The entire world is organised into systems. Be it an ecosystem in the forest, nations, markets, communities, governments, or companies. We all form a part of different systems at different times in our life. If you have ever worked in an organization or been to school, you have been a…

Adam Smith’s idea of the division of labor talks about allocating roles based on relative strengths. It is primarily targeted towards the division of physical labor. Computers and AI making predictions enable a cognitive division of labor between humans and machines based on their respective cognitive strengths. While machines are…

When working with tech teams, your job is to help your engineers make great user-centred decisions. Designing ML systems is a creative process for its programmers too. Getting too prescriptive too quickly can inhibit the creativity of your engineering counterparts. Trust them to use their intuition, encourage experimentation and user…

Prototyping for ML systems is especially hard. If the value of your product lies in using user data to build a personalised experience, a prototype with dummy data wouldn’t feel authentic. Also if you have a fully built ML system, it might be too late to make any meaningful changes…

In traditional software systems, outcomes are discrete and the creators are aware of the behaviour of these systems (rigid set of instructions). AI/ML-based systems bring a fundamental shift to this way of thinking where instead of programming a system to do a certain action, it’s creators provide data and nurture…

Head-mounted devices for virtual and augmented reality come in different shapes and sizes from the minimal Google Glass to the fully immersive HTC vive. At its core, head-mounted displays (HMDs) consist of two primary structural elements: optics and image displays. Optics Before looking at (pun intended) the fundamentals of optics, it…

The idea of displays for augmenting reality is relatively young. Most of these displays are not intended of general consumers because of the lack of everyday scenarios that can be tackled by these devices. However, defense, business, industrial and healthcare settings have shown ample opportunities for the technology to tackle…

Head-mounted devices for virtual and augmented reality come in different shapes and sizes from the minimal Google Glass to the fully immersive HTC vive. At it’s core, head-mounted displays (HMDs) consist of two primary structural elements: optics and image displays. Optics Before looking at (pun intended) the fundamentals of optics, it…