As I pondered the ideas that led to my previous blog article that questioned the prospects for long term, monolithic AI dominance, I took some of my ideas and posed them to Claude Sonnet 4.5. The results were better than…
I’ve watched with bemusement as AI enthusiasts advocate the need for massive investment in gargantuan datacenters and ever-larger LLMs. A few nights ago, I attended a seminar where a very smart (I daresay brilliant) presenter explained an economic model that…
Conventional Teaching – Inside to Outside The conventional approach to remote teaching, especially after the Pandemic, is to teach students at home, or at least at a distance. The teacher gives a lesson and interacts with students over a shared…
I’ve been working through stuff I accumulated over the years and every so often, a forgotten nugget pops up. From 1985 to 1992, an automotive trade magazine (Chilton’s Automotive Industries – now Automotive Industries) sponsored an competitive event that pitted…
This is a reposting of a blog article and corresponding PDF White Paper that I wrote in April, 2015. Click the following image to view the original PDF White Paper in a popup window. [dflip id=”11161″][/dflip] Problem Statement Figure 1…
Please take a moment to watch a bit of the following video: A LOT of things in this scene might be worth measuring: The information to estimate answers to these questions is evident in the clip … but you have…
I was a late convert to Twitter. I dabbled about a year ago and then I discovered that Ukraine war news appeared there first. Everyone in the media, government and big business already seemed familiar with Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok…
About 30 years ago, I sat outside a seminar room at a product design conference. I recall meeting Tom Matano. In the 1990s, Mr. Matano was an icon and rock star in the industrial design world. He was the head…
Imagine an industrial facility with dozens of video cameras that continually record and store video of plant operations … for weeks, if not months. If the cameras are strategically placed, they will capture a visual record of nearly everything that…
Over the years, we’ve asked people if they love writing standard operating procedures (SOPs). Their answer is almost always NO !!! SOPs (AKA work instructions or written procedures) are the lifeblood of standard work and continuous improvement. How can something that…
