Feb 27From current events to proprietary dataHow to train GPT3 for your business needs How do you get real business value out of ChatGPT? With all the hype there’s been around OpenAI’s groundbreaking technology, that might sound like an odd question — isn’t a powerful, easy-to-use language model obviously going to generate value? The fact that it’s reached 100 million users faster than any…Chatgpt10 min readChatgpt10 min read
Nov 2, 2022Invent before extraction: Training a proprietary machine learning modelIf you want to train a Machine Learning model, you first need a data set to train it on. If you’ve got even a passing familiarity with Machine Learning (ML), you’re probably aware of this on some level. If someone else is providing the data set (i.e. you purchased it…Technology And Design8 min readTechnology And Design8 min read
Aug 12, 2022Setting up a machine vision camera for object detectionCameras are everywhere these days, and with good reason. It’s never been so easy or cheap to incorporate one into an IoT device, or leverage image-based data in a user experience, and image inference can unlock product and service possibilities that would’ve been unimaginable a few years ago. For developers…11 min read11 min read
May 13, 2022High-fidelity prototypes lead to better IoT experiencesA Design Technologist’s Guide to IoT Prototyping A little Hollywood magic and IoT prototyping have a lot in common. When building connected products and services for real-world environments, it means getting creative about setting the stage for success. Parts of the process you know well: build early, build fast, test…6 min read6 min read
Apr 28, 2022The evolution of sensorsCharting the path of services passively improved by AI By John Anderson Executive Technology Director, Smart Design The house where I grew up, on Cape Cod, has a wraparound deck that my father built. It also has a simple, low-tech sensor that he installed during the construction: a small switch…Technology8 min readTechnology8 min read
Mar 10, 2022Hand Detection in 3D SpaceIntegrating Google Mediapipe with Intel Realsense Depth Cameras for 3D Hand Detection on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier — By Bryce Copenhaver Hand detection is a critical technology in multi-sensor robotic systems, as it figures into everything from virtual object manipulation to hand gesture control. Numerous solutions exist right now that aim to solve this problem, though most rely on 2D information — for good reason. …Mediapipe9 min readMediapipe9 min read
Mar 4, 2022Sweating it out. The technical journey of the Gx Sweat Patch.By John Anderson and Jared Billig — Technology rarely acts alone these days. Your car talks to your smartphone, your banking app asks distant servers for information and verification, and whatever movies you’re watching or music you’re listening to, it’s just the last link in a global chain of storage, compression, and streaming technology. …Gx Sweat Patch9 min readGx Sweat Patch9 min read
