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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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Eight Pillars of Innovation
In the Google Quarterly. "... The greatest innovations are the ones we take for granted, like light bulbs, refrigeration and penicillin. But in a world where the...
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Brain and Brain Vibrations
Martin Lindstrom in his latest article writes about phantom cellphone vibrations That have us reaching for our pockets even without any conscious cues. He relates...
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Scavenging Power
Fascinating Fastcompany article about scavenging power from waste paper and data. Must be some sort of energy conservation involved, though we will always have...
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Meeting Shopper Expectations
In e-commerce Times: '... In-content ad delivery is tightly integrated with the content a consumer is most interested in -- e.g., a post in a forum, an article...
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Neural Prosthetics
Good piece on neural prosthetics, prompted by military injuries, considerable progress is being made.
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The Hubble and Enterprise Planning
I have been reading Eric J Chaisson's Book: The Hubble Wars, a detailed view of the launch and operation of the Hubble Space Telescope. My background is in astrophysics...
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Google Maps Changing the Look of Data
in GigaOm. Good example of using Google maps based mashups to visualize data. I have seen a number of good examples of this. Simple representations.
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Whats the Value of a Facebook Fan?
How many friends they have. Obvious answer but the piece makes a reasonable justification.
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Gartner's Value Chain Transformation Imperatives
A very good piece in the Informs Analytics Magazine. I agree. Have been recently involved in looking analytically at the transformation of major supply chain...
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Google Maps and the London Underground
I have navigated London by the Underground with the usual paper in hand and surveying the overhead route maps. This new development gives you mobile direction...
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Sands Neuromarketing Alliance in China
Just received, an impressive partnership and direction: Sands Research and Brain Intelligence Establish Neuromarketing Alliance in China and GloballyPartnership...
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Vision for Digital Public Library
The DPLA: Taking some of the Google scanning work further and non profit: " ... Last year, Robert Darnton, a cultural historian and director of Harvard University...
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P&G Minimizes Management Meddling
By Michael Schrage in HBR Blogs: Was somewhat both proud of and surprised by this revelation. I saw some of both behaviors. And still think more could have...
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Children Play Like Scientists
In Wired, the results of a study. They appear to isolate variables in play. But is the scientific method all that influences scientists? Or Children?
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Unilever and Groupon Work with Retail
In Progressive Grocer:" ... Supervalu, Inc.
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Wal-Mart Shares Data with Nielsen
After being out of the process for a long time, it is reported that Wal-Mart will start sharing data with Nielsen again. We were always told that Wal-Mart did not...
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Social Bubble?
Is social media also a bubble? See here for the graph. I do want just one simple social thing to deal with.
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Another Smart Cart
SK Telecom delivers another grocery smart cart prototype. This one can sync from a smartphone. That by itself is a very good idea, decreasing the cost and complexity...
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Using Mind-Mapping to Write Blogs and Articles
I am a big proponent of mind mapping. Have used it for years. It is a great discipline, I use it on my laptop, tablet and smartphone. I can build maps and then...
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