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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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Examining Data Preparation Tools
Better tools, likely that includes cognitive and context knowledge capabilities are needed. Also paying more attention to metadata needs: In O'Reilly:Why data...
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Smartphone Apps as Car Keys
A natural solution. Encrypted signals from smartphones acting as passes into all sorts of systems. In the NYT. Though the physical key will not be completely replaced...
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Industrial Internet Reference Architecture
via the Industrial Internet ConsortiumIndustrial Internet Reference ArchitectureThank You For Your Interest In The Industrial Internet Reference Architecture Technical...
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Cooling Your Clothing
In IEEE Spectrum. High Tech Material Will Make Clothes Cool So You Don't Need AC Although developing more power-efficient air conditioners and building greener...
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Internet of Things, an Oral History
Kevin Ashton and I were interviewed for an oral history of the Internet of Things this last week by Danny Vinik of Politico. I gave many, many talks to visitors...
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Chips That Never Forget
And as memory sales increase, In IEEE Spectrum ... " ... The Computer Chip That Never Forgets ... Melding spin-based logic and memory could lead to low-power, instant...
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Storage Sales Expand Rapidly
An indication of how quickly data is being stored and indexed. An indicator of future needs for Big Data and analytics capabilities. Increased risk of data losses...
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The History and Future of Operations
Good thoughts, in the end it is the operation of a process to get something done better! Or even at all, to create value. Recall that the original term 'Operations...
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An Executive's Guide to Machine Learning
We did machine learning at Procter & Gamble starting in the mid 80s, and they continue today. This is a nice mostly non tech overview for execs I could have used...
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Re Thinking the Database
Can the Database be made fundamentally easier to work with? Democratizing its power. In SiliconAngle:" ... Databases aren’t for everyone. They’re incredibly...
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Reading Minds is not the Same as Reading Words
In Cognition and Culture: Practical, technical and philosophical thoughts. Cultural difference, and no evidence we have cracked the neural memory code of the...
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Cisco Announces six Pillars of IOT
Cisco unveils 15 products, six pillars to address the growing complexity of the internet of things deploymentsIn ComputerWeekly: " .....Networking kingpin Cisco...
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Innovation Addiction and Confused Consumers
In RetailWire, by Tom Ryan:A.G. Lafley, Procter & Gamble's CEO, believes that the continual push by retailers for more product innovation is leading to an overload...
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Robots, Sensors and Math at Penn
Good, non technical article, have posted about the GRASP Laboratory here before." ... Last March seven researchers from the University of Pennsylvania landed in...
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Contract Guardian: Advances in Compliance Management
Just heard from my friend John Reuter. He and his group have developed the Contract Guardian system for contract management. Suitable for companies large and...
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Google Earth Features Added
It has been some time since I have used Google Earth for business purposes. But we did make it useful for some interesting applications. Now (Surprise) it isIn...
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My Costco Self Checkout Observations
I see that our local Costco has recently removed their self checkout systems. That they were doing this has been reported for some time. We experimented with...
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Event Readiness Service for Demand
Interesting analytics effort. We are all, in effect, thinking about how to react to events in our enterprise context. Demand is a big example, but not the only...
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Microsoft's Hololens to Orbit
In CWorld: Good to see the space station to be used as a sandbox for this kind of application. Complexity, mobile, wearable, hands free and knowledge intensive...
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