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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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Oil and Gas use of AI Technology
Worked with this industry for a while. Here a good non-technical overview:Oil & Gas Industry Transforming Itself with the Help of AI By AI Trends StaffThe oil...
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Not Self Driving Cars, But Robots that Could Drive cars?
Interesting and bold challenge. Build a robot that would autonomously drive cars. With vision, decision making, interaction with car systems. Adapting to...
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Algorithmic Design for Building
Algorithms both generating data and using data for the design and construction of buildings. Like managing pertinent metadata.Algorithms are designing betterSilvio...
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Value Creation
Good piece. Take care to carefully measure the value.The Value of Value creationBy Marc Goedhart and Tim Koller, McKinsey Quarterly ( link to PDF)ChallengesThis...
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Sony Aibo Updated, will Greet You at the Door
Seems to be only assistant system left that makes a claim to being mobile and family friendly. Home oriented. With elements of a home pet emphasized. We visited...
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Patient Survey for Telemedicine
Useful to get some real experience from this event:Doctor.com's Patient Survey Reveals Surprising Trends About Telemedicine Adoption Amid ReopeningsPR NewswireJune...
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High Quality Images of Moving Objects
I recall having to solve this problem for diagnosing from images of manufacturing machine parts.Capturing Moving Subjects in Still-Life QualityEPFL News (Switzerland)...
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Upcoming ISSIP/CSG Talk: Robots in the Pandemic
Correspondent Jim Spohrer talks about robot tech in our pandemic futures. I will post about this and point to the transcript.ISSIP Speaker Series: COVID-19 &...
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Google Assistant and Duplex can Listen Better
This made me think a while about the implications. It does not necessarily imply a loss of privacy, these are the actions-skills that we accept as extensions to...
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Concept Mapping-based Platform for Learning and Knowledge Assessment.
Re connecting with Sero!, here is a repeat of a previous post:Brought my attention by Brian Moon, a knowledge design practitioner we have worked with. I am aIntroducing...
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New Physics: All the Way Down?
Descriptive. But will it show us something really predictively new?THE THIRD CULTUREComputation All the Way Down In the EdgeA Conversation with Stephen Wolfram...
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Money Reimagined?
Are we there yet? Still I think major regulatory issues ahead. Good piece:Money Reimagined: Ethereum’s Renaissance Creates an Opportunity – And a Major Test ...
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Facebook Acquires Mapillary, Competes with Street View
First I had seen this. Generalized tool for looking at location. Commercial users for now.Facebook acquires Google Street View competitor MapillaryThe streetBy...
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Google Maps Add New COVID-19 Alerts
Useful updates regarding changes in status of Pandemic.Google Maps adds new COVID-19 alerts as more cities reopenMaps will remind you to wear a face covering on...
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Consider the Flow, Tempo and Rhythm of Process
Had been looking at how different streams of work and delivery could be combined and transferred between flows and tasks? And had some time ago thought of the...
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Wal-Mart and Spotify, Why?
Was exploring this and discovered one answer in Inc.Walmart Just Made a Surprising Announcement and It's Very Bad News for Amazon. Watch out, Amazon: Small businesses...
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Reopening Businesses Safely
Important look by McKinsey on the topic.Reopening safely: Sample practices from essential businessesAfter weeks of shutdowns and remote working, businesses around...
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Qualcomm Attracting Robotics Developers with New Chips
Seeing continued directions from Qualcomm.Qualcomm aims to woo robotics developers with new chips, tools in ReutersBuilding robots and drones is messy: Developers...
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Comments on the Return of Retail
in His Curious Voyager: My colleague Walter Riker writes:What will the return of retail look like in the coming months - years?Recently, because of the Pandemic...
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