John Holden

Am I missing something here? Achieving income equality for men and women in the workplace may be hampered by some patriarchal hangovers and, perhaps even some logistical bureaucracy slowing down the process.
But the disparity between the sickly sweet “equality for all through tech” rhetoric so many chief executives let flow like Fiji Water out of their hypocritical mouths and the reality on the ground is no longer tolerable.
Equal pay across all industries is the ultimate goal but tech of all...

by John Holden September 23, 2015. Twitter LinkedIn .... John Holden is a journalist, researcher, and professional writer. Originally from Dublin, Ireland, he has ......

The rapid success of Salesforce in becoming the world’s leading customer relations management (CRM) services provider has been pretty phenomenal. It was established in 1999, has 25,000 staff worldwide, more than two million subscribers to its services and at $61 billion (€52 billion) is the most highly valued American cloud computing company. Now the company plans to be front and centre in what it is calling the fourth industrial revolution.
An agile business approach coupled with laser focus...

Now Dr. Goodenough wants to kill off that creation by removing the cobalt that meant his lithium-ion battery could charge faster and last longer. In April, the World War II veteran published research with three co-authors that he said is being used to develop a prototype of a liquid-free and cobalt-free battery.
“My mission is to try to see if I can transform the battery world before I die,” Dr. Goodenough says. “When I’m no longer able to drive and I’m forced to go into a nursing home, then ...

Oxford linguistic philosopher J L Austin was invited to give a guest lecture at Columbia University in New York 25 years ago. Known for his expertise in ordinary language philosophy, he noted how many languages there were in which a double negative makes a positive, but none in which a double positive makes a negative.
To which his sharp-witted contemporary, philosopher Sidney Morgenbesser who happened to be in the audience, sarcastically replied, “Yeah, right.”
Notwithstanding the gender of ...

A new method detects the presence of malware in large-scale embedded computer systems by monitoring power usage and identifying unusual surges as signs of unwelcome security threats.
Malware is evasive, intelligent, and sneaky. No sooner than anti-virus software updates to combat the latest attacks, a computer virus will have already evolved into something harder to detect and potentially more damaging to a computer system.
But malware isn’t without vulnerabilities. Researchers have found an ...

OpEd on marriage equality debate

Press release written for UT Austin that became one of the most popular engineering stories in UT history. This is an example of media coverage from CNN. Taking a hot bath or shower an hour or two before going to bed can greatly improve your sleep, according to new research.

Human body temperatures follow a circadian rhythm that varies throughout the day, said Shahab Haghayegh, a Ph.D. candidate in the university's Department of Biomedical Engineering, who led the research. About an hour and a half before we usually go to sleep, our bodies cool by about 0.5 to 1 degree Fahrenheit.

New wearable technology made from stretchy, lightweight material could make heart health monitoring easier and more accurate, a new study reports.
Existing electrocardiogram (ECG) technology hasn’t changed much in almost a century, researchers say.
The new device is so lightweight and stretchable that it can remain over the heart for extended periods with little or no discomfort. It measures cardiac health in two ways, taking electrocardiograph and seismocardiograph readings simultaneously.
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Collect ideas like frequent flyer miles; be a ‘speed understander’; and avoid ‘innovation envy’: Some ‘non-obvious’ tips from SXSW 2019
Author of the “Non-Obvious Trends” book series, Rohit Bhargava, may have labelled his keynote speech at SXSW interactive 2019 as having just seven key takeaways. But for a man who has now clocked up eight editions of his series, each with entirely new lists, every utterance from his mouth is potentially useful advice to anyone trying to think in ways as far f...

When walking in a crowded place, humans typically aren’t thinking about how we avoid bumping into one another. We are built to use a gamut of complex skill sets required to execute these types of seemingly simple motions.
Now, thanks to researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, robots may soon be able to experience similar functionality. Luis Sentis, associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, and his ...

In a surprise appearance at SXSW Interactive 2018, renaissance man Elon Musk talked space, electric cars, how he is reinventing tunnels – because no one else will –and how opposition to his dystopian views on AI is rooted in smart people’s discomfort with the idea that machines could ever be more intelligent than them.
The Irish Times received an email late on Saturday night with an invitation from SXSW to register for entry to an unscheduled interview the following morning with everyone’s fa...

Photograph-analysing algorithm likely to be used as tool for intolerance of LGBTQ people
A new study from Stanford University used artificial intelligence (AI) technology to guess people’s sexual orientations by analysing their headshots. The machine turned out to be worryingly accurate.
Researchers have shown how a novel machine-learning algorithm needed nothing more than a few photos of a person’s face in order to identify them as gay or straight.
Using a sample of more than 35,000 facial i...

by Dr. Moriba Jah and John Holden
The only way to achieve transparency between actors in space is through the development of a civil-space situational awareness (SSA) and space-traffic management (STM) entity that can monitor, assess, and make evidence widely accessible to all. The first Space Security Exchange (SSE) bi-lateral meeting between the U.S. and Russia in 14 years was held on July 27, in Vienna. The two superpowers didn’t see the need for one previously, but tensions and general ac...