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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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Have some Raspberry Pi
Just starting this book. Not very technical, but you need to be somewhat geeky to engage. Quite an impressive amount of software comes along: Starting with Scratch...
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Open Innovation at Electrolux
Open Innovation at Electrolux. Appliance manufacturer we worked with for a while. The how is always interesting, but also the kinds of application being addressed...
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Creating Value with Advanced Analytics
Repeating this, it is well put, Its about where decisions are needed: Bain Company brief:It’s easy for tech-savvy executives to get excited about Big Data andWhat...
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Watson Analytics Short Demo
Short, good, demonstration via Holly Nielsen of IBM:2 Minute Dashboard With Watson AnalyticsWatch Francis Hall take some typical sales pipeline data from a spreadsheet...
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Slack and Skype
Was just introduced to Slack and liked it. Especially for better email focus. Now what will its (still limited) integration with Skype look like? More on the...
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UL Standards for Wearables
In CWorld: Particularly interesting that they will address privacy issues." ... UL, formerly called Underwriters Labs, soon expects to certify wearables for safety...
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Simulating Human Behavior
From the CACM: " ... Researchers at the Charles III University of Madrid (UC3M) in Spain are working on the IBSEN project, which is investigating how to build a...
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Students and Cognitive Assistants
Via Jim Spohrer. More broadly the concept and direction of COG assistants is covered here." .... CEOs need cognitive assistants, and on the other side of the spectrum...
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Additive Manufacturing at GE Aviation
In GE Aviation's Bike Shop Blog:" ... TIME magazine noted that GE Aviation is producing the interior of its fuel nozzles for the new CFM LEAP engine by using additive...
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Analyzing the Internet of Things
Teradata's Bill Franks on the IOT. Nice concise thoughts. Like Big Data, the IOT's engine is analytics and then translating that to decison. Not sure we need...
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Alchemy API Language
Brought Back to my attention.Build Smarter Apps With AlchemyLanguage12 Semantic Text Analysis APIs Using Natural Language ProcessingPioneering Easy-to-build Smart...
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The Future of Programming
Have become involved in looking how algorithmic knowledge is stored lately, and this has required looking at alternative coding methods. Visualization of process...
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Rules for Tough Decisions
3 Timeless Rules for Making Tough Decisions In the HBR: by Peter BregmanSome good simple thoughts. Now might these also be systematized as part of a simulation...
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Employee Engagement Formula
How do companies engage with their own employees? In the HBR:" .... IDEO’s origin story sometimes sounds like a myth or a fable, but it’s actually true. David...
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Data Science Studying Data Scientists
Nice piece by Bob Hayes. I like the structural aspects included. Classification of skills can be imprecise too. " .... Empirically-Based Approach to Understanding...
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Challenges for Home Robotics
In IEEE Spectrum: A good look at the challenges still unmet for home robotics. A topic I have looked at for a number of years. And while the press has claimed...
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Microsoft, P&G Supported Skip App in Test
Mentioned here previously, the Skip in aisle checkoutApp is now in test. Note the connection to the Azure analytics platform which leverages data gathering from...
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Miss Piggy and Imperson Chatbots
Marketers see Chatbots as a means to engage with Virtual Assistants. Facebook's Messenger is an example mentioned here before. How does personality create engagement...
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Reputation in the Age of the Internet
In the Edge: The internet has changed the means and the metrics. You could always sculpt your reputation, but not as easily as you can today. Positive and negative...
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