considerable impact to the large amount of drivers that the industry currently employs.

A $79 Remix OS laptop may be on the way

RemixOs brings android to your laptop as an OS. It was being sold as an OS to install in your slow running old PCs and laptops. A Chinese manufacturer wants to sell you a new laptop with the RemixOS and sell it for under a hundred bucks.

How one Silicon Valley engineer negotiated a starting salary from $120,000 to $250,000 in just a few weeks

Some good insights that will help you on your next job hunt.

Fotokite for your dronies aka drone selfies

http://goo.gl/K3QMRH

I have always worried about a drone getting away while flying it. The fotokite is a great drone for all of us who are afraid to loose a drone.

Developer hacks Apple Watch to boot and run Windows 95

http://goo.gl/VOFCVc

All I can say is wow … a tip of the hat to some ingenious skills.

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Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:02:07 -0400

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