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Visualizing Sound

In the CACM:" .... In the movies, people often discover their room is bugged when they find a tiny microphone attached to a light fixture or the underside of aResearchers... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 23, 2015 at 08:19 AM

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Multi Sensory Computer

In Forbes, on the IBM Chip:Meet The Brain-Inspired Computer Chip That Can Smell, Feel And Hear By Dharmendra S. Modha, Ph.D., IBM ResearchBuilding a computer that... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 23, 2015 at 08:14 AM

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Storeless Generation

How can the 'storeless' generation be won back? Good thoughts important to retail." .... But can a big-box store truly be a third space in the classic Oldenburg... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 23, 2015 at 08:07 AM

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Japanese Hotel to Be Staffed by Robots

New robotic service application. Here in Japan. " ... This summer, a hotel will open in the Netherlands-themed Huis Ten Bosch amusement park in Nagasaki, Japan... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 23, 2015 at 08:00 AM

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Warning of a Digital Dark Age

Despite methods like the Internet Archive, in the BBC:" ... Vint Cerf, a "father of the internet", says he is worried that all the images and documents we haveCurrently... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 23, 2015 at 07:55 AM

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HBR: Data Scientist as Sexiest Job

Probably, but still on a wave of hype, as currently defined .... Is Decision Scientist next?Data Scientist; The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century. - HBR.https://hbr... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 22, 2015 at 01:52 PM

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Watson and Jeopardy at the Brink

Jim Hendler mentions how close Ken Jenning's came to winning the Jeopardy competition over Watson - very true - check out his TED talk about after the event and... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 22, 2015 at 11:03 AM

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Microsoft Launches Azure Machine Learning

Newly announced:" ... Microsoft officially announced at the Strata Conference today, the general availability of the Azure Machine Learning service for big data... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 22, 2015 at 10:14 AM

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Data Layers in Big Data

Bernard Marr on data layers that comprise big data. Very nice, instructive and non technical, this is the essential part of defining what Big Data is. Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 21, 2015 at 10:44 AM

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What Does the Term Cognitive Assistance Mean?

A Linkedin Discussion started in the CSG group by Frank Stein, Director of Analytics Solution Center at IBM. I have added some additional examples and comments... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 21, 2015 at 10:16 AM

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NGrams, Data and Patterns in Human Culture

A data lens to human culture. As yet unread, but of interest. Uncharted: Big Data as a Lens on Human Culture Hardcover – December 26, 2013 by Erez Aiden (Author)... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 21, 2015 at 10:03 AM

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Liquid Metal Electronics

In Gizmag: Possible application to 3D printing, reminds me of a product development fabrication experiment long ago. Probably not useful in my realm, but fascinating... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 21, 2015 at 10:02 AM

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Simple Graph Plotting

Brought to my attention, a simple way to deliver plots. Not perfect or anywhere near complete, but I like to collect simple means. I have Tableau, Excel and half... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 21, 2015 at 09:47 AM

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Realtime Strategic execution

Trends in 2015, the need for real time" ... Project teams will deliberate less and plan in real-time more. Companies will recognize a cultural difference as a point... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 21, 2015 at 09:28 AM

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Shopping Through the Lens of IT

In the ACM " ... Pennsylvania State University (PSU) researchers are studying how smart cameras could eventually guide visually impaired shoppers to find the... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 20, 2015 at 02:08 PM

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Watson Preps the Data

A prediction that Watson Analytics will also prepare the data. Often a tedious and error prone activity. There are many aspects of preparing and scrubbing data... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 20, 2015 at 01:55 PM

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Simulating Architectures in a Game World

From today's CSIG talk. Slides at the link. The use of simulation and game technologies to understand the operation of alternative architectures. Here specifically... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 20, 2015 at 01:48 PM

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What Does the Term Cognitive Assistant Mean?

A Linkedin discussion on the topic, which includes some comments of my own on several systems we built that have been mentioned here. Assistance can mean to augment... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 20, 2015 at 01:45 PM

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Archiving the Internet and Searching it with the Wayback Machine

Many people think that everything that is on the net stays there. That is not entirely true, though it is a good idea to operate as though that is the case. A... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 19, 2015 at 01:01 PM

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Re-Threading Topics Here

At some users requests have completed re-threading a few topics here. This usually has to be done because some of the links provided when the posts were done are... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | February 19, 2015 at 11:59 AM