A new generation of note-taking tools helps us quickly organize thoughts as knowledge graphs — Last year, my longtime friend Arun Batchu introduced me to the new generation of software for creating Personal Knowledge Graphs (PKG). Although the concept of a PKG goes back to 2019, the term has recently become popular because of a new generation of note-taking software that uses knowledge graph representations.

How a company known for GPUs could help build better EKG hardware — On March 22, NVIDIA announced that it is entering the CPU market with a new 144-core chip with high-speed interfaces. This blog post will discuss the implications for the Enterprise Knowledge Graph (EKG) industry. In the past, I have written extensively about the next-generation Hardware Optimized Graph (HOG) processors and…

How we can easily show occupation-gender bias using the Hugging Face website — Here is a lab you can use to teach your STEM and coding students about how a type of AI called natural language processing machine learning can show gender-biased in online language. This lab can be done in just a few minutes with the awesome user interface provided by the…

How shape detection drives classification — In April of 2021, the renowned technologist, entrepreneur, and brain theorist Jeff Hawkins published his new book A Thousand Brains. This book described Jeff’s A Thousand Brains Theory of the architecture of the human neocortex. …

Why enterprise ontology management matters to the EKG industry — Yesterday we saw an announcement that NoSQL database and search vendor MarkLogic will acquire the industry-leading ontology and metadata management company Smartlogic for an undisclosed amount. This announcement could significantly impact organizations building enterprise knowledge graphs (EKGs) because EKGs depend on the management and reuse of ontologies. …

Getting the right vertical angle is easy with this simple design I am working with several other engineers to design a new class of low-cost robots for teaching computational thinking to STEM students. As we started to roll out our design to our students, we focused on giving our students…

A Powerful MicroPython Kit for Under $10 — Last April, Cytron Technologies announced a new $9.90 US board build on the powerful Raspberry Pi 2040 chip called the Maker Pi RP2040. This board packed an incredible number of LEDs, buttons, a speaker, and easy-to-use Grove connectors. But most importantly, it was the first RP2040 based board to include…

How to get a big impact from little blogs — STEM teachers and mentors are often buried in social media articles with vendors promoting expensive STEM robot kits that may not provide equitable access to underprivileged youth. I am now working with several other mentors who are breaking new ground on creating low-cost Python-powered robots. They have great ideas, but…

How combining three emerging technologies is driving innovation — Last month the noble prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg passed away at the age of 82. Weinberg was one of the greatest physicists of our time. He is noted for two things: unifying the fundamental forces of physics and being able to explain physics to non-technical people. This got me thinking…