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Amazon Houses
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Amazon Houses

Thought it would be coming that assistants would be commonly built into houses. Alexa-powered Amazon houses may be closer than you think in Fastcompany.Home design...

Transparent Force Touch Sensors
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Transparent Force Touch Sensors

Highly precise sensors means more data which can lead to better decisions.High-Performance Flexible Transparent Force Touch Sensor for Wearable Devices KAISTResearchers...

Technology Stack and the IIOT
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Technology Stack and the IIOT

Been exploring what works in equipment maintenance in industry applications.IIoT platforms: The technology stack as value driver in industrial equipment and machinery...

Measuring Document and Chart Complexity
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Measuring Document and Chart Complexity

Measuring Document Complexity, I assume to provide feedback to the authoring and generation of the same?   Can it also provide direct suggestions as to how they...

Can Intelligent Assistants Help us with the Small Print?
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Can Intelligent Assistants Help us with the Small Print?

We often need help with both the meaning and implications of the small print.Artificial Intelligence, Ratings, and the Small PrintBy Deborah Unger is a senior editor...

ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
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ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

This was brought back to my attention, been reviewing its application to companies.  Have posted earler versions. Notably includes how it should be interpretedACM...

Industrial Predictive Maintenance
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Industrial Predictive Maintenance

Part one of three I am following.  Good.  It was, long ago,  a specialty of mine.  Then, as now its all about the data.   Here Data, IOT and ML are brought together...

Real Problems with AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

Real Problems with AI

Nicely put.  Precisely its algorithms translated into decisions regarding important processes.   The right decisions.  Unbiased,  but also better, faster, cheaper...

Many Worlds
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Many Worlds

I heard of the 'Many Worlds'  explanation for quantum physics in a college physics course.   And it was clearly explained this was not necessarily a description...

Stroke Treatment by AI and Blockchain
From The Eponymous Pickle

Stroke Treatment by AI and Blockchain

An example of the integration of two technologies in health care.From HPE:Creating better stroke treatment using AI and blockchain technologyEvery year, 10,000...

Universal Archive of Source Code?
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Universal Archive of Source Code?

Makes sense,  to have this.  I recall the same idea was experimented with during the early days of object oriented systems.Building the Universal Archive of Source...

Alexa on the Facebook Portal
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Alexa on the Facebook Portal

I had initially missed this.  Don't like Facebook being involved, but according to below the information from Alexa transcripts are not shared with Facebook.  Short...

Advertising on the Facebook Portal
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Advertising on the Facebook Portal

A look at the ads and data involved with Facebook's new Portal.  Good overview as to what Facebook may want from this new channel.Here's what Facebook's Portal ...

Making Systems Aware of Context
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Making Systems Aware of Context

Awareness, also known as context, is often an important aspect of intelligence.Two Systems Allow Smart Devices to Have Environmental Awarenessin Electronics360 ...

US Shoppers Open to Amazon Go
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US Shoppers Open to Amazon Go

Not unsurprising, providing the interaction is error-free.Amazon Go seen as welcome grocery optionBut not all Americans would embrace cashier-free retail concept...

Automated Smart Homes
From The Eponymous Pickle

Automated Smart Homes

New directions in smart homes ...A Step Toward Personalized, Automated Smart Homesby Rob Matheson, MIT News OfficeDeveloping automated systems that track occupants...

Siemens and Artificial Intelligence
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Siemens and Artificial Intelligence

Been taking a closer look at what German industrial conglomerate Siemens is doing and thinking in the space of AI.  Good section on their thoughts, approaches and...

Learning from B2B Buying Process
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Learning from B2B Buying Process

From the Gartner Blog, a look at a B2B buying process, diagram at the link.  The process diagram   is very complex, very messy.  I have worked on many, many process...

Examining  Human Neurons
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Examining Human Neurons

Are we smarter than animals because our brain neurons are different? Could this explain why simplistic neural models are not successful?  Can we a new kind of Biomimicry...

Informs
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Informs

Join us at Informs:INFORMS is the world’s largest professional association dedicated to and promoting best practices and advances in operations research, management...
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