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Exciting times for home automation: using light to alter moods
A number of companies have also done scientific studies showing that the color of light from multi-colored LED smartbulbs can impact things such as mood and reduce the impact of jet lag. The sun’s light naturally changes color throughout the course of the day, and human biology appears to take cues from that. In addition to saving a lot of energy compared with traditional or fluorescent bulbs, you can do a lot of other color things with multicolored smartbulbs. Some folks have them automatically flash purple to remind children of their bedtime. Smarthome bulbs should not, however, be seen as panacea. Many of these devices are first generation. Most current LEDs don’t emit in all the wavelengths that human eyes are known to detect (infrared wavelengths, used for circadian rhythms, is missing from most of these systems). Nor are these devices marketed (or intended) to treat medical conditions. But if you’re a technophile, an environmentalist interested in greener bulbs, or just like the idea of seeing what light can do, you may want to look into new gadgets.… Read the restopen semantic meaning platforms: alternatives to IBM Watson?
We’ve been a fan of IBM’s Watson semantic meaning analytics system since IBM first announced they were opening up their ecosystem. Around the time of CES we pointed out that the explosion of data from Internet of Things devices meant semantic processing made more sense than just writing more specialized apps. [Update June 2015: Check out our more recent post on Watson, which includes a selection of Ted Talks on Watson. This also talks about Watson’ use of distance matrices in statistical inference, and how this relates to our CEO’s own peer-reviewed academic research in that area. These internal metrics, whether automatically selected or manually defined, are likely to impact all similar systems. It would seem to be key technical factor in the cost and success of any new semantic data implementation.] There’s one small problem with developing IBM Watson cloud apps currently: access to the platform is currently still limited to a few partner companies, and IBM has not yet publicly announced pricing.… Read the restContract product managers for start-ups?
“Would you consider hiring a contract product manager? [Part of our continuing Ask Acculation series; we originally answered this question on a Q&A site. Scroll down to the bottom of this post to find out how you can get your start-up, analytics, or business management questions answered in a future version of this column.] We know of companies that hire contract Product Managers (PMs). Our CEO has interviewed a number of PMs over the years and otherwise been involved in PM hiring decisions as well as worked with closely with many PMs while leading engineering and scientific teams. First off, we might want to take a step back and explain to readers what a product manager does. They’re typical managers or senior executives within a product division of a company. Not every firm considers itself a “product company” and so not every company has a product division or product managers. For example, a company that considered itself primarily focused on sales or financial investments might not have many product managers.… Read the restReviews of our app, or working more with governments on air quality
It’s probably time to talk about our iOS mobile app again. Our recent articles on IBM Watson analytics and Google Glass generated a lot of interest with people contacting us privately to ask for advice on various start-up projects their working on. (Some more dubious then others — we’re going to an article talking generally about some of the worst mistakes we’re seeing on the start-up scene, so that readers can avoid them.) One comment we’re been getting is that we should doing more to get governments involved with our air quality app. So we decided to put some of the app reviewers from iOS on this blog (finally). The final commenter quoted below says he is a former environmental journalist, and points out that with our app you can monitor your own air quality, independent of government! He suspects not all governments will like this. We have a little anecdotal evidence he’s right.… Read the restRecent Posts
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