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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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Amazon Dash Button now Available to Prime Members
In Silicon Angle: The Long awaited Amazon Dash Buy Button is now available from Amazon. " ... Amazon.com is now officially selling its Dash Button for $4.99...
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Many New Channels on IFTTT
I see that IFTTT has added 17 new channels of data this month. Intrigued by its use for combining sources of data with logic to perform actions. A very mild"...
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CVS Pharmacy and IBM Watson
Good example of an advisory system interacting with the consumer. Being built today based on some of the work created in the Watson project, Look forward to...
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Brands, Private and National, Matter
From Bain: National brand vs Private label. " .... It was only a decade ago when many industry analysts looked at two looming trends—the rise of retail consolidation...
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Big Data and Statistics
A non technical overview of statistics and its relationship to the use of data in business. Often management does need a well thought out description of a tech...
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Programming Robot Swarms to take Inventory
This one of the more unusual innovation efforts we examined. Could we program swarms of simple devices to perform complex, time consuming tasks? Taking video...
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A Look at Innovation Centers
A Study: We built one of the earliest Inno Centers, so I am interested in the dynamics. Though do these have to be in Silicon Valley? We agreed it was good to...
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P&G Supply Chain Redesign
I posted a link to this once before. I had to review this for some work, worth another examination. Overstatement of the implications?Does P&G Need RetailersThe...
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Shift from TV to Digital Video
From Google: An interview with creatives, How fast is this moving today?" .. Great YouTube ads are born from great creative ideas. But how does the shift to ...
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Process Improvement and Building IKEA Furniture
In the APQC blog: What building IKEA furniture can teach you about process improvement. by Jess Scheer. Good points. Respect and evolve the process!
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Walmart Robot Picks Groceries
In CityWire: Wal-Mart offers a peek at robot grocery pickers and other innovations ... "
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Changes in Consumer Goods Players
In Bain: The rapidly changing order of consumer goods leadersWhile it may seem as though the same familiar players always dominate the consumer goods industry,...
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Service Innovation for the Interconnected World
Presenter for the ISSIP Service Innovation Weekly Speaker Series is Timothy Chou, Author and Lecturer in Cloud Computing at Stanford University. Title of his presentation...
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The Service Innovation Triangle
This week’s presenters for the ISSIP Service Innovation Weekly Speaker Series is Drs. Peder Inge Furseth (Norwegian Business School ) and Richard Cuthberts (University...
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SAP Pitches Strongly to C Level execs
In AdAge: Wasn't this always SAP's approach? The specifics of a digital magazine, with strong content advertising follow up, appears to be new. " ... SAP Launches...
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Sighthound Computer Vision
Powered by Computer VisionSighthound uses computer vision technology to distinguish between people and objects. By using advanced algorithms, Sighthound is able...
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P&G's Next CEO
In Adage:What You Should Know About P&G's Next CEO, David TaylorDavid Taylor, an electrical engineer by training who spent twice as long in manufacturing as marketing...
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NTT and Eldercare Robotics in Japan
In Mashable: We examined this for applications in the smart home. It had already advanced considerably in Japan a decade a ago. They had done a particularly good...
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Looking for Value in Data
Data Assets: A long time exploration of mine, how do I determine data value in context? In part the value is a;ways understood in term of analytic value, and...
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