That ChatGTP can appeal to youngster taking a shortcut to their school “chores” is not a surprise, nor that it can be used by some journalists to get a first draft of an article with no sweat … However, I was surprised to read that a judge in Colombia turned …
Read More »Using WiFi as Peeping Tom
Electromagnetic signals are affected by the environment, and part of the environment is … us. As we move in an electromagnetic field we are creating a disruption (we adsorb and reflect part of the field). This happens to the television signals we are receiving at home as well as with …
Read More »A personal camera up in the sky
There are plenty of satellites up there in the sky (if you want to take a look watch this clip). However these satellites are controlled by big companies and although the cost of individual satellite has plummeted it is still beyond the affordability of all of us and it is …
Read More »Celebrating in the air the last 747
OK, this is not really about technology, it mostly has to do with my youth. Back in 1972 I took my first flight with a 747 (Milan to Montreal) and I was amazed by its size, inside and outside. After 50 years and hundreds of flights on all its version …
Read More »DX and Customer Experience
The experience, both at the customer/user level and at the level of living in an environment, such as a working environment, is becoming more and more important. As product and service offering tend to multiply and become more and more similar, the winning element becomes the experiential aspect. Think about …
Read More »When will you buy your next smartphone, … and why?
The year 2020 saw a decline in the smartphone market, because of the pandemic and the related economic downturn. In 2021 we saw a rebound to a level -almost- matching pre-pandemic sales. The figures of 2022 paint a different landscape. Worldwide sales have decreased to a level below 2020 and …
Read More »Who is the writer?
I have been an IEEE member for longer than I care to remember and one recurrent question in these last 30+ years of involvement with various groups was to be aware for plagiarism when reviewing an article. Did the author produced a brand new article, did he borrowed from others …
Read More »Eyes off
Mercedes Benz is the first car automaker to get autonomous driving certification at level 3. Before getting into that let’s recap the SAE 5 certification levels for autonomous driving: no automation Level 1: hands on/shared control Level 2: hands off Level 3: eyes off Level 4: mind off Level 5: steering …
Read More »Brooding about ChatGPT
Generative AI was the new kid in the block that all of a sudden became a rising star. OpenAi, a start up founded in 2015 (Elon Musk was among the funding parties), released their third Generative Pre-trained Transformer in June 2020. In 2021/2022 they managed to have a few million …
Read More »Breaking the 1,000km threshold
A good way to start the new year: Zeekr, a sister company of Volvo, manufacturing electric cars for the Chinese market, is now selling its Zeekr 001 model with the optional Qilin 140 kWh battery pack providing a range exceeding 1,000 km, a sort of magic threshold. The Zeekr 001 …
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