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Interesting Sounds Podcast
From The Eponymous Pickle

Interesting Sounds Podcast

Discovered a podcast called 'Twenty Thousand Hertz',  which is an examination of 'the most interesting stories of the most interesting sounds'  by Dallas Taylor...

Swarming Autonomous Drones
From The Eponymous Pickle

Swarming Autonomous Drones

I have mentioned a number of times our proposal for swarms in places like yards and warehouses.  Both drones and rolling robots.  We were ahead of our time, but...

Data Science Reports
From The Eponymous Pickle

Data Science Reports

Figure Eight has their Data Science Report out.  A 33 page report. Also some other interesting eBooks are made available.  Registration information required. "Understanding...

Spending Innovation Budgets
From The Eponymous Pickle

Spending Innovation Budgets

I just was able to review  how we did this some years ago in the AI space.  Rings true.   I add: Spend what you can manage rather than looking for home runs was...

Create Pull for Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Create Pull for Analytics

Makes sense.   Look for the needs, and also create them by letting people understand the possibilities.  I also like the fact that they are calling it 'decision...

E-Commerce Direct Delivery by 'Kroger Ship' Launched
From The Eponymous Pickle

E-Commerce Direct Delivery by 'Kroger Ship' Launched

Another channel opens by a major player.   Was alerted to this today.      I see its in the local market, will be giving it a try to see how the curation works....

Bedtime Stories from Alexa
From The Eponymous Pickle

Bedtime Stories from Alexa

Cheaper, yes, and probably very nicely done. But where is the parent telling a story to the child?  Seems like once again, we have forgotten the most importantAmazon...

Shiseido: Predicting Intent, Driving Beauty Growth
From The Eponymous Pickle

Shiseido: Predicting Intent, Driving Beauty Growth

In Think with Google,  predicting future behavior.How one beauty brand is predicting intent to drive growthAlessio Rossi, global chief digital officer at Shiseido...

Nestle Tests Blockchain on Baby Food
From The Eponymous Pickle

Nestle Tests Blockchain on Baby Food

Looks like a typical use, control and track the hand off of product in a supply chain to transparently and control order hand-off and quality.   Note here Nestle...

Sero! Concept Mapping for Learning and Knowledge Assessment
From The Eponymous Pickle

Sero! Concept Mapping for Learning and Knowledge Assessment

Brought my attention by Brian Moon,  a practitioner we have worked with.  I am a longtime proponent of concept mapping, we developed thousands.  Can this finally...

Machine Learning Extrapolates
From The Eponymous Pickle

Machine Learning Extrapolates

Powerful idea,  requires some underlying 'physics' to be in place.   Could that base information be the business process, or some other grounding rules?  As I see...

Big Data, Better Analytics?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Big Data, Better Analytics?

Good thoughts, always see the data in terms of its business goals first. Big data doesn’t lead to better data analytics  in BusinessDailyData science is not necessarily...

Recorded Future Partners with FraudWatch
From The Eponymous Pickle

Recorded Future Partners with FraudWatch

I see that Recorded Future, who we worked with early on,  is partnering with a company doing 'Brand Protection'.  Which is the place we had originally tested aRecorded...

Storyline Builds Alexa Skills without Coding
From The Eponymous Pickle

Storyline Builds Alexa Skills without Coding

Storyline.   Creates Alexa skills without coding ... There's no way to create Amazon Alexa skills unless you're a good engineer. Storyline makes it easy with aVideo...

Value of the AR Demo
From The Eponymous Pickle

Value of the AR Demo

Is an AR demo better than the real thing?   with discussion   by Matthew Stern in RetailwireTrying out a toy in-store can get kids excited about the product. And...

Consumer AI Concerns in Retail?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Consumer AI Concerns in Retail?

Not sure this is as big as they say.    Similar to privacy concerns,  if clear value is shown up front, people are willing to take some risk.What can retailers ...

Education via Voice Assistants with Shiken
From The Eponymous Pickle

Education via Voice Assistants with Shiken

If a skill can be built for Alexa, it can be readily built for other assistants.  Voice and repetition is apparently key for this, aimed at qualifying tests.  Her...

NIH Partners with Google Cloud
From The Eponymous Pickle

NIH Partners with Google Cloud

Note that integration of Machine Learning is specifically mentioned.  Once you have the right data readily accessible,  many kinds of analytics can be tested and...

CSIG Talk:  AI and Education
From The Eponymous Pickle

CSIG Talk: AI and Education

(Checking on the details of this, it may be August 2, check back, the recording and slides will be posted here: http://cognitive-science.info/community/weekly-update...

Honeywell Launches Alexa Thermostat
From The Eponymous Pickle

Honeywell Launches Alexa Thermostat

Some commercial applications of assistant capabilities are interesting to see.  Some interesting details here.Honeywell Launches Amazon Alexa Voice-ready Thermostat...
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