IOT Sensors (Part 4) — A Future of Sensor Dust
The fourth and final part of the IOT Sensor story… from past to present to future predictions. Looks at the emerging markets of “sensor dust” and ultra-pervasive computing systems. Download IOT Sensor Whitepaper by Ned Hayes – From Embedded to Pervasive […]
IOT Sensors (Part 3) — The Problem with Proliferation
The third part of the IOT Sensor story… covers large tech’s inability to capture a viable footprint in fast emerging marketplace. Download IOT Sensor Whitepaper by Ned Hayes – From Embedded to Pervasive (2020) Read Part 1 : IOT Sensors: From […]
IOT Sensors (Part 2) — The Emerging Sensor Ecosystem
The second part of the IOT Sensor story… from past to present to future predictions. Covers the emerging ecosystem. Download IOT Sensor Whitepaper by Ned Hayes – From Embedded to Pervasive (2020) Read Part 1 : IOT Sensors: From Embedded to […]
IOT Sensors: From Embeddable to Pervasive (Part 1)
The first part of the IOT Sensor story… from past to present, with an eye towards the future. Download IOT Sensor Whitepaper by Ned Hayes – From Embedded to Pervasive (2020) © 2020-2022 by Ned Hayes | License for Use: Creative Commons License – […]
Diversity in Tech: Why It Matters
Every year, for the last 5 years, I’ve spent a morning with a sociology class at my local university (courtesy of Prof. Kate Ayers), talking about my experience working in technology over the years. I specifically talk about diversity in hiring and why technology companies are increasingly emphasizing hiring across a diverse pool of candidates. […]
Explainer: Autonomous and Semi-autonomous vehicles
You’ve heard of autonomous vehicles — cars that can drive themselves. But what you may not know is that there are actually multiple levels of possible autonomy, and we’re living with some of those early levels now with newer vehicles that includes advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). These systems help with safety and comfortable driving. […]
11 Lessons from Microsoft
(Alex Hinrichs, a long-time Microsoft release manager, just announced his retirement. Here are some of the lessons he’s learned, posted on LinkedIn). I heartily agree with all of these! Engineering is all about people. Big software projects are built by giant human systems, and giant human systems run on relationships. Good relationships require trust. Trust is built via daily face-to-face […]
Biometrics Drive the Future of Payments
> Reprint: Payments Next by Ned Hayes, General Manager, SureID It’s Monday, and you need a little brain fuel in the form of caffeine intake. When you pull up to the ordering station, you name your drink. When you order, you tap the kiosk with one finger. A moment later, you pick up the […]
Defending Biometric Security – Gluecon
Great session at Gluecon yesterday on Defending Biometric Security — here are the overview slides on the session I conducted. High level overview, but a very useful and detailed conversation afterward that went to a deeper level. Hope this high level overview is as useful to others as it was to our group who discussed […]
INTERVIEW: Ned Hayes on Biometrics and the Human Element of Identity
> Reprint: Find Biometrics April 15, 2019 FindBiometrics Director of Digital Content, Susan Stover, spoke with Ned Hayes, General Manager of Sure ID. Their discussion starts on the topic of SureID’s decades-long history in access management and identity, and its recent “re-start up”, before delving into the aspects of its biometric technology that differentiate it in the […]