Call me an old cynic, if you wish (I’ve been called worse), but I’ve learned to live with disappointment over the years after being tempted on countless occasions with promises of technological delight, only to discover that all is not as it first seems when the curtain is finally pulled back to reveal…
I know, I know. “Pay … Read More → "Finally, a 100% Semiconductor FMCW LiDAR That Truly Is 100% Semiconductor!"
Every now and then, I run across something that causes me to exclaim, “Brilliant!” Of course, my job is made somewhat easier when the thing I run across is a company called Brilliant, and easier still if the thing they’ve developed is… dare I say it… BRILLIANT!
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Artificial satellites have been on my mind a lot recently. Actually, I’ve been cogitating and ruminating on all sorts of things that are whizzing around over our heads, including satellites, space telescopes, and space debris. But let’s kick off with satellites, which themselves pretty much kicked everything else off.
These include communications, navigation, weather, Earth observation, scientific, military, … Read More → "AI Data Centers in Space: Bonkers or Visionary?"
The robots I grew up with on the silver screen were big clunky affairs like Robby the Robot, who first appeared in the 1956 film Forbidden Planet. Similarly, … Read More → "Robots That Learn Through Interaction and Understand Objects Intuitively"
Before we start, I should note that I always enjoy chatting with company representatives for these columns—although, in some cases, we may be asking the word “enjoy” to do some heavy lifting. Happily, conversations with folks like Kyle Fox, Senior Director at NXP Semiconductors, require no such linguistic gymnastics.
On the off chance you don’t know, … Read More → "Want Physical AI? Just Add Water!"
This week, we’re diving into the hidden challenges of AI infrastructure with David Driggers, CEO of Cirrascale. David and I chat about the surprising failure points that traditional data center planning often misses when it comes to large-scale AI deployments, why old assumptions about power, cooling, and networking simply don’t hold up anymore and why the “just add GPUs” strategy can be a recipe … Read More → "The Hidden Truths of AI Infrastructure: Why “Just Add GPUs” Always Fails"
