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Click or Clack? In either case, we will miss you!

April 5, 2014
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Silicon Valley entrepreneurs — starting them young!

The world talks about Silicon Valley, its spirit of entrepreneurship and how unmatched this environment…

Blog December 12, 2013

The 5 parts of a truly secure password

My middle-schooler is amused with the “complicated” password on my iPad. “Why don’t you make…

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A lifetime’s investment gives the lease of a lifetime

October 6, 2013
Blog August 20, 2013

Unshackled by mobility — and liberated by SecuriSync

Earlier this month, I needed to make an unplanned personal trip to India. As I…

Blog October 24, 2011

Changing the world from the bottom — one village at a time

As an engineer and closet sociologist, I love stories about cultural change — especially those…

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(Product) Teardowns — a necessary and critical tool in every product manager’s/marketer’s arsenal

August 16, 2011
Blog August 10, 2011

Monetizing Mobile Enterprise Apps — What’s in it for the players?

Mobility and mobile apps for the enterprise space have been on my mind and on…

Blog July 22, 2011

America re-discovers Intelligent Assist Devices and cobots! (Or, Obama professes a love for robots!)

About two decades ago, General Motors dangled an intriguing problem in front of me —…

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  • Dr. Prasad Akella is a serial entrepreneur who has created and commercialized deep tech products that empower humans — in three very different areas: robotics, business social networks, computer vision/AI.
    He is a Fellow of the ASME and the SME and a Stanford PhD, Michigan MBA, and IIT BS.

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    April 26, 2024

    Why data drives the next industrial revolution and how it impacts the design process

    By Prasad August 18, 2021

    (Originally posted on Aug 18, 2021 on the Drishti blog) Each industrial revolution — from…

    Thinking long: Prasad Akella on Drishti’s new CEO, Gary Jackson

    July 20, 2021

    Drishti’s manufacturing leadership — and influence — recognized

    March 16, 2021

    Part 3: The growing imperative for practical AI

    February 2, 2021

    Part 2: Changes to manufacturing in the U.S.

    January 22, 2021

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