by William Dutton | Jul 15, 2015 | Blog
Speech Recognition Reassessed A. Michael Noll © 2015 AMN My new Garmin GPS navigation unit has made me reassess my previously negative opinion of automatic speech recognition. I am now impressed. But it has taken many decades for me to change my mind. Back in the...
by William Dutton | Jul 14, 2015 | Blog
The 2015 launch of Rocket Fiber is poised to add super-fast Internet connectivity to the expanding arsenal of revitalization tools available in Detroit, starting with the city’s downtown central business district, followed by neighboring areas such as Midtown and...
by William Dutton | Jun 24, 2015 | Blog
CHARGING ALONG: TOO MANY RECHARGERS A. Michael Noll June 22, 2015 © 2015 AMN It seems everything we have today – smart phones, cell phones, tablets, computers, watches, toothbrushes, cameras, vacuum cleaners – have batteries that need to be recharged. I have so many...
by William Dutton | Jun 13, 2015 | Blog
This Webcast is from a Quello Center seminar conducted by Adam Candeub, MSU Law Faculty and Co-Principal Investigator of the Network Neutrality Impact Study. Professor Candeub provides his preliminary views on the details of the FCC’s network neutrality rules. The...
by William Dutton | Jun 1, 2015 | Blog
I had the pleasure of contributing to a panel at WSIS 2015 that focused on UNESCO’s Internet Study, and the report entitled ‘Keystones to Foster Inclusive Knowledge Societies’. My team at the Quello team, including Frank Hangler, supported the drafting of this report....
by Mitchell Shapiro | May 27, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
In a recent blog post I discussed a critique of today’s “smart meters” that focused on the technology’s shortcomings as a step toward creating a “smart grid” that reduces climate change risks and other negative impacts associated with our current carbon-intensive...