October 27, 2012, AES Convention, San Francisco—A panel looked at the technologies and capabilities of mind-controlled interactive music. These active input technologies enhance the contextual responsiveness and reality of a game. Adam Gazzaley from UCSF moderated the panel. Panel members included Nicolas Tomasino from IGN Entertainment, Al Gurlalei from UCSF, Kyle Machulis from Nonpolynomial Labs,…
October 23, 2012, Renesas Devcon, Anaheim, CA—we talked with Tad Keeley and Tsutomu Aoki about the various products and functions in analog and power. The smart society will require lots of power controls to manage the energy efficiently. The analog and power devices for smart infrastructure is expected to exceed $10 billion in 2015. All…
February 23, 2012, Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium, UC Berkeley—Claire Tomlin described the applications of control theory to the manipulations of big data. These new functions require changes not only in the algorithms for larger scale, but also the nature of the data sets themselves. Combining the structures of big data with control theory allows…
October 12, 2011, IPSO Alliance, Santa Clara, CA–The IPSO Alliance had Stuart Sikes from Parks Associates talk about the many technology opportunities residential energy management offers. The opportunities for IP connected products and services include saving energy, money, enable lifestyle control convenience, fuel the extensions of machine-to-machine communications, and take greater advantage of eh cloud…
November 4, 2010, Audio Engineering Society Convention—San Francisco—a Panel talked about the challenges of developing a broadcast audio control room in an unusual environment. The panel was titled “Broadcast Facility Design: Attention to the Details” and was moderated by John Storyk principal from Walters-Storyk Design Group. The panel members were: Bob Skye, president of Skye…