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NASA Patents a Way to get to the Moon
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NASA Patents a Way to get to the Moon

NASA patents a faster, cheaper way to get to the moon.   US10696423B1   Will this speed the move to colonizing the moon.  Details and patent at link below.Method...

New Solar Tech Emergent
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New Solar Tech Emergent

How good and how soon is still unclear.  Solar Closing in on "Practical" Hydrogen ProductionResearchers develop a solar tech that splits water into hydrogen and...

Talk:  From a Physics Experiment to a Quantum Network System
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Talk: From a Physics Experiment to a Quantum Network System

Access to the below talk is now open:Thank you for attending Quantum Networks: From a Physics Experiment to a Quantum Network System. This webcast is now on-demand...

Nanalyze on Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI)
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Nanalyze on Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI)

Had forgotten about Nanalyze, worth a look: After I posted about it, they sent me this on Brain Computer interfaces:Who we are We?     We are a boutique media and...

Imaging System Creates 3D Pictures by Measuring Time
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Imaging System Creates 3D Pictures by Measuring Time

Very interesting,  uses for creating 3D awareness of sensors.   Once again neural networks being used to gather information about changes in input.Imaging System...

NASA's Plans for Near Earth Objects
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NASA's Plans for Near Earth Objects

Recently, probably mostly because we are now looking for them more closely, we have seen a number of large Near Earth Objects (NEOs)  buzz by us in space.  Ultimately...

AI Creating Dinner from Your Pantry
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI Creating Dinner from Your Pantry

An area we looked at with AI solutions when we were still in the food business, talked to IBM when they were having Watson 'cook' and invent recipes.  The ideaCan...

Seeking Semantic ML:  For More Real Assistants?
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Seeking Semantic ML: For More Real Assistants?

So should an assistant answering a question in context be as believable as possible?  Is this the same problem as seen in gaming? ...  Characters like Alexa doStadia...

Wal-Mart Reveals More of Plus,  but Delays
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Wal-Mart Reveals More of Plus, but Delays

The competition is high, and has many more channels of communications already to the consumer.Walmart has again delayed the launch of its Amazon Prime competitor...

AI Accountability Continues to Rise
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AI Accountability Continues to Rise

Good piece with link to detailed Forrester study:AI Accountability: Proceed at Your Own RiskA new report suggests that to improve AI accountability, enterprises...

How six Companies are Using Tech and Data to Transform Themselves
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How six Companies are Using Tech and Data to Transform Themselves

Quite a considerable piece and video, had not seen most of the examples.How six companies are using technology and data to transform themselves In the first ofSent...

Entering the Era of Private Money?
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Entering the Era of Private Money?

Short podcast that just starts to position the question, and many implications.Sorry, Governments, We’re Entering the Era of Private MoneyWhether the U.S. government...

Could a Tree Signal if A Corpse is Decaying?
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Could a Tree Signal if A Corpse is Decaying?

 We worked with satellite and other kinds of imaging to determine the growth and health of forests, as we planned their harvest and replanting for CPG products....

Using Sound to Classify
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Using Sound to Classify

Have always promoted the idea of using sound sensors, and sound delivery to activate contextual spaces. Here Carnegie Mellon explores this, calibrating it for sounds...

P&G's Expanded EY Partnership
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P&G's Expanded EY Partnership

Good overview of the current work.  Reported in ConsumerGoodsTechnology (CGT) P&G Boosting Supply Chain Potential with Expanded EY Partnership | Consumer Goods"...

360 Degree Virtual Tours
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360 Degree Virtual Tours

Been recently looking at various capabilities of producing 'Virtual tours' of various complexity.  And in particular how it can enhance experiences.    Most of360...

Data and Its World is Getting Bigger
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Data and Its World is Getting Bigger

Almost every talk I see starts with some statistics about the growth of data.  Here Datanami updates some of this, with related quantifying of related aspects. ...

Amazon Drone Delivery
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Amazon Drone Delivery

Wired makes the point that drone deliveries for now will only be for specialized and emergency situations.  Agree about the consumer interest point, delivery has...

Ransomware Attacks more Sophisticated
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Ransomware Attacks more Sophisticated

Continued concern of these, facilitated by the openness of our systems to external manipulation.  what is the solution?    The ability to detect particular kinds...

Feynman's Advice to a Young Stephen Wolfram
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Feynman's Advice to a Young Stephen Wolfram

Particularly interesting if you are intrigued by the origin and transmission of ideas.   As I am.  This blog for example was established to continue communications...
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