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4. But before IFA in Berlin in September is MWC Shanghai...
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   Never, ever stop learning stuff...
   
   what did I learn today...
   
   He never said it...its folklore.
   
   Who?
   
   Willie Sutton
   
   Sutton's law[edit]
   Main article: Sutton's law
   In a famous apocryphal story, Sutton was asked by reporter Mitch Ohnstad why he robbed banks. According to Ohnstad, he replied, "Because that's where the money is." The quote evolved into Sutton's law, which is often invoked to medical students as a metaphor for focusing a workup on the most likely diagnosis, rather than wasting time and money investigating every conceivable possibility.
   
   In his autobiography, Sutton denied originating the pithy rejoinder:
   
   The irony of using a bank robber's maxim as an instrument for teaching medicine is compounded, I will now confess, by the fact that I never said it. The credit belongs to some enterprising reporter who apparently felt a need to fill out his copy. I can't even remember where I first read it. It just seemed to appear one day, and then it was everywhere.
   
   If anybody had asked me, I'd have probably said it. That's what almost anybody would say ... it couldn't be more obvious.
   
   Or could it?
   
   Why did I rob banks? Because I enjoyed it. I loved it. I was more alive when I was inside a bank, robbing it, than at any other time in my life. I enjoyed everything about it so much that one or two weeks later I'd be out looking for the next job. But to me the money was the chips, that's all.[1]
   
   
   I looked it up as I was thinking over WMC SHanghai.
   
   L8er this month.
   
   http://www.mwcshanghai.com/agenda/#wednesday

   
   

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June 29 to July 1st.

I've never been to the big Barcelona show, this one did not even exist till receect yrs.

QUIK's Bob S., who knows the CHina markets probably about as well as anyone born in the USA.

So this phrase stood out in the last cc for me..

We have made substantial progress in strategic Asian markets this year, and we are now engaged with most of the top-tier smartphone OEMs in China.

Also for me that this snip is different by a fair bit than the 2 evals added to their Eos potential.  Most of the top-tier is a LOT more TAM and 2 additional ones,

so that is what this folder will be for.

I will put interesting news items here.

IF the algo IP from the CHina algo chefs is all done and tweaked where/when would QUIK let the CHina OEMs know?

Bob S, might be soooooo busy I hope he is ready.  If ready the EOS algo IP will be announced for this very, very important gathering in Shanghai June 29, 30 J1.

stay tuned.

Will Samsung announce its China only clamshell phone?

Clamshell phones are just cool!

I'm glad they still like them in Asia.

Things have shifted a LOT and this show is more important then the Barcelona one for those who own part of the QUIK biz.  Its right here right now.

THe China IP, names they use for everything else wil be so crucial in helping Bob S. sweep up in China.

I have read a fair bit on this subject, and used Huami as the mental model for what such companies look like. 

We will have some good reading material soon. 

  

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When is the IFA anyway?

Sept 2-6 in Berlin Germany

Samsung may intro 2 wearables on that BIG stage.

Nice?

Samsung and the IoT

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   I want to learn more in this area and thats what this folder will be used for.
   
   Samsung is developing a new OS for the Internet of Things | PCWorld
   www.pcworld.com/.../samsung-is-developing-a-new-os-for-the-internet-of-t...
   Mar 23, 2016 - Samsung is developing a new open-source OS for IoT devices, and hopes it will find a place in the millions of smart devices, home appliances,
   
   As an ecosystem nobody makes as many devices in the home as they do?
   
   Samsung launches SmartThings internet of things hub
   
   
   Company bets on the Hub with open protocols to securely connect to range of sensors and third-party smarthome accessories as it takes on Apple and Google
   
   
   
   Samsung hopes to unify disparate Internet of Things devices with its new SmartThings Hub and pack of sensors, which provides secure but open protocols for a range of smarthome devices. Photograph: Samsung
   
   
   Thursday 3 September 2015 05.00 EDTLast modified on Thursday 3 September 201505.32 EDT
   
   

   Samsung has launched a new hub for smarthome devices, which it hopes will kickstart the evolution of the internet of things (IoT).
   
   Its Hub will securely unite sensors and accessories from a range of manufacturers using the SmartThings open system.
   
   The device and service will be available from 10 September, andfollows Samsung’s acquisition of the IoT company SmartThings in April last year.
   
   The internet of things is the idea of creating a home where everything is connected to the internet, creating “swarm intelligence” from individually dumb devices. Bins, toasters, washing machines and lights will be able to talk to each other for automatic, more efficient control and monitoring.
   
   Lights could talk to the heating system or door to know when you’re home. A fridge could detect when the milk is empty and order another pint, or the security camera could turn on all the lights if it detects an intruder.
   
   The Hub will work with a range of SmartThings-branded devices as well as other products from Samsung and accessories from Bose, Philips, Honeywell, Yale, LIFX, Aeon and others.
   
   Samsung’s president of UK and Ireland Andy Griffiths said: “We believe a connected home will provide users [with] more information, more piece of mind and more control in their lives – but privacy is fundamental.
   
   “The whole thing is encrypted end-to-end – think bank-level security – while we have continuous security checks and third-party auditing. Only you will have access to any data stored in the cloud.”
   
   Samsung will sell a starter pack costing £199 with the Hub, a door closer sensor, a motion sensor, a presence sensor and a power outlet switch for turning something else on and off. A range of other SmartThings devices including a moisture sensor, a camera and a sleep monitor will also be available for around £30 each, with more in the pipeline for next year.
   
   But the Hub will also talk to a range of other devices from other manufacturers and will be open to other companies to link into.
   
   “We have a different philosophy for our IoT vision, not hidden behind a walled garden, but open and interoperable with many devices,” said Griffiths.
   
   
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   The SmartThings app controls devices such as lights and appliances, and views the live stream from the camera. Photograph: Samsung
   The whole system will be controlled by a SmartThings app, which will be available for Android, iOS and Windows Phone, making it one of the systems with the most cross-platform support.
   
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   The Korean company is also attempting to foster a community of developers who are free to create new apps and new integrations with products beyond the original launch platform.
   
   Samsung has also pledged to make 100% of its devices, from TVs and sound systems to washing machines and fridges, internet connected within five years, which will all integrate into the SmartThings Hub.
   
   Samsung isn’t alone in attempting to secure a foothold in the burgeoning IoT space. Apple launched its HomeKit system last year and is expected to push it heavily this year with its new iPhone and iPad software iOS 9.
   
   Google also launched its own IoT platform based on Android, called Project Brillo, over the summer to complement its Nest group of products, while many others have built apps and devices that connect to control certain aspects but cannot integrate with other devices.
   
   “We’re entering a whole IoT era, starting this year, and it will increasingly become the norm in the next three to five years. What we’re doing is appealing to the early adopters,” said Griffiths.

    

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   Note that SEC does not use Android in its wearables, it uses its own RTOS Tizen...
   
   "Samsung will announce our new, open-source IoT real-time operating system (RTOS), which has a wide scope of features while maintaining a lightweight and efficient footprint," thesession agenda says.
   
   A spokesman for Samsung couldn't immediately provide further details.
   
   A real time OS processes data quickly, with virtually no delay. An example is Intel's VxWorks, which has been used in the Mars Rover.
   
   Samsung is making the operating system open source to help increase its chances of adoption, and says it will allow for greater interoperability between IoT devices.
   
   It's goal is partly to avoid the fragmented OS landscape in mobile devices, particularly for Android, which has caused issues with device interoperability, chip compatibility and deployment of software updates.
   
   The OS could turn out to be a pared-down version of Tizen,
   
   
   It would be great if we know this OS very well.
   
   I write about the adjacent possible as S Johnson writes about it in his most excellent book, Where Good Ideas come from.
   
   Most will look for and want the adjacent Smartphones that Samsung makes, but the Samsung IoT is adjacent territory also from expansion into for this Tier 1.
   
   Keep Brian F. most recent blog on your minds as you read this.

    

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   A good ecosystem of wearables is just the first subset of the IoT.
   
   Is there proof that the IoT is adjacent possible to any supplier to the Tier 1?
   
   Yes, there is read this item..
   
   Wearable For Tizen Expansion
   Samsung Electronics Plans to Expand Tizen OS with Wearable Devices
   
   The Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch featuring its own Tizen operating system.
   SEOUL, KOREA
   25 May 2016 - 10:15am
   Cho Jin-young
   As Samsung Electronics has been applying its own Tizen operating system (OS) to wearable devices in succession, it is using its wearable device business as a main weapon to expand the Tizen OS. The company plans to create the smart home and the Internet of Things (IoT) service ecosystem based on Tizen. This is why it is actively using Tizen in wearable devices which will play a key “controller” role in the IoT services.
   
   "One wearable to rule them all"
   
   According to industry sources on May 24, Samsung Electronics will introduce the Tizen OS in the Gear Fit 2 smartband to be launched next month. The company used the real-time OS, a separate OS designed for the Gear Fit, in the previous Gear Fit model released in 2014.
   
   Starting with the Gear S2 smartwatch, Samsung is intensively applying Tizen to wearable products. As the Gear Fit 2 features Tizen as well as the Gear S2, the company now has Tizen-based products from smartwatch to smartband, which are two main axises of wearables.
   
   
   
   
   Industry watchers say that Tizen will be used in upcoming wearable devices, including a product tentatively named “Activity Tracker” which is assumed as Samsung’s low-end wearable device.
   Do we know about this device?
   Yes we do, its the Samsung Charm, I am not sifting sands for any other wearable devices from them this yr
   
   Samsung's fashion-forward activity tracker to Charm us soon
   
   This is largely due to the fact that Samsung is considering wearable devices the main test bed for Tizen with its IoT business in mind. The company has been revealing its strategy to make Tizen as a main platform for the IoT which follows mobile devices and home appliances. As wearables are expected to become a core controller in the IoT sector, along with smartphones, the company is highly likely to expand the application of Tizen to mainly wearable devices.
   
   - See more at: http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/engl...izen-os-wearable-devices#sthash.tt5BbEac.dpuf
   
   
   THe same OS for wearables and the IoT.
   Brian Faith's recent blog where the Eos shines in IoT use.
   THe adjacent possible says that this is the room we move in to explore..
   wearable to the IoT is just a short stroll from one room to the next.
   
   QUIK Smartphings ecosystem could be varied and vast.
   After Bob S. sweeps up in China,
   Have your SEC team move into this room of Samsung's
   
   Thanks in advance.
   Our roadmap is based on the advance work that Dr Saxe does
   focused at 1 yr out.
   Consider that the Eos 2 has been shaped by
   people like the Tier1 and what they need/want for their IoT ambitions.
   
   Samsung has huge IoT ambitions,
   that will help a little company like QUIK
   have the right stuff.
   
   Having Sensory Audio on the Eos was better than anything
   IP wise I hoped for.
   Use that to know the execution here will
   be spot on.
   
   THanks office of the CTO for this advance sort of work-
   2017 is not so far away now.
   
   Did I learn anything from this folder already?
   
   Yes, a lot.
   
   What?
   
   1. Samsung takes wearables very seriously. They know it the portal to the IoT and they want these things on your wrists. Bundle galore- get them on your wrist so that you can move to the IoT with them
   
   2.Tizen- a RTOS is no flash in the pan for them. Its the OS of the IoT for them. We want to know it very, very well.
   
   3.

    

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   this snip is the one to remember
   
   it is using its wearable device business as a main weapon to expand the Tizen OS. The company plans to create the smart home and the Internet of Things (IoT) service ecosystem based on Tizen. This is why it is actively using Tizen in wearable devices which will play a key “controller” role in the IoT services.
   
   "One wearable to rule them all"
   
   THe IoT of this tier 1 is adjacent possible to any supplier of SPS to them. It is very, very big opportunity.
   
   
   
   
   Move on to this room in a solid fashion. FPGA silicon would be put to good use here to make it more flxible for the many uses.

1. In the coffee house of sensor fusion the adjacent possible is being discussed and the necessary bits and pieces are being traded around
   so that they are ready to get put together in novel ways.
   
   In my digressive reading I was really happy with the Huami file, that they are investing BIG time in the rare algo chefs, not in China
   but with a leasurely 10 min drive from QUIK HQ.
   
   Samsung, known as SEC in Korea, is moving the mobile device along with a BIG step forward in the specs on the rumored Fit2 device.
   ANd they are hiring also as this one says....
   
   
   Principal Biometrics Algorithm Engineer
   Samsung
   US - CA - San Jose
   

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   Apply on company websiteApply to Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. on their website
   Job description
   
   
   SSIC Overview
   
   Do you care about building real products on a global scale? Do you have the ability to imagine, innovate,execute and disrupt?
   
   Same Q works on QUIK? I think so
   Do you care about building real products on a global scale? Do you have the ability to imagine, innovate,execute and disrupt?
   
   We are a talented and diverse group of technologists, innovators, and industry leaders, bound by a common passion to reinvent how we approach everyday life.We are SSIC, Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center -- an incubator of new disruptive businesses within the leading global technology company.
   
   
   We launched in late 2012 and are headquartered on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley with smaller teams in Tel Aviv, Seoul and London. We are creating newdisruptive platforms and business models for Digital Health, IoT, Next Gen Cloud Infrastructure and HCI. We build things here as well as partner with and invest in early stage partners.
   
   Title
   
   Principal Biometrics Algorithm Engineer
   
   Location
   
   San Jose, CA
   
   
   Team
   
   Digital Health
   
   Team Overview
   
   The Digital Health team is focused on developing a health platform that helps you monitor your health and identify potential health issues before they become serious. We are building a platform that involves sensors, data, algorithms, cloud, hardware and software.
   
   Position Description
   
   As an Algorithms Engineer, you will develop innovative algorithms for real-time processing of physiological data from ECG, PPG, Accelerometers, Bio impedance, and others.
   
   
   With your expertise in developing biometrics algorithms you will devise approaches to signal processing and parameter estimation to develop new biometrics algorithms. You will use your modelling and analysis skills to develop integrated data analytics to transform these biometrics into relevant, useful physiological information.
   
   We want intelligence on the device, machine learning on the device, one layer, then the cloud, their Fit2 is just the start of it for them-
   For any doubters, there will be duplicates, and we really want this evolution to be there- QUIK has it on the Eos2 roadmap.
   
   
   To achieve this you will drive the algorithm development process from end to end: defining experiments for data collection and work with the data collection team to ensure appropriate data is available, perform data analysis and modelling, build and leverage partnerships with physiological and clinical experts in the understanding and interpretation of data results, and use your specific expertise to translate from data to end algorithm.
   
   
   Further you will leverage your experience with real-time firmware/software development on embedded systems such as those in the ARM family of processors to integrate your new algorithms into the real-time embedded systems.
   
   QUIK get those new porting tools over there ASAP> thanks QUIK
   
   
   You will additionally have the opportunity to contribute to the team roadmap and potentially grow into a technical leadership role.
   
   Responsibilities
   
   

   • Develop novel algorithms for signal processing, feature extraction, and data analysis and integration of biometrics information using data from physiological sensors
   • Collaborate with embedded software teams to define related control logic for sensor scheduling specific to the needs of the algorithms.
   • Design ofexperiments for data collection for empirical data analysis and to assess real-time algorithm performance
   • Troubleshooting system performance issues
   • Implementing software for algorithms on platform

   Qualifications and Experiences
   
   

   • PhD in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or equivalent disciplines, or equivalent years of experience in signal processing and data analysis domain, with a demonstrable mathematical and statistical foundation
   • Thorough understanding of signal processing for novel-feature extraction and the ability to apply these to non-standard (e.g., quasi-periodic) signals
   • Ability to apply data analytics skills to identify new and/or difficult relationships in complex/confusing datasets
   • Experience developing algorithms under constraints for both real-time embedded and cloud-based target systems
   • Expert knowledge of Matlab (or similar)
   • “Plusses” for:

   -Extensive knowledge in biometric signals for estimating blood pressure and in blood pressure- regulating physiology (++)
   
   -A background in biomedical engineering and broad experience with physiological signals
   
   -Exposure to machine learning techniques (e.g., classifiers, supervised /unsupervised, clustering, dimensionality reduction)
   
   -Knowledge of estimation and control techniques (e.g., Kalman Filters, Particle Filters, Hidden Markov Models)
   
   Useful, but reading suggests the Sensory approach of a neural network at an order of magnitude lower power is the FUTURE here..and will separate from the highlighted text above.
   
   -Experience with automated MATLAB/Simulink to C/C++ code generation, Simulink, and Embedded C/C++
   
   Personal Characteristics
   
   •High Integrity
   
   •Brilliant and Curious
   
   •"Interested in details" person
   
   •Interest in the Digital Health vision and mission
   
   • Good communication skills for multifunctional, multinational environment

    

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   How far from QUIK HQ to sit down with someone from SSIC?
   
   24 min
   13.2 miles
   via US-101 N
   23 min without traffic
   
   24 min
   19.4 miles
   via I-280 N
   23 min without traffic
   
   1 h 42 min
   5:50 AM—7:32 AM
    902 Limited X SLAC 
   
   
   THe coral reef of sensor fusion algos is where Huami, SSIC, QUIK live and can actually go to Starbucks and meet at the Senosr meeting this June, and work together.
   
   Who needs QUIK?
   
   Huami does, SSIC does....
   
   Use the cc material on the allocation of resources to the Tier 1...we want that to get started and at the very same time, while saying very little we want the Eos 2 team uver the office of the CTO to be hanging out in the senor fusion coffee house
   so that they can have on the Eos2 exactly what is needed for the above. HUami and SSIC are using these locations for a very real reason and in the BIG pic it also helps the roadmap...............