Wednesday, February 20, 2013

IBM: Big Data

IBM What is big data? - Bringing big data to the enterprise


"Big data spans four dimensions:
  • Volume,
  • Velocity,
  • Variety, and
  • Veracity.
    "

    But free e-book and report link comes with "Internal Server Error"
  • Self-Driving RobotCar... for $150

    UK Unveils 'Affordable' Self-Driving RobotCar - IEEE Spectrum

    Oxford's robot car uses cameras and lasers instead of expensive 3D sensors and GPS
    ...
    unlike Google's self-driving car, the British vehicle doesn't rely on an expensive LIDAR sensor. Instead, Oxford's RobotCar relies entirely on scene recognition (from cameras and lasers), matching live imagery with a preexisting database to figure out where it is, where to go
    ...
    It could be only 15 years before self-driving systems become commonplace in cities as the price of installing the systems drops: "At present it costs about £5,000, but we're working to reduce that to £100," he said.

    Amazon Web Services Summit 2013

    AWS Summit 2013