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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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Cellphones as Microscopes
In the NYT: ' ... Microscopes are invaluable tools to identify blood and other cells when screening for diseases like anemia, tuberculosis and malaria. But they...
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Retinal Displays
For applications like augmented reality it makes sense to investigate ways to better get data directly into your eyes, without having to find a screen or move a...
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Increased Use of Video
AdAge reports about increased use of online video by a number of consumer packaged goods players.
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Future Direction of Wolfram Research
Colin DeCair sends along a link which features a video clip from Stephen Wolfram
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On Amazon's PayPhrase
In StorefrontBackTalk, a discussion about Amazon's new payphrase system and what the longer term implications for how you purchase. Speed and the ability to customize...
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Gamma Rays in Lightning
Antimatter signatures, gamma ray flashes, have been detected in terrestrial lightning storms. Don't recall this ever having been mentioned before. New safety implications...
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Scratch Programming for 'All'
In CACM, the evolution of a programming language for all. I have looked at the Scratch site, but have not tried it for a real application. My argument to these"Digital...
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Near Real-Time Flu Tracking at CDC
I was involved with a project that sought to use retail data to do something similar. With the potential to use it for epidemics or bioterror detection and tracking...
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Limits of Social Media Marketing
A cautious piece about social media marketing. Its more than just starting up a free presence and expecting people to engage.
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Entrpreneurial Resources
Useful: In Inc. Top Entrepreneurial bloggers and in Mashable: useful tools for Entrepreneurs.
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IBM Sets up Indian Analytics Center
In my early days in the enterprise we worked directly with IBM to use their optimization software and resources to solve tough analytics problems. Over the years...
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Internet Choice Perception
From O'Reilly: ' ... Individual perception of increased choice can occur while the overall choice pool is getting smallerThis gem from Whimsley makes the point...
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Reading and Augmented Reality
An upcoming issue of Esquire plans to include a number of readable Q codes. So Engadget suggests that this is augmenting reality. It is augmenting reading, and...
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On the Age of the Informavore
In the Edge: ' We are apparently now in a situation where modern technology is changing the way people behave, people talk, people react, people think, and people...
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Buyology Inc Launches
I have mentioned the work of Martin Lindstrom here a number of times and I am working with Buyology Inc, a US - based company that seeks to connect some of theBUYOLOGY...
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General Mills Innovation Portal
From Consumer Goods Technology, General Mills has created an innovation portal. " ... The new G-WIN innovation portal provides visitors with details on nearly 50...
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Fun Theory from Volkswagen
Via IFTF: The Fun Theory Site. Some ongoing contests for innovations in this space.' ... This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is...
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Shopper Assistant Adds Store Flyers
Recently I mentioned the IPhone Shopper, a store shopping list and aisle context application. I have done some additional explorations with the idea. In a recent...
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How the Brain Reveals Why we Buy
From Sciam, " ... an excerpt from Mindfield: How Brain Science Is Changing Our World by Lone Frank, to be released in the U.S. November 10 ... " A good lay introduction...
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