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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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Google Maps Includes WebCams
Google Maps has started to include webcam locations. Now over 9,000 world-wide.
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Signals and Financial Modeling
Renowned Game and simulation model builder Ken Karakotsios posts on market signals in financial engineering. A very nice case study of how a model is constructed...
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GS1 DataBar
The GS1 DataBar (formerly RSS, Reduced Space Symbology) is a form of barcode, approved and promoted by the GS1 standards body which contains more data space and...
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Nature of Private Label Gains
This piece suggests that they have been underway for a long time and cannot be blamed on the recession. Also useful comments. A big challenge for major label CPG...
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Wal-Mart to Double Solar Power
Wal-Mart is placing solar panels on their store roofs. Great idea and very good marketing.
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WolframAlpha Briefing
Attended the WolframAlpha briefing today, which consisted of an overview by Steven Wolfram and his demonstration of his very ambitious interactive knowledge system...
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Nokia and Augmented Reality
Short piece on augmented reality that Nokia is developing for cell phones. The potential retail applications are considerable. I also am looking for the inclusion...
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So What is a Quick Trip?
Herb Sorensen of TNS Sorensen covers the topic of a quick trip in grocery retail in a recent post. This is covered in more detail in his forthcoming book: Inside...
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Paul Gillin on RSS Feeds
Some quarters have been talking about Twitter replacing syndication feeds like RSS. Paul Gillin makes the case that they are still of value. I agree.
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Google Similar Image Search
Google image search now lets you find images that are similar to those brought up in a search. You can't load up an image and use it as a prototype to find similar...
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Non-Normal Thinking
Herb Sorensen on Seafood shopping and non-normal thinking. This odd congruence is yet another example of why you should never accept normal distributions as an...
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Dominos PR Crisis
AdAge overviews the YouTube PR Crisis at Domino's Pizza. What they did right and wrong, with comparisons to other previous PR emergency cases. Though the case...
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Fast Business Intelligence
Good overview piece on players loading and delivering BI intelligence data. I have been exploring related approaches for virtual retail spaces lately.
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Programmable Tattoos
A report in Slashdot on under skin displays, with a somewhat similar idea of tattoos that can act as displays. A bit reminiscent of injectable RFID tags, which...
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Minimum Inventory, Maximum Diversity
From the Wolfram Research blog. About logo design using parametric equations and algorithms. Fascinating experiment that neatly combines design and mathematics...
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Hakuhodo Buys into Buyology Inc.
Martin Lindstrom has been consulting with Hakuhodo: Japanese Agency Buys Into Buyology from Neuroscience marketing by Roger DooleyJapan
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Agile Marketing Needed
Consider agile marketing." ... Though an overwhelming majority (88%) of global executives believe that organizational agility is important to business success,...
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Virtual Reality for Research
In Brandweek: A good overview of work that is underway in a number of companies. These methods " ... are now standard for the larger packaged goods firms like Procter...
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IBM New Intelligence Video : Analytics
The IBM Smarter Planet program has a short video: New Intelligence, which is a good promotional piece for analytical methods. They seem to imply they inventedTheir...
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