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Amazon Hardware Event Today
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Amazon Hardware Event Today

Attended this via theVerge, which does a good technical comparison view.  I follow this closely because I have worked with some companies in the AI/Attentive chat...

B2B and Customer Demands
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B2B and Customer Demands

Digital has changed how B2B leaders meet customer demands, but not in all the expected ways. In McKinsey:" ..... As digital continues to disrupt every aspect of...

Reasonet Ingests and Answers Questions
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Reasonet Ingests and Answers Questions

Came up to me in several directions.   ReasoNet.  A machine reading program that allows machines to ingest documents, read them, and then answer questions based...

Unified Retail Planning
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Unified Retail Planning

Very thoughtful piece in ChainStoreAge, the Introduction ..." ... Using Unified Retail Planning to Break Out of Functional SilosRetail today isn’t for the faint...

Intel Neuromorphic Chips
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Intel Neuromorphic Chips

Biomimicry expands.  Neuro morphic (neuron-like) approaches to delivering learning.Intel Unveils Neuromorphic, Self-Learning Chip Codenamed Loihi    By Joel Hruska...

Accenture, P&G, Target: Retail Cyber Security
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Accenture, P&G, Target: Retail Cyber Security

Accenture joins Target and P&G as keynote speaker at cybersecurity summit ... By Marianne WilsonAccenture has signed on as the title sponsor for the Retail Cyber...

Using Facebook's Workplace at Walmart
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Using Facebook's Workplace at Walmart

News ....  From Facebook's Workplace Site:Facebook's Workplace at Walmart"  In the last 10 months, we’ve welcomed more than 14,000 companies to Workplace across...

Wal-Mart to Adopt Facebook's Workplace Edition
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Wal-Mart to Adopt Facebook's Workplace Edition

Quite an interesting and unexpected coup.   Is Facebook best for retail?  Consider how their Facebook M chatbot capability might be used for marketing.  Here at...

C by GE Sol Lamp Reviewed
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C by GE Sol Lamp Reviewed

Geekwire Reviews the Alexa enabled GE Lamp.  Much more colorful than the pic shown here.   But not bright enough to flood a whole room with light. Video in operation...

New Transmission for Robotics
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New Transmission for Robotics

Transmission for Robotics from SRI.  Recall again our previous association with SRI.Inception Drive: A Compact, Infinitely Variable Transmission for Robotics   ...

Bosch and Self Driving Cars
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Bosch and Self Driving Cars

Had already looked at how Bosch was examining technology behind the smart home.  Now in the space of Automotive advances like self driving cars.Bosch details its...

Car Supply and Demand in China
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Car Supply and Demand in China

McKinsey on Automobiles in China, with considerable statistics:Our 2017 survey of Chinese auto consumers shows they’re demanding more from carmakers. How can companies...

Target Guides Customers with LEDs and Beacons
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Target Guides Customers with LEDs and Beacons

Navigation was a long time exploration of our innovation center explorations.   Here beacons and LED lights are combined with an App.With expert discussion.Target...

Self-Flying Robot Assistant for the Home
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Self-Flying Robot Assistant for the Home

Another home/family device.  Reminds me of the Kuri, but this is a drone, that in theory could navigate multiple levels and floors.  Autonomous point to point navigation...

Microsoft Pendleton
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Microsoft Pendleton

More on MS Data Wrangling, note Google is currently also working in this space with Trifacta.  Its a big issue in data science work process.  This is often done...

Microsoft Making AI Boring?  Effective?
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Microsoft Making AI Boring? Effective?

Looks like lots of focused assistants being proposed here.   Which is exactly how our journey into AI worked.    Be boring and effective.    Choose focused examples...

How Burberry is using AI and Big Data
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How Burberry is using AI and Big Data

By Bernard Marr , In Forbes:The Amazing Ways Burberry Is Using Artificial Intelligence And Big Data To Drive SuccessBritish fashion brand Burberry is one of the...

Bloomberg Terminal
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Bloomberg Terminal

Data Science in the Bloomberg Financial TerminalA good example of how financial data is being analyzed and utilized in online, real time interactions. Mention of...

Storytelling to Connect Employees to Work
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Storytelling to Connect Employees to Work

Nice thought, and makes you more human than robotics.Great Storytelling Connects Employees to Their Work     by Joseph Grenny In the HBR." ... Our company, VitalSmarts...

Making Linkedin Powerful to Business
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Making Linkedin Powerful to Business

Waiting for something like this.  Recall being in business sessions between Linkedin and the enterprise on how such capabilities can enable business actions.  Leads...
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