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Blockchain Explained
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Blockchain Explained

In O'Reilly.  Good, but still technical, utilizes code to make the comparisons." ... Defining blockchains by analogies and applicationsBlockchain is a buzzword,...

Watching and Learning for AI
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Watching and Learning for AI

The ideal AI would be akin to a small child.  It could observe, learn and reapply that which they have learned.  Build its knowledge and skills.  To this end we...

Martin Lindstrom Podcast on Small Data
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Martin Lindstrom Podcast on Small Data

Martin Lindstrom discusses his new book about 'small data'Podcast: Small Data coverMartin Lindstrom has spent time with 2,000 families in more than 77 countries...

Store Formatting by Kroger and other Retailers
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Store Formatting by Kroger and other Retailers

In Retailwire:  Something we examined in the innovation centers.  At both the shelf and broader store design level.  Here some interesting views of how this is...

SAS on Machine Learning
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SAS on Machine Learning

Good, high level, largely non technical view of machine learning from SAS:  Machine Learning ... What it is & why it matters  Machine learning is a method of data...

Boston Childrens Thinking Voice Hubs
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Boston Childrens Thinking Voice Hubs

Voice as a means to deliver health 'Know How': In addition to the three partnerships announced last year, Brownstein told Xconomy there's a partnership in the works...

More on Generating Smells
From The Eponymous Pickle

More on Generating Smells

This is a topic that we covered in the innovation center, and this blog has covered for about the same time.  Have seen dozens of examples claiming generated digital...

SAP Startups on Augmented Reality and IOT
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SAP Startups on Augmented Reality and IOT

From SAP's Startup focus blog.  Emphasizing augmented reality and internet of things applications. Not unexpected or really novel applications, but good to see...

What Do We Mean by Shopper Journey?
From The Eponymous Pickle

What Do We Mean by Shopper Journey?

In Retailwire:   Varying definitions.  Suggest you read Herb Sorensen's book, soon to be republished in a second edition: Inside the Mind of the Shopper, about...

Shrinking Organization Charts
From The Eponymous Pickle

Shrinking Organization Charts

Thoughts on the shrinking org chart.   Interesting and lengthy piece.   Key thoughts, yes, it is shrinking, but it is still as complex.  Parts of it are now being...

Samsung Developing new IOT Operating System
From The Eponymous Pickle

Samsung Developing new IOT Operating System

In CWorld:  Previously reported on.  Would like to see a demonstration of where this is going, especially how it might include connections with proposed standards...

Alibaba Exceeds Wal-Mart
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Alibaba Exceeds Wal-Mart

Alibaba Surpasses Walmart As Largest Retail Company In The World by Tyler Durden on 04/06/2016We may not have the exact numbers yet, but in a filing with the SEC...

Camera Live Streams VR
From The Eponymous Pickle

Camera Live Streams VR

Quite an impressive capability.   In Mashable.  New levels of real time immersion.  Imagine the complexity of the editing.

Amazon Acting like Walmart
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Amazon Acting like Walmart

Is Amazon acting like Walmart in the 80s?  In Retaillink:" ... Amazon's investments in trucks, planes, cargo boats and drones continue to drive speculation on whether...

Inside the HoloLens Hardware
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Inside the HoloLens Hardware

A much anticipated hardware technical look inside the MS Hololens, their virtual reality system and headset.   This is a hardware technical overview.  To me the...

Natural Language Access to Data: Where Reasoning Makes Sense
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Natural Language Access to Data: Where Reasoning Makes Sense

Looks to be a good talk .... " ... Cognitive Systems Institute Group Speaker Series on Thursday April 7, 2016 at 10:30 am ET US (7:30 am PT US).  Our presenterRichard...

Robots Learn from Insects
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Robots Learn from Insects

Have heard relatively little about genetic methods lately, here as a means of adapting initial descriptive solutions. Worth considering to achieve some processIn ...

Qlik Sense Stories
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Qlik Sense Stories

Via Qlik Sense:" ... Charts and graphs may be some of the most commonly used tools for bringing data sets to life, but Narrative Science wants you to consider another...

Principal Component Analysis using R
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Principal Component Analysis using R

Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was a favorite technique of ours for a long time, because it addressed the dimensionality of a problem,   So important for problems...

New Enterprise Splunk
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New Enterprise Splunk

Splunk, A package that I used for an application some time ago, for datastream analysis, but is relatively little known, reports their enterprise version 6.4. ...
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