Sitting in the advisory board of National Institute of Informatics in Tokyo with my colleagues (CEO/directors of majore national research labs in France, Germany, Holland, and Thailand) and listening to their perspectives has strengthened my belief that things definitely work…
HighTech in Japan – Toilets
Japan is one of the most gadget oriented countries. You see use of gadgets in everyday life in possibly the most innovative ways anywhere in the world. When many other parts of Asia still are in 19th century in terms…
Search and Recommendation
When ranking was introduced by search engines, the first step towards recommendation was taken. Ranking is a recommendation by the search engine only based on the keyword. As search engine technology progressed, more and more ‘recommendation’ was introduced. As is…
Intellectual Property and Universities
Most universities in USA have become very sensitive to protecting their intellectual prperty and have built strong departments to make sure that enough faculty members are sensitive to applying for intellectual property protection and then trying to license this to…
Creating PeopleWeb
Twitter introduced Lists — called TwitterLists – and they are already being used for different applications. These lists are proving that you give a simple tool to people and they use lots of creativity and come up with all kind…