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Georgia Tech Tests Assistants in Dorms
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Georgia Tech Tests Assistants in Dorms

Like to see not only what is being done, but what skills are seen as being most useful in varying contexts, here in a Georgia Tech dorm, a university known forAmazon...

Augmented Reality Glasses to Transform Vision
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Augmented Reality Glasses to Transform Vision

The emphasis on vision correction in context is interesting. DARPA Awards $4.7 Million Grant to Transform Augmented-Reality Glasses Military Embedded Systems   By...

Protecting Deliveries
From The Eponymous Pickle

Protecting Deliveries

More details from the world of direct to home delivery.  A Smart Home then needs to consider the and ensure the security of its acquisitions.Are smart homes smart...

Amazon, Whole Foods and Prime
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon, Whole Foods and Prime

Amazon improves connections between their online Prime buying club benefits and their brick and mortar acquisitions.  Whole Food 5% discount with Amazon Rewards...

Malicious Use of AI
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Malicious Use of AI

Non technical, overview look at where we needAI ripe for exploitation, experts warn   By Jane Wakefield in the BBCDrones turned into missiles, fake videos manipulating...

Predicting Earthquakes
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Predicting Earthquakes

Had seen a number of research efforts here,  another move ... Today, A.I. helps detect tiny earthquakes. Tomorrow, it might predict the big oneEarthquakes are notoriously...

Thinking deeply about Reinforcement Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Thinking deeply about Reinforcement Learning

Remember reading about reinforcement learning, having designed more mundane neural network deep learning,  and thinking, but how do you design the 'objective function'...

Spotify to Build Own Speakers?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Spotify to Build Own Speakers?

In CIO: Another competitor in the ranks.  Now from a Music aggregator.  What kind of  other Assistant aspects will it include?  Recall how Spotify was designing...

Talk on AI and Blockchain this Thursday
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Talk on AI and Blockchain this Thursday

In our CSIG group.  Join us.  Relates to our work underway regarding Smart Contracts ...Date and Time :  Feb 22, 2018 - 10:30am to 11:00am US EasternZoom meeting...

Work on 1000 Year Clock Begins
From The Eponymous Pickle

Work on 1000 Year Clock Begins

Also known as the most famous part of the Long Now Project.  About long term thinking.  Followed it closely in its early days via our work with the Institute for...

Immersive Terf
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Immersive Terf

Immersive Terf.  Was reminded of Qwaq, which we examined for 3D Immersive collaboration.   To provide a virtual-world style collaboration.   Is it useful to have...

AI Platforms Extracting Corporate Knowledge
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI Platforms Extracting Corporate Knowledge

Quite a considerable claim.   Can we extract all the knowledge of a company for easy use? We developed and tried systems with similar goals.  Looking further.Can...

Keep Your Customers Coming Back
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Keep Your Customers Coming Back

Good piece.  Not at all technical, but worth repeating what you need to get done.  The tech people I talk to don't seem to know these obvious things, and are always...

Samsung Patents the Drone Screen
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Samsung Patents the Drone Screen

In our innovation center we looked at many variants of the screen.  Especially as it related to in store and public retail advertising.  Here something new, a drone...

GraphGrail AI
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GraphGrail AI

New to me, I like the attempt to create a broad solution ecosystem.   Send me some examples of useful applications in place.   Mentions Smart Contracts, which we...

Portal for Scientific Discovery
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Portal for Scientific Discovery

Augmentation for discovery is something we examined for research.Networking, Data Experts Design a Better Portal for Scientific DiscoveryLawrence Berkeley National...

Hacking Phone Pins with Sensor Data
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Hacking Phone Pins with Sensor Data

Disturbing Situation ... You have to think about what data is being gathered by sensors, and if that new data can be used to predict other data ... and beyond. ...

Dimensions of Digital Trust
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Dimensions of Digital Trust

Fascinating take.  A little skeptical about the approach to gathering this detailed information.  Why just 4 dimensions?   Worth the read.The 4 Dimensions of Digital...

Drop Ship Stress Panel
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Drop Ship Stress Panel

Does Drop Ship Put too Much Stress on the Supply Chain?Dan Gilmore in Retailwire.Through a special arrangement, presented here for discussion is a summary of aA...

Electronic Skins as Health Sensors
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Electronic Skins as Health Sensors

More novel health sensors.Electronic skin can display a heartbeat on your hand You'd know someone's health just by looking at them.By Jon Fingas, @jonfingas in ...
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