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Self Destructing Drones
From The Eponymous Pickle

Self Destructing Drones

In these cases you have to think about the liability risk from the infrastructure  of your supply chain.Amazon Working on Self-Dismantling Drone by Ethan BaronCIO...

Kuri Update and Future
From The Eponymous Pickle

Kuri Update and Future

The updated newsletter for the Kuri home robot includes extensive new information.  Very nicely presented. The system is now scheduled for shipment this month. ...

Fixing Statistics in Algorithms, Process
From The Eponymous Pickle

Fixing Statistics in Algorithms, Process

Thoughtful piece.  And increasingly important as we decide to algorithmically, and sometimes non transparently  implement methods deeper in the process.   WillFive...

Google and Knowledge Graphs
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google and Knowledge Graphs

A hint at where Google, AI and knowledge delivery is going.   Here the foundation is maps.  From location, to stores, to brands, to ?     Where does this lead to...

Google Do it Yourself AI and Voice Kit
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google Do it Yourself AI and Voice Kit

For the do it yourself hobbyist, or the clever and inquisitive child, get started with voice and vision AI,   assistants.   $35 and less.  Add AI to your Raspberry...

Thoughts on the Network Effect of Voice
From The Eponymous Pickle

Thoughts on the Network Effect of Voice

Fascinating point regarding how voice is really different.    What are the implications for this as voice interaction grows?    Is it expected in the network? In...

AI Generating Games, and Gamification?
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI Generating Games, and Gamification?

And can this be taken beyond to generate the gamification of business skills and tasks?AI Is Dreaming Up New Kinds of Video Games in Technology ReviewBy Simon Parkin...

Gartner: Retail Assortment Planning Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Gartner: Retail Assortment Planning Analytics

In the Gartner Blog.   Insightful piece.  An area we worked on for years.  If anything this article over complicates the problem, but it is good to see a more modern...

Predictive Analytics Today
From The Eponymous Pickle

Predictive Analytics Today

Nothing new here, but nicely presented, with visuals.  We did predictive analytics many years before AI or Machine learning.  Many millions in value.  True we sometimes...

Amazon Releases Ideas for Alexa in Business
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon Releases Ideas for Alexa in Business

Nicely done overview as part of the announcement.  Thought provoking.  Though could also be done with other assistants.   I would further like to see 'businessAlexa...

The New Physics of Lenses
From The Eponymous Pickle

The New Physics of Lenses

My early interests were lenses in telescopes and microscopes.  Even made a few telescope lenses I can still use today.   These new approaches are interesting. Physicists...

Amazon Sells part of AWS in China
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon Sells part of AWS in China

In TechCrunch.  Amazon is selling a big part of its business in ChinaThe company is selling “certain physical infrastructure assets” of its Amazon Web Services...

Game Theory and Cybersecurity
From The Eponymous Pickle

Game Theory and Cybersecurity

A Purdue connection informed me of this. A rare practical pointer to Nash equilibrium in game theory.   And 'Prospect theory' which I had not heard of.  But  IKahneman's...

Alexa in the Office
From The Eponymous Pickle

Alexa in the Office

Have had many conversations about how Alexa and other skill/voice/attentive systems could be used in the office.    How could it have been used to link with our...

Promoting Service Innovation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Promoting Service Innovation

Been a member for a while.  Worth followingThe International Society of Service Innovation Professionals, ISSIP (pronounced iZip).Latest newsletter.

Definitive Healthcare Newsletter
From The Eponymous Pickle

Definitive Healthcare Newsletter

Brought to my attention, a newsletter on big data management and analytics" ... Definitive Healthcare was founded in 2008 as a database covering the hospital and...

Millennials and Brands
From The Eponymous Pickle

Millennials and Brands

In Fastcompany: As Millennials Demand More Meaning, Older Brands Are Not Aging WellAsk millenials and boomers what companies they value most and you’ll get very...

Complexity
From The Eponymous Pickle

Complexity

A means of understanding how systems work and interact with our world, and ultimately what can be solved or not solved by machine learning systems.  Technical.Chasing...

Running out of Ideas?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Running out of Ideas?

Are we?  Intriguing piece in Freakonomics blog.Are We Running Out of Ideas?by Stephen J. Dubner in FreakonomicsOur latest Freakonomics Radio episode is called “Are...

Robots Taking Jobs:  A Prediction
From The Eponymous Pickle

Robots Taking Jobs: A Prediction

Click on for link to full report PDF:Robots Could Force 375 Million People to Switch Occupation by 2030  In TechnologyReviewSo says a new report by think tank McKinsey...
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