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Google Assistant and Integrated Device Announcement
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Google Assistant and Integrated Device Announcement

Notes on Today's Google Pixel Phone and related announcements.  In particular I am interested in how these will work in conjunction with Google's AI developments...

Microsoft on Democratizing AI
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Microsoft on Democratizing AI

More on Microsoft pulling together their AI skills ...   A detailed piece.  About Democratizing AI?   From what I have seen this is more about enterprises using...

New and Noteworthy in IFTTT
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New and Noteworthy in IFTTT

New channels and recipes in IFTTT.  Construct your own.  I continue to follow this way of easily constructing simple logic into streams of data for everyday and...

Neural Network Zoo
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Neural Network Zoo

From the Asimov Institute.  Reminds me of work we also did with nets, but with far fewer choices of architecture.  Our chosen architectures depended only on inputs...

The Possibilities for Editing the Blockchain
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The Possibilities for Editing the Blockchain

This really struck me.  How?  To edit you must be about to syntactically interpret, but the Fortune article explains. Why Accenture's Plan to 'Edit' the Blockchain...

Google is an Adult!
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Google is an Adult!

It has only been 18 years, hard to contemplate, imagine the changes that have occurred in our already then information rich world.  Google is 18 and an adult. ...

Your Location Data
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Your Location Data

So where does the data gathered go when you opt in to location tracking?   A revealing article in Adage: Location Tracking and the Trouble With 'Opting In'   By...

Cortana Running Your Office?
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Cortana Running Your Office?

Not in its current form, but I can see their direction.   Have used both Siri and Echo effectively in this space and these hint at the possibilities.  Again I will...

Giving Amazon Keys to Your Smart Home
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Giving Amazon Keys to Your Smart Home

Am a follower of the practicality of the smart home.   Here Amazon is trading practicality and security?   Our smart home tested alternative delivery systems, like...

RetroScope
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RetroScope

RetroScope Opens Doors to the Past in Smartphone InvestigationsBy Purdue University NewsAugust 4, 2016Researchers at Purdue University are developing a technique...

Costco not going Omnichannel
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Costco not going Omnichannel

Long time follower of Costco.  Studied how the early use of the Internet in-store influenced their sales.  They never paid much attention of omni channel, and this...

Gigabit Wifi System from ATT Labs
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Gigabit Wifi System from ATT Labs

Continued expansion of fast internet." .. AT&T Labs (Recently) announced a new wireless technology called Airgig, designed to transmit data at gigabit speeds over...

Intelligent Home Automation
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Intelligent Home Automation

The application of local intelligence.  Smarter Home Intelligence.A Better ParadigmWith all the hype and admiration of what these companies have achieved thereThink...

Introduction to XGBoost
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Introduction to XGBoost

A Gentle Introduction to XGBoost for Applied Machine Learningby Jason Brownlee on August 17, 2016 XGBoost is an algorithm that has recently been dominating applied...

Computers Sensing Odors
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Computers Sensing Odors

Another area we examined for possible classification of coffee blends, fragrances and for in store understanding of smell 'scapes' in retail spaces.   Investigation...

Visualization Insight Tools for Netflix
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Visualization Insight Tools for Netflix

In the Netflix Techblog, some good details.Improving Netflix’s Operational Visibility with Real-Time Insight ToolsBy Ranjit Mavinkurve, Justin Becker and Ben Christensen...

Stanford 100 Year AI Study
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Stanford 100 Year AI Study

Just received.  We did a great deal of work both with Stanford and with companies that came out of that program in the late 80s.  We were among the first enterprises...

Additive Manufacture
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Additive Manufacture

Been mostly involved with high speed repetitive manufacture, so always see the issues with 3D printing.  Much still needs to be done improve the idea.   Here are...

Python Deep Learning with Keras
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Python Deep Learning with Keras

Technical.  From Machine learning mastery, an introduction to using the Keras deep learning library for Python.

Tetherless World Constellation
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Tetherless World Constellation

New to me: What is TWC?The Tetherless World Constellation (TWC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is a constellation of multidisciplinary researchers who...
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