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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Using the Perfect Office Surface
As part of our innovation spaces we worked with office furniture manufacturers to scope out the needs of the future office. The question was always if there would...
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3D Printing at Ford
This is taking 3D printing further than we imagined in the short term. Can it be done in volume?Ford tests 3D printer that can manufacture car parts of any size...
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Tracking US Innovation
In the HBR, Fascinating piece. I grew up in some of the regions tracked, and remember thinking about how industries worked together to produce value. But now...
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Conflicting Demands and Creativity
In MIT/Sloan:Conflicting demands within a business can be a source of creativity and opportunity — if they are handled well. The writer F. Scott Fitzgerald once...
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Baby Faces
We did experiments with packaging and advertising, using neuromarketing techniques.Sweet Puppies and Cute Babies: Perceptual Adaptation to Babyfacedness Transfers...
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UC Center for Business Analytics
Had .a conversation with Glenn Wegryn of the UC Center for Business Analytics. More to follow.Inform and Improve Decisions with AnalyticsThe UC Center for Business...
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Flipboard ReDesigns
Had looked at Flipboard as a means of doing market and store design testing. With ‘Smart Magazines,’ Flipboard uses machine learning to reinvent its app ... ...
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Deep Learning Frameworks
Well done, relatively non technical, pointing at existing software solutions. In KDNuggets: " ... This post sketches out some common principles which would...
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An Interactive Storytelling Medium
Brought to my attention, Earplay is now also using the Alexa interface. Might also be useful for training? With bot driven intelligence based on data?https:...
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Predicting Earthquakes
A long time idea. Will it work in the real world?Intelligent MachinesMachine-Learning Algorithm Predicts Laboratory EarthquakesThe breakthrough has astonished...
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Looking at Amazon and Walmart Supply Chains
Some useful data and visuals on the topic, at the link below.First Thoughts by Dan Gilmore Editor Supply Chain DigestSupply Chain News: Walmart and AmazonOur...
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Coding Their Own
Via CACM. Implications about, but this still does not mean we have machines building their own yet.Microsoft's AI Is Learning to Write Code by Itself, Not Steal...
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Amazon's New AI Blog
Emphasizing AWS, of course. But from real experts in the field.Amazon's New AI Blog: " ... From computer vision systems for autonomous driving, to FDA-approved...
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Machine Learning and Campaign Response
Intriguing piece in GigaOm, reviewing. We did this for decades. There are better methods now. How well can this be done? What are the risks involved? Predicting...
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Facebook Releases Open Source Prophet
Doing time series forecasting well is important to every business. Good to see this open sourcing underway by the Facebook Incubator. Though the history of"...
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AI Transforming Technology
How Will AI Transform Technology? A Conversation with Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka. In Knowledge@Wharton.
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Phone to Measure Blood Pressure
I remember having a conversation with a person in the medical devices area some time saying that blood pressure still needs to be mechanically measured. Here...
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Practical Applications of Ontologies
A DSC followup on a previous piece on the use of ontologies, organized ways to look at knowledge and leverage it against solving real business problems. These...
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Automation and Productivity
In the Gartner Blog. Touches on the obvious. Automation should improve. And I like the idea of measurement.Automation Can Make Elusive “Productivity Improvements...
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