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Yearly Archives: 2020

Health Care: Can Health Passports Eliminate Lockdowns?

By Dick Weisinger

Immunity or health passports are being proposed as a way to loosen travel and lockdown restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic. A health passport is an electronic document that shows that its owner has either been vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19…

Formtek EDM Module v4.0 now available!

By Dick Weisinger

With new features, and support for Alfresco 6.2.x on Windows or Linux The Formtek Engineering Data Management (EDM) Solution allows for the management of engineering drawings and CAD files within Alfresco. The Formtek EDM Module extracts and maps AutoCAD attributes…

Artificial Intelligence: Manipulating Data to Fool Algorithms

By Dick Weisinger

Garbage in – Garbage out (GIGO). It’s the idea if you base decisions on flawed information, your solution will likely be equally flawed. The concept is especially true in areas like data analytics and artificial intelligence. And a corollary to…

Innovation: The Need for Government-Funded Basic Research

By Dick Weisinger

In 2019, the Chinese government announced the allocation of a $21 billion fund devoted to funding research for advanced manufacturing, new materials, information technology, and electrical equipment. It is part of China’s “Made in China 2025” plan to dominate technology.…

Internet of Things: Spending on IoT Expected to Bounce Back

By Dick Weisinger

Spending on IoT declined in the first half of 2020 due to COVID-19, according to IDC, but it is expected to pick up and return to double-digit growth in 2021. The rate of growth in IoT spending will be greatest…