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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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Auction Followup
In recent posts I have been exploring auction technologies, mobile and otherwise. Part of the exploration I did was to attend a local auction at Cowan's Auctions...
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eBay buys RedLaser
Barcode reading has been on my mind lately, see recent posts. And just as that occurs eBay buys RedLaser, with more than just code-reading on their mind. RedLaser...
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Tremor CEO Interview
A CGT interview with Steve Knox, CEO of P&G's Tremor. " ... Have you ever wondered why consumers talk? Thought-leader Steve Knox shares tricks for building consumer...
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A Checklist Manifesto
Interesting piece on the power of the checklist and our aversion to it: " Checking Everything Off -- Except the Resistance to Changefrom Knowledge@WhartonErrors...
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Bing App does Barcodes
I noticed in updates for the Bing IPhone App today that they were now allowing you to read barcodes and other images using a smartphone's camera. Then search for...
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Successful Software Platforms
In CACM: Successful Software Platforms are the Byproducts of Successful Businesses, by Ruben Ortega Most startup business plans I have encountered over the past...
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Richer Bar Codes
Towards richer bar codes ... This is an evolution that has been going on for years, now we are in the midst of making it useful ..." ... A shopper in a self-scan...
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DemandTec and Target
We saw DemandTec during their early days as a revenue management system. An impressive and sophisticated approach. Gigaom posts a good article on their work with...
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Scent Branding
The use of scent was covered nicely in the current Business Week. I have mentioned a number of times our work in the innovation centers installing, testing andposts...
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Procter Offers Advice for Male Homemakers
Male oriented housekeeping tips from P&G. I have taken a look at it, well done, it is a multi-contributor blog. " ... Procter & Gamble has launched a household...
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Procter at the Shanghai Expo
An article about P&G's involvement at the 2010 China Shanghai exposition, now ongoing. More about the expo here.
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Where Americans are Moving
This Forbes feature has received much publicity. Based on IRS data it is a dynamic visualization of US internal migration data. Simple and well done.
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Delivering Health: mHealth
Mark Montgomery of Kyield sends along an excellent link:The mHealth RevolutionIndustry insiders offer their insight into the way new technologieswill change how...
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One Time Display Password
StorefrontBackTalk reports that Mastercard is experimenting with a one time use password display. This approach has been used for access to secure resources for...
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Boldly Going NoWhere
From CACM: NASA ends plan to put man back on the moon.
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IBM's Watson Natural Language System
In Mindhacks: Information about IBM's Watson system, which is designed to analyze and answer natural language queries. Also points to a NYT article on the topic...
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Becoming a Design Leader
Thoughts on becoming a design leader, by David Sherwin. Nicely put. In the Design Mind blog.
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Screen Games
Giant Screen social games at events, via Springwise. Why not done remotely as well? I saw a simpler example on the Lake Geneva fountain a number of years ago.
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Variable Sun
In an earlier academic life experience I did sun modeling. This field has made considerable strides over the years. I am no longer involved with the technologies...
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