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Computing: Analog’s Chance to One-Up Digital

By Dick Weisinger

Analog computers have long been considered no match to digital ones. Nearly fifty years ago, Theodore Nelson, the inventor of hypertext, wrote that “there are two kinds of computers: analog and ditigal. Analog computers are so unimportant compared to ditial…

Patent Trolls: Frivolous Patent Lawsuits on the Rise Since 2018

By Dick Weisinger

Patent Trolls are businesses or individuals that acquire a war chest of of patents with no intention of ever using the patent other than to demand money from companies that they claim infringe on the methods described in the patent.…

Teamwork: Small Teams Shine at Collaboration and Innovation

By Dick Weisinger

Small teams are more effective, based on numerous studies by psychologists. Smaller teams enable better accountability, flexibility, and trust amoung team members. Large teams are often overconfident and ultimately underperform. Large teams are notorious for having issues with communication and…

AI and the Law: Driving New Regulations and Changing the Legal Profession

By Dick Weisinger

Artificial Intelligence is upending the legal system. On the one hand is the big question about how courts will be able to regulate and make judgements about many aspects of our lives that are being transformed by AI. The focus…

Artificial Intelligence: AI Speeds the Identification of New Exoplanets

By Dick Weisinger

We know about eight or possibly nine planets in our solar system orbiting our Sun. Planets outside the solar system that orbit around other stars are called exoplanets. Astrophysicists have been on a search to identify exoplanets, looking for planets…