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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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Google Mobile Updated
I see that the Google mobile App for the IPhone and iPad have been updated to include a much easier to use interface. More here. Works particularly well for searching...
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The Honesty of Smart Devices
How Honest should a smart device be? In Design Mind. Cultural anthropologists look at the interaction of devices, data and the expectations of human behavior...
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Google Testing Phone-as-Wallet
Some reports via Ars Technica about Google testing the NFC short range capability for SmartPhones. There were rumors about the IPhone including NFC this year,...
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Bringing R to the Data Warehouse
Given the increasing use of R in academia, this makes much sense. Increasingly people come out of school with knowledge of the Open Source package and its application...
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The Moving Value of an Impression
Good recent piece in AdAge Digital. As I sit in a restaurant watching a number of people heads-down on smartphones. The attention budget we have is clearly now...
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KMart Tests AT&T Geolocated ShopAlerts
A not unexpected next step. The use of geo-fencing to understand location and react to it with push marketing. Most interesting will be how consumers buy into...
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Associative Memory in Defense and Aerospace
I have mentioned Saffron Technology several times here, we examined them for associative applications in the AI space for example-based knowledge systems. Here...
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Too Reliant on GPS?
In O'Reilly Radar, an article about the increasing reliance on GPS location signals. They are a critical part of our information infrastructure. Although itare...
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Easier Access to E-Books
More on E-Books from the library:"he steady growth of e-books has forced libraries to contend with how to curate and distribute materials in a way that makes them...
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Dropping the Dollar Bill
A clear case for replacing all US denominations below five dollars with coins. Why has it not worked in the past? Because they didn't remove the dollar bill. ...
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Smartphone Enabled Cancer Detection
A protype that is a good example of mobile sensor-based data display and analysis: At the Singularity Hub: " ... Massachusetts General Hospital that have knocked...
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Google Circles
It has been rumored that Google will soon launch a new social networking system called Google Circles. Do we need a new social network? The emphasis stated is...
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TED Opens up Data and Talks
FastCompany reports that the TED conference will open their talks and related data sources with an API around midyear. Creative idea.
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Fumbling the Future
Mini review and current perspective of the book:"Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented, Then Ignored, the First Personal Computer is the title of a classic 1998...
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Foursquare and Amex Test Loyalty Marketing
A local merchant test to see how Foursquare can be used to build loyalty: " ... The pilot program started Friday and will run through Tuesday, March 15. Participating...
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SMS Codes for Postage in Europe
In Readwriteweb: Could it be that postage stamps are on their way out? I am a long time student of the history of the postage system , and this makes sense. Of...
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Tracking Haiti Water with RFID Tags
Another example of how touchless scanners using smartphone can be used for rapid identification. " ... Deep Springs International is using NFC-enabled phones provided...
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Social Media Success
What does social media success look like? " ... While firms are realizing that social media networks harbor the potential to provide intelligence and engage customers...
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