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Talk on Technology Trends
From The Eponymous Pickle

Talk on Technology Trends

William Chamberlin from IBM Market Development and Insights, presented "IT Technology Trends in 2017... and Beyond."     Slides.   Talk. Use the discussion group...

Update on D-Wave
From The Eponymous Pickle

Update on D-Wave

Been following, sometime interacting with  D-Wave for some time, a relatively optimistic update in Nature.  Controversy remains.D-Wave upgrade: How scientists are...

Digital Whiteboards
From The Eponymous Pickle

Digital Whiteboards

Over the hears have met with a number of companies aiming to make meetings more effective, and attended many meetings.  Have yet to see it well done. Usually the...

Pulse Response Biometrics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Pulse Response Biometrics

Had never heard of this biometric, but as a student of 'biometrics' was intrigued.   No idea how unique such a signature is.  Article is non technical.Authentication...

Year of the Virtual Assistant
From The Eponymous Pickle

Year of the Virtual Assistant

In NASDAQ.comWhy 2017 Will Be the Year of the Virtual AssistantJanuary 24, 2017,  by Danny Vena, Motley FoolIn its annual mobile apps survey, Research firm Gartner...

Sewing Robots
From The Eponymous Pickle

Sewing Robots

Moat interesting direction,  change the materials to conform to the robotics.  I recall seeing some of the same videos which showed how human-complex sewing is....

On Google VR
From The Eponymous Pickle

On Google VR

Good Wired piece on how Google is looking at VR, where the user becomes the interface. The Inside Story of Google's Daydream, where VR feels at home  ... " 

CSI Talk: IT Technology Trends in 2017
From The Eponymous Pickle

CSI Talk: IT Technology Trends in 2017

From the CSI Group: " .... This a reminder about our Cognitive Systems Institute Speaker Series on Thursday, January 26, 2016 at 10:30 am ET US (7:30 am PT).  Our...

Packaging and the Internet of Things
From The Eponymous Pickle

Packaging and the Internet of Things

Packaging was always been an interest of our innovation group.  Elements of integrating packaging and the net have been talked for a long time.   It is starting...

Voice Assistant Apps
From The Eponymous Pickle

Voice Assistant Apps

Somehow don't think assistant apps are as important, never hear them mentioned when someone describes a good experience with assistants.  Still this is intriguing...

Mattel Aristotle by Nabi
From The Eponymous Pickle

Mattel Aristotle by Nabi

Has some regulatory issues when interacting with children in the US:" ... Mattel Aristotle is an Amazon Echo that understands your kids, tooIt's a baby monitor....

Areas of AI to Watch
From The Eponymous Pickle

Areas of AI to Watch

Very good piece by Nathan Benaich,  Covers at the right Tech savvy management-introductory level a number of AI oriented techniques.  I like these because eachReinforcement...

Locating People in the Wild
From The Eponymous Pickle

Locating People in the Wild

Located beacons can detect people's mobile IDs in store and even on the street.  A powerful move to establish consumer journey.  I had heard of related methodsProgrammatic...

Is Data the New Oil?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Is Data the New Oil?

Interesting idea.  But we ingest in a different way than we do fuels.   While the chemistry of petroleum is well known and constant, the chemistry of required data...

AI is Changing the Retail Industry
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI is Changing the Retail Industry

How AI is Changing the Retail Industry for ConsumersRick Delgado   Artificial Intelligence is an up and coming technology system that is constantly enhancing different...

Building Networks for Ecosystems
From The Eponymous Pickle

Building Networks for Ecosystems

Intriguing piece about pipelines and platforms.  We discussed methods of building supply chains by evolving them.  Now with machine learning? Building NetworksLike...

An AI on the Board
From The Eponymous Pickle

An AI on the Board

Is this even close to reasonable?  Depends how you define them ....   You could make the case that computers run many companies, but at a low level.   They provide...

Talking Tom Reaps Eyeballs
From The Eponymous Pickle

Talking Tom Reaps Eyeballs

A stark reminder that the most desirable aspect of the Web is still getting eyeballs in the door, and then playing videos.  'Talking Tom'  seemingly trivial, with...

Marketing Campaign
From The Eponymous Pickle

Marketing Campaign

An intriguing example, with statistics,  that looks like a process model of how to do marketing campaigns.  Like to see this further built out with more detail,...

Display Cards for Alexa
From The Eponymous Pickle

Display Cards for Alexa

One of the criticisms of voice-only assistants is there is no provision for visual display, and often visual is just better than reciting an answer over a speaker...
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