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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Smartphone Medical Sensors
In Medgadget: From LifeWatch AG (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland) An Android smartphone packed with medical sensors. Quite remarkable: " .... The tests...
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Analytics at Work
Finally made it to the 2010 book: Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results by Thomas H. Davenport, Jeanne G. Harris and Robert Morison. A fairly...
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Fog Computing
In Wired: Fighting leaks with the spread of believable misinformation. This is a very old idea, but using systems technology to do it effectively is not.
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Data Science Blog
A blog devoted to Data Science, and apparently often concerning Big Data: Data Science 101: Learning to be a Data Scientist. Short and generally accessible articles...
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Junaio Virtual Reality Update
Junaio has updated their mobile App capabilities for commercial augmented reality. Full report accessible here. Also see a short video explaining mobile augmented...
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Paintable Batteries
From Work at Rice University. Including power delivery from a surface that could be charged with solar. Not quite ready for application, but the portable delivery...
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Cell Phone Only
A third of US homes, like my own, are now cellphone only. Not unexpected, the trend has been moving quickly. Plus other revealing statistics.
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Transmedia Storytelling and New Marketing
An interview with Andrea Phillips. Fascinating thoughts, especially about gamification and the continuation of expressive story in marketing. " .... Our current...
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Driving Conversations
A set of videos on driving conversations using Google Analytics. Nicely done. " ... This new video series features our Analytics Advocate Justin Cutroni. He...
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Adding a Day to the Work Week
Ever since being able to log into systems from home, the trend of extending the work week has progressed. Now some actual data on how data mobility as taken it...
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Amazon Goes 3D
Amazon buys UpNext. To make a play at 3D mapping. " ... UpNext, which had apparently been pursued by other major tech companies, has launched apps for the iPad...
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DARPA and XDATA
Currently taking a closer look at DARPA XDATA: " ... To enable large scale data processing in a wide range of potential settings, XDATA plans to release open source...
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IBM Tests Augmented Reality Shopping App
In Adage: Have not seen IBM involved on the shelves of retail for a while. This is an interesting test of theirs in the testing the experience of in-store interaction...
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Wearable Technology in the Background
In the NYT: An article suggesting that systems like Google Project Glass, once they are implemented well, will be a major shift that puts tech into the background...
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Stat Tracking Shoes
Nike comes out with Stat tracking shoes. I had a talk with a person recently involved in the use of sensors and data gathering and analysis in athletics, and I...
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Mining Unstructured Data
Information Management on: How to Mine Unstructured data. Good, fairly non technical view. We started doing this with external consumer comment data.
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Cloud Outage Risks
Another Amazon cloud outage makes you wonder about the real risks involved with using cloud services. Should you have a backup cloud for these kinds of events?
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Manifest Destiny of AI
Walter Riker sends along a link to a thoughtful American Scientist article which asks a good question: " ... Will AI create mindlike machines, or will it show...
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Your Books are now Reading You
In the WSJ: Excellent piece on how book reading is now less than a solitary activity with e-books. The new books are also reading you and gathering and leveraging...
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