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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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Neuromarketing and Politics
In today's Fast Company, a good article about how neuromarketing is being used to improve political traction. Makes perfect sense. In a emotionally laden context...
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Holographic Videoconferencing?
Long suggested, but still not here. Some steps in the right direction described in Technology Review. Is it really required to do rich communications? I have...
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Shop Saavy Scanning App Update
I just took a quick look at the ShopSavvy barcode scanning app on my IPhone 4. I had reviewed it previously versus RedLaser. The new update and user interface...
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Self-Scanning at Carrefour
Carrefour in Belgium is offering a self-scan personal scanner device for shoppers in Beligium. First I have seen Caffefour do this. I still think that the future...
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Where Augmented Reality is Going
An interesting and informative piece on the direction of augmented reality ideas. I do see this as a kind of application, especially in retail, that we will see...
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The Buying Brain
The Buying Brain: Secrets for Selling to the Subconscious Mind, by A. K. Pradeep, Pradeep is the CEO of probably the best known neuromarketing companyNeurofocus...
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Making a Robot Dance
In the IEEE Spectrum. An insightful article about how to make a humanoid robot dance. I am not sure the goal of any robot should be to make a robot more human...
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Interactive Donut Charts
The Donut chart is discussed in the Junk Charts blog. A donut chart is a kind slightly re-designed pie chart. I agree that this could have been done much more...
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Data Scope Project
In CACM: A quite interesting proposal. Don't quite understand the details involved as yet, but the analogy is an exciting thing. Understanding complex data often includes...
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SAS Conference IPhone App
Correspondent Sy Truong sends this along, a good example of focused App delivery: " ... I wanted to share with you the iPhone App which I have completed and now...
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Smart Phone Numbers
Walter Riker takes a look at the Smart Phone market and what it might mean. There is no doubt that will all be armed with powerful mobile computing soon. Good...
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IT Shaping Decision Making
Good piece by Carmen Nobel in HBS Working Knowledge:" ... What determines whether decisions happen on the bottom, middle, or top rung of the corporate ladder? New...
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On Enterprise Business Intelligence
Doug Lautzenheiser, a leading subject matter expert in the use of Business Intelligence software within corporate organizations, takes a look at Forrester's reporting...
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Blekko: A Slashtag Search Engine
Every now and then there is an attempt at a new take on the search engine. Zakta is an example I took a look at that attempts to build specialized research experiences...
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How Much Math Does the Average Person Need?
InSlashdot, a provocative piece on the real need for advanced math education for the average person. My training is in industrial applications of mathematics,...
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Zombies at Sears
Zombie Marketing at Sears. How delightful. What, no vampires? Catches you attention today, I guess.
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Drive Through Supermarket
The drive through supermarket is a concept I have studied for some time. Here Tesco tests the concept. Baldock is in the county of Hertfordshire which is just...
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BJ Fogg and Persuasive Technologies
In my last post I mentioned BJ Fogg. We learned of his work while using the Institute for the Future over a number of years. He is a Stanford researcher and consultant...
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Gamification of HealthCare
Design Mind on the Gamification of Healthcare. Includes mention of BJ Fogg, who we utilized for projects in the enterprise that dealt with incentive several times...
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