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Autonomous Entities
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Autonomous Entities

Also a strong interest of mine, how close are we to building such systems and trusting them in every day life?  Certainly too, in the near term such systems will...

Sustainability of LEDs
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Sustainability of LEDs

This came up in a project done during the earlier days of LED adoption.  Good piece here that makes  the case.  Another landfill scenario?LED Technology Isn't All...

Extending Battery Life for IOT
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Extending Battery Life for IOT

Waking up your IOT device when needed.Chips for IOT Battery LifeUC San Diego News CenterLiezel LabiosUniversity of California, San Diego (UCSD) researchers have...

Japan to Use Blockchain Payments
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Japan to Use Blockchain Payments

Another indication of the wider adoption of Blockchain for tracking verified currency transfer.JPMorgan Chase’s blockchain payments platform looks to be expanding...

When Autonomous Cars Arrive in the Car Chase
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When Autonomous Cars Arrive in the Car Chase

Dr. Lance Eliot spends considerable time and detail in examining how the autonomous car will be included in the classic California 'car chase'.    Also points to...

IBM Trials AI Soccer Commentary
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IBM Trials AI Soccer Commentary

Note similarity to the Wimbledon video clip management example.   As I commented there  I would also like this done as real-time assitistive commentary to business...

Analyzing Papers to Determine Tech Future
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Analyzing Papers to Determine Tech Future

Somewhat weak attempt, but the general thought is interesting,  yet how well can  we predict without knowing future context?We analyzed 16,625 papers to figureOur...

Rise of Operational Analytics
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Rise of Operational Analytics

Free eBook that looks to be of interest.  Clearly this is not a new thing,  was a primary part of our early training.   New methods have emerged though, and the...

Cloud Based CyberCrime Evidence Detection
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Cloud Based CyberCrime Evidence Detection

Links to other approaches I have recently seen in this area.CIT Researchers Develop System to Detect Cloud-Based Cybercrime EvidencePurdue University NewsJohn O'Malley...

Developing Digital Twins
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Developing Digital Twins

A good example of how models can built from data to predict the behavior of systems.  Here a UAV as an example.Developing a Digital TwinOden Institute for Computational...

Calculating Entropy
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Calculating Entropy

As I read this and the paper noted at the link, this could be a very big deal.   Entropy is disorder .... and if we can accurately measure it, it leads to means...

A Billion Cameras Will be Watching
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A Billion Cameras Will be Watching

Inevitable.    But where is the data going and how is it used?  Does the installation of cameras consider future advances that will use that data in more invasive...

Saying No to Loyalty Offers
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Saying No to Loyalty Offers

This came to mind as I shopped in the last week.   No clear offers for my time or data were offered.  Lots of  'apparent' offers that were easy to see through. ...

Is Hanabi Card Game the Future Challenge for Human AI?
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Is Hanabi Card Game the Future Challenge for Human AI?

We readily reason and interact with incomplete information and the need to cooperate. Is this sample deceptively simple game challenge a way to model those kinds...

Business Transformation
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Business Transformation

All in?   Most importantly to what.Why your next transformation should be ‘all in'from McKinsey By Chris Bradley, Marc de Jong, and Wesley WaldenBusiness transformation...

Amazon Wants to be Your Pharmacist (In two ways)
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Amazon Wants to be Your Pharmacist (In two ways)

I just got an offer to do this.    Does not seem to be much different than what the big pharma retailers are doing.  No mention at all regarding if there was any...

Noki Bell Labs Prize for Processor Solving Optimization Problems
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Noki Bell Labs Prize for Processor Solving Optimization Problems

Note that the method combines quantum and classical methods in processors to solve discrete optimization problems.  These kinds of problems can be computationally...

Flight Simulator Eye Tracking
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Flight Simulator Eye Tracking

More advances in eye tracking and associated  uses:Tracking the Eye of the PilotETH ZurichMichael KellerNovember 25, 2019Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute...

Humans Seeing Through Animal Eyes
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Humans Seeing Through Animal Eyes

Applications?Humans Closer to Seeing Through the Eyes of AnimalsUniversity of Exeter (U.K.)December 3, 2019Researchers at Australia's University of Queensland (UQ)...

P&G Rolls out AI Toothbrush
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P&G Rolls out AI Toothbrush

Overkill or real value and engagement?  Good narrow context. The data about use should be interesting.P&G rolls out $220 toothbrush with artificial intelligence...
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