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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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Days of the Logo Numbered?
Martin Lindstrom in Branding Strategy Insider blog. ' ... Let
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Design Using the Golden Ratio
From the DownloadSquad ' .. The Golden Ratio has been used in design for ages. Such greats as DaVinci, Michaelangelo, Rembrandt, Mondrian, and LeCorbusier utilized...
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Demonstration Projects at Wolfram
I know I have been harping on Wolfram Mathematica, but since I have been re-introduced to their suite and have had a chance to scan their offerings I have noticed...
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AAAI Opens Digital Library
The premier professional Artificial Intelligence society, AAAI, has opened its digital library to the public..
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Average Quicksand
Herb Sorensen of TNS Sorensen talks about "Average" Quicksand in shopping trips: ' ... What is the life experience of the average human being? Other than that...
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Augmented ID on Mobile
What you would love to see is a picture ID on any picture taken with your mobile cam. Even the ability, if it were reliable enough, to use it as a means to identify...
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3DSee: 3D Modeling on the Web
Always looking for easier ways to take aspects of the real world and turn it into manipulable models online. Here reviewed in DownloadSquad. A means of building...
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BP Energy Consumption Data
This turns out to be useful for an ongoing project, impressive: ' ... Everything you always wanted to know about oil and gas prices, consumption, coal, hydro-electricity...
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Losing Our Ability to Think Critically
From the Communications of the ACM: Are We Losing Our Ability to Think Critically?Computer technology has enhanced lives in countless ways, but some experts believe...
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Brick and Mortar
I have been involved with the understanding of brick and mortar stores, and the utilization of online commerce. Now a way to design a brick wall of the future...
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Walmart Twitter Use
Dave Knox points out that Walmart does a good job organizing all their Twitter accounts in one place. It is here. I agree, most corporate examples are very haphazard...
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Getting to Wow in Retail
From Knowledge@Wharton: Getting to 'Wow': Consumers Describe What Makes a Great Shopping Experience: The complete report by the retail council. Below an overview...
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Coke Machine Gets Networked and Analytical
This article includes some technical details about how Coke is using RFID and real time networked analytics in its new dispensing machine. The system will allow...
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Crowdsourced Simulation
Had a most interesting conversation with Ken Karakotios. He demonstrated some of his prototype economic simulation models. He is looking for collaborators and...
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SSN Numbers are Predictable
This saw much press yesterday, that a Carnegie Mellon professor has shown how using some fairly simple techniques social security numbers can in many cases be predicted...
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Free is Not
Gladwell in the New Yorker looks at the curious consequences of free: Priced to Sell, Is free the future?. Reviewing
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On Demand Business Intelligence
Good overall report on business intelligence use. I have used a half dozen BI packages over the years. Several were used and then abandoned as needs changed.'...
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Business Analytics and the Thinking Process
Good piece in SASCom magazine on how to link business process solving and analytics. This is the kind of thing that is rarely covered well in universities. You...
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Wolfram Alpha
A good overview of the state of WolframAlpha in MIT's TechnologyReview. I have taken a look at it and reviewed it several times since its release, previous posts...
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