Intelligence gathering has always been about sensors and gathering knowledge to understand the world around us.

At one time or another, we have all had our personal demons. For most of us, we are presented with choices. Do the right thing and all is well. Make the wrong choice and there are negative consequences. And for some of us, it is one choice after another with no way out. My current Read More …

One of our projects requires that we determine level of threat and intent in a very hostile environment. A good starting point is to describe the context of the work environment. There are men and women that work in high stress environments. Because of this stress, their body/brain reacts by settling into a survival mode. Read More …

I was on the DARPA web site reading about what they were doing and I came across an up coming event. “DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office is hosting a Proposers Day meeting to provide information to potential applicants on the structure and objectives of the new Friend or Foe program. Friend or Foe aims to rapidly characterize the Read More …

There is an accepted paradigm in design that if someone wants to do something, they should be able to do it without necessarily understanding all the steps required to do the “thing”. If you want to start your car, you should be able to press a button and the engine comes to life. It is Read More …

Over the last several months, I have had multiple folks calling me about my experiences with Deep Learning. They ask questions about Machine Learning, Data Analysis, Neural Nets, etc. I actually started with what most folks think of as Artificial Intelligence(AI) over twenty years ago. I read dozens of papers going back to the 70s Read More …

I get ten to twenty calls a day asking about my experience with the Internet of Things. My first response is the question – did you read my resume? The usual answer is,the acronym IOT is there but you don’t write about IOT. My next question is — what is IOT? What is it about Read More …

In an earlier post, I wrote about the collection of audio and video. As a human learns from experiences, Big Bubba uses his senses to learn what happens when a traffic stop goes bad, which person in a group is the greatest threat, etc. That video can be seen here. Big Bubba needs data to Read More …

There are so many “take aways” from this video. From the moment the officer arrives on scene, the escalation — mental and physiological, the closing on the suspect, being shot, the mind shutting down, the support of civilians, “tell my family that I love them”, the support of his fellow officers, the survival of the Read More …