MapD Political Donation Visualization
I received an email from my friends at MapD. They’re the Harvard-MIT spawned “data exploration” company. That’s a poetic way of saying they do speedy …
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Kickstarter Raspberry Pi Project for Kids: Spy v. sPi
For the purposes of this blog post, let’s say there are two kinds of parents in the world. One kind would tell their kids to …
Kaiser Fung Explains Data Science
One of the high points of my summer was talking to Kaiser Fung, data snake charmer and best selling author of Numbersense. You can listen …
The F*%^ing! Stored Communications Act
As has been the case over the last year, more of my work is over at the Inside Out Security blog. I just finished up …
Security in the Internet of Silly Things
Last month, I had a great time chatting with UK-based penetration tester Ken Munro. We’ve all been hearing about the Internet of Things, but very …
$1000 Steerable Electric Scooter From Cycleboard
For those who want a more adult scooter experience, Cycleboard has this tri-wheel contraption that gives you a stable ride. It’s Lithium-ion batteries let the …
From the Kickstarter Files: Finding Stuff With Chipolo (and Tile)
Are we entering the golden age of finding lost keys, wallets, purses, favorite coffee mugs, iPhones, and perhaps ultimately socks? Over the last few years, …
At the Intersection of Law and Data Science With Bennett Borden
Over on my other channel, I posted two-part podcast of my interview with attorney Bennett Borden. Bennett is not just another lawyer. He’s had a stint working …
LegalTech 2016: Lawyers Meet IT, Fun Ensues
The last time I was at LegalTech, there was still a healthy business digitizing paper documents. At the event I just attended, legal IT has …
Quadrofoil Ramps Up Production
Happy 2016! My usual excuse for not blogging more frequently on TvB is that I’ve been busy on my other show. That’s still holds true …
U-Gym: Muscle Stimulator on Indiegogo
Our friend Mark Yu, co-founder of AirSig, has another project he’s introducing. His U-Gym mid-frequency electric stimulator is now starting an Indiegogo campaign. How do …
Brief Tour of Advertising Week 2015: Product Tribes and Thingification
I dropped in on Advertising Week’s big event last week to see what this latest generation of Don and Peggy types were up to. Unlike …
Spare Change App Feeds NYers
Yikes, I haven’t posted since half-past August! I’ve been busy over at my other show writing about, among other topics, threats to our personal data …
Buddy: Family-Friendly Robot Launches on Indiegogo
As we all read one headline after another warning of the robot takeover of our jobs, I’ve discovered a more serious source of concern for …
Dandelion APIs For Your Knowledge Parsing Needs
Somewhere on my Internet journeys, I learned about Dandelion. It’s a platform for doing semantic analysis of text. Another words, software that has some reading …
SipSup: Photo Sharing Drinking Glass on Kickstarter
My blogging has been on vacation the last few weeks. I was away on holiday in southern Spain—biking the Andalusian countryside—and then after returning I …
Autonomous Desk: An AI-Powered Desk on Kickstarter
Remember Robotbase, the group behind an autonomous mobile personal robot? I wrote about their scarily smart bot back in January. Anyway, Robotbase now calls itself …
SipaBoard: Slovenian Stand Up Paddle Board (SUP) Kickstarter Project
We’re starting to see a pattern. Another email from a Slovenian engineer, another project having do with hi-tech nautical-ware. This time our engineer, Sebastjan Sitar, …
Spring Fever, Kerberos, and TechCrunch Disrupt
I’ve been busy over at my other show these days so blogging at TvB has been put on a long hold. Part of my time over …
My Interview With the Privacy Guru
Blogging has been a little light at TvB because of my other show. Lately I’ve been delving into the security improvements slated for Windows 10—who …