What is Augmented. Virtual and Mixed Reality / ABC Far North? Oculus Rift, Facebook's $2 billion, Augmented Reality headset goes on retail sale this week in the States and seems destined to bring this industry into the mainstream. Ahead of this and the imminent release by numerous other headset manufacturers ABC's Far North Kier Shorey [...]
Mobile Phone Privacy / Hong Kong Radio 3
What is Mobile Phone Privacy / Hong Kong Radio 3? In a bill before the American Congress law enforcers are asking for extended powers allowing them to go inside mobile / cell phone VPN's (Virtual Private Networks) and Tor's to monitor currently hidden searches, and communication. This is always a difficult topic, because if you [...]
Not Humans vs. Robots, but Humans & Robots / AICCWA Perth Keynote, slidedeck and audio
What is Not Humans vs. Robots, but Humans & Robots / AICCWA? AICC(WA)'s ECU futureNOW Sundowner Event, 27 April 2016 at GHD Perth, featuring Business Futurist, Morris Miselowski - my slidedeck and recording of this keynote are at the bottom of this post. GHD's new state of the art facilities provided the perfect setting for [...]
Driverless Cars and Scalpels / Hong Kong 3, ABC Far North, Austereo
What is Driverless Cars and Scalpels / Hong Kong 3, ABC Far? Singapore is set to take the driverless revolution up a notch, by this week announcing it will put driverless public transport electric pods on the road by the end of this year. We're not quite sure where they'll travel, but we do know [...]
Who’s watching the drones & HK’s top IT awards / Hong Kong radio 3
A near miss between a drone and a London bound British Airways passenger jet was the start of this weeks chat with HK3’s Phil Whelan looking at drones and how we might keep them away from planes, trains and automobiles and whatever else they shouldn’t be near. The sky’s are full of non commercial recreational […]
Swearing Bots & #AI gone mad / Hong Kong Radio 3
Microsoft was recently forced to wash Tay, its Twitter bot’s, mouth out with soap for the foul and abusive language it was using online. In its defence it was just doing what it was programmed to do, use its vast database of information; listen to, learn from and engage with its community in a purposeful […]