One of the most common questions I am asked by clients is “How can I determine if my phone has been hacked?” When a person reaches this point, typically it is the result of odd behavior of the device in question and/or unexplained information leakage. It’s unsettling and concerning when...Continue reading
Boston Dynamics is clearly pushing the boundaries of technology. In a video they recently released on YouTube (embeded below) you can see autonomous robots cooperating to meet a goal: accessing another room through a closed door. The implications of this advance are startling. These things are rapidly becoming more capable...Continue reading
This video embedded below is a montage from a who’s who in venture capital. It really hits the nail on the head with respect as to why we should all care about cryptocurrencies and block-chain technologies. The part that really resonates with me is the potential for this technology to...Continue reading
The non-locality aspect of quantum physics is tough enough to get a grasp of, but as a reminder, if you entangle a couple photons and separate them. Observation of one in location A will alter the state of the other in location B, which can be quite far away. The...Continue reading
This is turning into more of a crypto-currency blog than intended, but to be fair, this is the area I’m running active experiments right now so that’s a good reason to have so many posts in the crypto currency world. Each crypto-currency has an associated hashing algorithm. Bitcoin and BTC...Continue reading
Bettina Warburg, co-founder of Animal Ventures, recently released a video with WIRED showing her explaining block chain technology to 5 different skill levels. It’s a really great concept that was very well done. It’s certainly worth a watch. The expert level conversation covered some aspects of the technology I hadn’t...Continue reading
Much about the “bitcoin bubble” has been written and I can’t help but agree. Nevertheless, the value of BTC to the USD seems to continue to charge ahead with the value as of the time of this post being over $9,700/BTC. Could be interesting to see what the value is...Continue reading
Since the early aughts, (2000’s for you whippersnappers) I’ve believed that the same dynamics that played out in compute and storage must eventually happen in networking too. Moore’s Law, causing general purpose computers to become ever smaller and more powerful plus the open source software community made vertically integrated companies...Continue reading
The rise (and fall and rise) of crypto currencies has been fascinating to watch. For all the sound and fury, the relative place of a crypto currency like Bitcoin (BTC) with a market cap of approximately $41B is still miniscule, there is much room for growth. Having experimented a bit...Continue reading
If you’re a curious sort, you might have wondered what the model is for programming a quantum computer. By comparison, traditional computing using switches which are on or off (0 or 1) are now a common model and nearly anyone can understand how to at least apply digital technologies. Quantum...Continue reading