▁G . ▁K err , ▁‘ Peter ▁R ice : ▁Perform ing ▁Inst ability ’ ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 3 5 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 9 9 2 ▁death s ▁Category : Al umn i ▁of ▁Imperial ▁College ▁London ▁Category : Al umn i ▁of ▁Queen ' s ▁University ▁B elf ast ▁Category : F ell ows ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Academy ▁of ▁Engineering ▁Category : I r ish ▁engine ers ▁Category : O ve ▁A rup ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁D und alk ▁Category : Re cip ients ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Gold ▁Medal ▁Category : Struct ural ▁engine ers <0x0A> </s> ▁Pi qq em ▁was ▁an ▁online ▁stock ▁selection ▁service . ▁It ▁is ▁located ▁in ▁Los ▁Alt os , ▁California ▁ ▁Method ▁ ▁It ▁uses ▁a ▁method ▁of ▁selection ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁Wis dom ▁of ▁Crow ds . ▁It ▁launched ▁in ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁with ▁fund ing ▁from ▁early - stage ▁Apple ▁invest or ▁Mike ▁Mark k ula ▁( the ▁first ▁invest or ▁in ▁Apple ) ▁and ▁Tell me ▁Network s ▁founder ▁Mike ▁McC ue . ▁Pi qq em ▁encourag es ▁users ▁to ▁make ▁predictions ▁on ▁stock ▁prices ▁with ▁simple ▁graph ic ▁icons ▁or ▁using ▁online ▁graph ing ▁charts . ▁Pi qq em ▁then ▁uses ▁a ▁propriet ary ▁algorithm ▁to ▁aggregate ▁the ▁expressed ▁sent iments ▁in ▁graphics ▁and ▁symbol ic ▁form ▁and ▁compile ▁those ▁aggregate ▁sent iments ▁to ▁provide ▁predictions ▁on ▁share ▁price ▁movement ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁collect ive ▁" c row d ▁opinion ."