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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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Liinux Hyperledger for Supply Chains
Reported earlier this year. Finally getting to its implications in supply chain. Smart ContractsLinux Hyperledger to Give Developers Supply Chain Building Blocks...
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Deep Learning for Time Series and Signal Processing
We researched the topic of using deep learning to replace forecasting time series applications in the enterprise, for faster and more accurate results, but were...
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Purdue Hummingbird Drone
Flight bio-mimicry and the potential for swarming task completion. AI being used to determine useful patterns supporting flight.Tiny drone uses A.I. to learn from...
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Cisco Moves with MindMeld
Have we seen the emergence of a new general assistant? I remember the acquisition of Mindmeld, but did not expect this direction. Don't expect a device to follow...
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Google Changes its Smart Device Cooperation
Saw evidence of this when the ability to link with IFTTT ended, now a much broader set of changes will remove some of the cooperative capabilities among smart home...
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Walmart Follows Demographics
Was may own impression from some time ago that they did much better in leveraging demographics both in inventory and physical design of their retail spaces.HowThe...
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Price and Demand
A simple yet useful example of revenue - price elasticity. With a full Python code example We used to run these models in SAS in big CPG for every productOptimizing...
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Customer Service Help and AI Agents
Inclined to agree, with only the most difficult examples handed over to groups of human or specialty agents.How will AI powered Customer service Help Take over ...
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A Look at Dash Buttons, Gone but not Forgotten
Used them from the beginning, from beta on to the regular use of a dozen of them on the frig. We discussed the concept years before. Still has a place I believe...
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Consumer Inertia
Never heard it called this, but makes sense. And a precise measure? intriguing work to evaluate the introduction of new or related products.Consumer InertiaAlexander...
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Situational Design for Alexa Assistance
In once sense, its all about situations. e.g. context. So this is good. Though its also about how the context is described (in storyboards) and how it varies...
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Podcast: When AI Meets Medicine
Once your expand the context of medical AI beyond 'simple' pattern recognition and include the patient and professional, it gets complex.When AI Meets MedicineListen...
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Visualizing Census Data
R based capabilities. More hints in this short article at the link. I found myself needing this in a project where it could have been useful.Making maps to...
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Amazon Maps its Global Architecture
An interactive map of Amazon's AWS general and global location architecture. No exact locations, but an indication of its breadth. More in TheVerge.
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Assistants for the Workplace
While Alexa continues to add many new but still narrow skills to choose from. Still want to see more things that will enhance business and home office context....
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Data as Value Asset
Have now addressed this problem for some time, its how the data gets used, including the risk of its use in context.Managing data as an asset: An interview with...
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Wal-Mart Tests Digital Price Labels
Kroger is testing similar approaches.Walmart Testing Digital Price Labels, LED ProjectorsBy Patrycja Malinowska - In ConsumerGoodsWalmart is pitting two different...
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Drones in the Aisles?
Certainly only after hours? Even the order picking people in my local Kroger can create a traffic problem.Drones in Aisle 5? Grocery Stores Becoming Unusual Hotbeds...
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Google Plans to Drive Automotive Tech
Continued plans and progress:At I/O, Google looks to drive progress in automotive technologies By Mark Albertson in SiliconAngleIn a keynote address at Google...
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