Portland Business Tribune: Electronic device says who you are, and how loyal
Article by Joseph Gallivan Portland Business Tribune February 09 2021 SnowShoe’s new VP of Product, Ned Hayes, talks about loyalty and hiring at the Portland retailer and software developer. SnowShoe’s new VP of Product, Ned Hayes, says one day we will go to concerts again, and business conferences, and sporting events, and rallies — and […]
SnowShoe Introduces Spark Card™, First IOT Paper Product for Customer Authentication
PORTLAND, Ore, Feb 9, 2021 – Portland-based SnowShoe, the leading developer of physical presence systems for mobile authentication, releases the world’s first Internet-of-Things (IOT) paper product. The new Spark Card™ allows for physical verification through a unique technology that interacts in real time with all capacitive touch screens. Spark Card™ brings ShowShoe’s proprietary check-in technology […]
Mittens, Memes and Secure Identity
Inauguration week in the United States this year carried with it a host of powerful expectations. From election challenges to pandemic memorials to threats to the historic swearing-in of America’s first female Vice President, this year brought many historic moments. And yet, the photo that stole the show wasn’t of Kamala Harris’s purple pantsuit, or the striking ensemble of inaugural poet […]
Ethics and AI: a mindful perspective
A fascinating perspective from Jeremy Kahn at Fortune’s Eye on AI and Ahmer Inam, the chief A.I. officer at Pactera Edge. Note that the ideas behind Mindful A.I. were coined by Orvetta Sampson, the principal creative director at Microsoft, and De Kai, a professor at the UC at Berkeley. | (republished from Fortune’s blog) | Lately, Inam has […]
The Next New Thing: Brain-Computer Interface as a Service
posted first at Nanalyze.com This year I learned about a mind-blowing advance in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology for recording and interpreting neural signals. Founded by a wealthy and outsized personality, the West Coast startup has raised more than $100 million to advance the boundaries of neuroscience, augment human memory, and perhaps meld mind and machine in […]
Momenta Partners Welcomes Ned Hayes as Principal Partner
Momenta Partners, the leading global Advisory, Talent and Ventures firm focused on Digital Industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ned Hayes as Principal Partner in Advisory, contributing to their dynamic Startup Advisory practice. Mr. Hayes is an accomplished strategist, leader, and technical manager who – for over 20 years – has built and led teams to […]
Biometric Security Update: An Overview in the Covid-19 Era
Biometric identity was once the future: but what happens when they aren’t accurate or secure? Biometrics is a powerful technological advancement in the identification and security space. But with that power comes a deep need for accountability and close ethical scrutiny. After all, journalists have recently found that in places like Detroit, facial recognition devices […]
Biometric Identity Issues: Robert Williams Wrongful Arrest
The well documented wrongful arrest of Robert Williams is symptomatic of what happens when human beings delegate decision-making to technology that is not well proven or well vetted for accuracy. This is especially problematic when it comes to Black communities, because these algorithms are demonstrably less accurate with Black faces. (Details here) Robert Williams was […]
A Biometric Reckoning: Recognizing the Power of Technology in the Face of the BLM Protests
The murder of George Floyd happened one month ago. Since then, protesters in the hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets to proclaim that Black Lives Matter (#blacklivesmatter) and to ask for police accountability in the face of systematic racism. The vast majority of these protesters have been peaceful people exercising their first amendment rights […]
IOT Sensors: From Embedded to Pervasive (Complete)
Complete IOT Whitepaper, covers past, present and potential future of the sensor industry.