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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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Autocad on the IPhone
In a very interesting development a version of the very well known CAD system will become available for the IPhone and IPad, available by this fall.... I used AutoCad...
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Review Your Offering
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Independent Review of Recorded Future
I have now mentioned Recorded Future a number of times in this space, here is another independent review that does a good job of introducing it for niche research...
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Tag Strategy at Wal-Mart
More in Storefrontbacktalk about Wal-Mart's RFID tagging strategy.
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Digital Bread Crumbs
So if you don't have GPS, can you use digital bread crumbs to track your movements?
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Brandery Welcomes Inaugural Class
Dave Knox welcomes the inaugural class to a concept he calls the Brandery on Monday. " ... If you
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Wrist Watch Comeback
With more people using data and information rich smartphones, wristwatches are not selling well beyond their jewelry appeal. But a new Blue Tooth 4.0 standard...
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BI Platform is Dead: an Interactive e-book
The BI Platform is Dead: A fresh look at what business analytics means for today's organizationsView this interactive eBook now (Registration with Information management...
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Retailer Helpers
In Bloomberg BusinessWeek: a Good overview article on a number of startups that are using smartphones to bring e-commerce advantages to real-world stores. Mentions...
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Whorfian Hypothesis
An extensive NYT Magazine article on the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis: That the language you speak effects how you think. Was often characterized by the observation...
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Field Agent Re-look
I mentioned the Field Agent IPhone App some time ago. It allows a retailer or manufacturer to pay people to perform simple tasks at a store and get paid for doing...
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The RBR Group and other Sites Then and Now
I have been loosely affiliated with the RBR group since my retirement from Procter & Gamble over two years ago. The just updated their web site with some new features...
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IBM Makes a Nano Map
IBM makes a clever nano world map 1000 times smaller than grain of sand . Small things can be useful.
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Changing Your Privacy Mind
EchoEcho: A startup that lets you ask of anyone: Where are you? - The receiver can provide or deny the information. The approach is different because you can change...
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RFID Location of Sponges, Instruments
In RFID Journal: The FDA has approved the use of passive RFID tags for the location of instruments and sponges. I recall this being brought up in sessions ten years...
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On Luring Shoppers to the Store
A good WSJ article on various uses of technology to get people to physical retail. This was an area we worked on extensively with a number of vendors.
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Character Amnesia in Chinese
Lots of thoughts out about how technology is altering aspects of literacy. This article from Language Log, about how text messaging is influencing Chinese characters...
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Seaswarm Spill Robotics
Report about an MIT project called Seaswarm. Autonomous robotics to address oil spills. Includes an interesting video. I do always wonder about the contextual complexity...
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Learn from Old Spice
This received considerable publicity. Is it for everyone? Likely not, but it does indicate what can work: What Marketers Can Learn From the Old Spice 'Your Man'...
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