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IBM Integrates Weather APIs into Bluemix
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IBM Integrates Weather APIs into Bluemix

We were early users of weather data in retail and supply chain analytics, this would have been very useful. The cognitive links in particular are intriguing.  Note...

Method Inventor
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Method Inventor

In the Pennsylvania Gazette: Method InventorWith an innovation portfolio that ranges from medical devices to folding bicycles to social-impact enterprises to junk...

Driverless Cars Interacting with People
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Driverless Cars Interacting with People

Ultimately all systems interact with people.  Of course a driverless car has an interaction that implies levels of safety.  Does it blow its horn, or display aWhat...

Cheap Frig Cams
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Cheap Frig Cams

What we have all been looking for in the Smarthome?  Probably not, but another example where cheap simple cams can be be added to an attentive systems as part of...

The Unilever Consumer Connection
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The Unilever Consumer Connection

Unilever advertises a number of their products through Supermarket News called The Consumer Connection.  To help "Unilever Advance Health, Well-Being and Category...

Internet of Robotic Things
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Internet of Robotic Things

I remember an effort that sought to share the learning of robots, this is different:The latest Internet of Things (IoT) sub-segment to emerge is the Internet of...

IBM and Chevy Generating 'Positivity'
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IBM and Chevy Generating 'Positivity'

Anther example of the text analysis of social media streams  ...  although the resulting measure seems quite general.   In AdAge:Chevy and IBM Will Rate Your Social...

Baidu's Paddle
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Baidu's Paddle

Via O'Reilly:Baidu's PaddleBaidu's deep learning framework, Paddle (PArallel Distributed Deep LEarning), has been open sourced.

Reducing Traffic with Reinforcement Learning
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Reducing Traffic with Reinforcement Learning

Our group looked at related problems in traffic and industry.    In Engineering.comMachine Learning Techniques Aim to Reduce Traffic  by Michael AlbaIt's a problem...

Reinforcement Learning and AI
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Reinforcement Learning and AI

This bears some relationship to looking directly at business process and attempting to control it directly.  A kind of context simulation with rewards.   Thus similar...

Alexa Dot Now Being Sold in Volume
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Alexa Dot Now Being Sold in Volume

 Add Alexa to any room.  Only $49.99The All-New Echo Dot uses the same farfield voice recognition as Echo and is a convenient addition to any room of the house....

Virtual Assistants Adapting to Us
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Virtual Assistants Adapting to Us

Ultimately we will need more of this,  although it is still probably a very subtle thing.  Today, like in search, we just want an  answer.   As the answer becomes...

Columbus Ohio Wins Smart City
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Columbus Ohio Wins Smart City

In the CACM:" .. And The Winner Is...Columbus!  By Gary AnthesRust Belt city Columbus, OH, emerged as the high-tech winner among 78 U.S. cities competing in the...

GE Smart Appliances
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GE Smart Appliances

GE Smart Appliances are now controllable through the Amazon Alexa Commands and IFTTT.   New integration of smart home and Intelligence.

Data Science and Cortana Intelligence
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Data Science and Cortana Intelligence

Cortana Intelligence and Machine Learning BlogRecent Updates to the Microsoft Data Science Virtual MachineSeptember 13, 2016 by Cortana Intelligence and ML Blog...

Retailers Struggling with Big Data
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Retailers Struggling with Big Data

In Retailwire: When RSR recently asked retailers about the status of capabilities related to capturing and analyzing Big Data, we found that no capability was reported...

Identity Graphs for Marketing
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Identity Graphs for Marketing

Admit I had not heard the term 'identity graph' in terms of marketing before, but now I am intensely interested in the graphical implications.  Still considering...

AI Will be Whispering in your Ear
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AI Will be Whispering in your Ear

Interesting point about the the recently announced Dash earbuds for iPhone.  Is this really a play to get AI in your ear?  You could suggest that this is a better...

Too Much Data?  First Use Right Measures
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Too Much Data? First Use Right Measures

In era of hunger for bigger data, we can still get it wrong.  Its more important to have the right metrics.  Via Think with Google:Weekly Thought-StarterToo much...

Preparing for More Computational Thinking
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Preparing for More Computational Thinking

Never heard precisely of 'computational thinking' , but as an engineer have done it for years.  Stephen Wolfram describes it in much detail using their systems....
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