Y Combinator Demo Day Summer 2014
(B) This week at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Y Combinator has its Summer 2014 Demo Day. As always, TechCrunch has good coverage of the event: YC Demo Day Session 1, Session […]
The Search is On
(E) Following is a message that I received from the Climate Reality Project and that I would like to share with everyone: “This fall, a group of young people between […]
Prof. Mirzakhani Avila Bhargava and Hairer Winning the 2014 Fields Medals
(E) We only hear about great mathematicians when they receive their Fields Medals or they solve a challenging problem. This year winners of the Fields Medals, awarded to the new generation […]
Recommending Music on Spotify with Deep Learning
(T) Do you enjoy listening to Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos? If you do, you are likely to appreciate Vivaldi’s violin concertos as well. Musicians learn from each other. And, musicians influence […]
The Rise of Social Robots – Meet Pepper the Emotional Robot
(E) Charismatic Aldebaran’s CEO Bruno Maisonniers recently launched his latest humanoid robot: Pepper. Pepper was designed for the Japanese market, and for Aldebaran’s owner Softbank. Pepper wants to be first and foremost […]
The Rise of Social Robots – Meet Jibo the Family Robot
(E) Famous M.I.T. Professor Cynthia Breazeal, took a leave of absence from the Media Lab to work and launch her company and first commercial robot Jibo. She also announced a crowdfunding campaign […]
A Silicon Valley Insider 