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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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Kroger Tests New Fujitsu Checkout
Kroger is testing a new Fujitsu Advantage self checkout system that is said to improve interaction with consumers and decrease checkout times. We extensively tested...
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Future of Interfaces
From CES, in Technology Review: On the Future of Interfaces. " ... The mouse and keyboard have been how nearly everyone has interacted with computers since Apple...
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Zest at Procter
Procter & Gamble has sold the soap brand Zest, which has an interesting ad history, nicely written about in AdAge.
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3D Printing for Rapid Prototyping
A good example of remote 3D 'printing', here of a musical instrument, done by researchers at the MIT Media Lab. A good example of rapid prototyping. We are learning...
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Cowan's Auctions Special Collections
Cowan's Auctions, who I have been doing consulting work for, has started to do some online-only timed auctions. This is different from online auctions like eBay...
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Gender Persuader by Next Stage Evolution
I talked to the the NextStage Evolution analysis folks a few years ago, and they have developed some new methods that deal with gender orientation, see here for...
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LG Thinq Automates Home Tasks
One of the things we actively looked at in the innovation centers was how changes in home appliances could alter the use of enabling products such as detergents...
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Motion Silences Element Change
A very clever demonstration from the Harvard Vision Lab about how the eye perceives change in moving objects differently from those that are stationary. It is...
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A Semantic Enterprise OS to Optimize Performance
Mark Montgomery of Kyield publishes a new white paper: Kyield Executive Briefing, A Semantic Enterprise Operating System to Reduce risk and seize opportunities:...
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Latest Innovations at Procter
A useful outline of the latest innovations at P&G. Everyone, inside enterprise and out, can be an innovator with open innovation. These examples are excellent...
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Cyberspace after Death
In the NYTimes Mag, an article about deathswitch.com. Immortality in cyberspace, settle scores and make revelations after you are gone? Send out email and alerts...
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Posterous Groups
I see that the Posterous Blogging system has now added a group capability. Useful for communicating with groups of people via email blog posts. I have mentioned...
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Supply Network Design
Recently in SpingerLink, book on Supply Network Design, by Hoda Davarzani and Shabnam Rezapour. An initial look shows some useful parts.
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On the Real Price of Gas
In Carpe Diem, an examination of the real price of gasoline. Cheaper today in the US than in 1920. Market driven innovation works.
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Will Touch Screens Kill the Keyboard?
I thought of just this point while traveling this week. I learned touch typing in High School. My phone lets me do lots of new styles of communicating. I would...
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Need Help? I am Available.
Wanted to remind my readers that I am a consultant. I have over thirty years of experience with major companies and the US government. I have saved companies many...
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Predictors Group on Linkedin
The LinkedIn Groups Predictors group has opened: I am pleased to announce that, as the owner of this group, I have just switched us to an open discussion group....
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RFID Security Cube
In RFID Journal: Had thought these kinds of security applications makes sense, here is a recent example:Self-contained RFID Cube Helps Keep Out Foreign Material...
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Crowdsourcing Site
I was contacted to take a look at a fascinating site that helps you construct crowd sourced solutions.It is called Squad Help. It looks like it uses contests to...
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