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Future Predicting Neurons
From The Eponymous Pickle

Future Predicting Neurons

In Nature:  Future predicting neurons. An odd idea, but poses an interesting thought.  If we could tap the output of such a neuron, is it the prediction of what...

Teradata Rolls out Warehouse Appliance
From The Eponymous Pickle

Teradata Rolls out Warehouse Appliance

New warehouse appliance that Teradata means to help with big data applications using virtualization. More data.

Update on Neuromarketing and Advertising
From The Eponymous Pickle

Update on Neuromarketing and Advertising

Have tracked the progress and evolution of neuromarketing for years.  Saw some decrease in the hype last year.  But this article takes another look.  It is still...

Mathematical Heart of Deep Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Mathematical Heart of Deep Learning

Technical piece in Pete Warden's blog. Nicely visualized.  I was unaware of the term GEMM, but taking a look at the post, he explains it well.  Mathematically it...

Machine Learning  Education Opportunities
From The Eponymous Pickle

Machine Learning Education Opportunities

Have never seen a technical topic with so many online learning opportunities.  DSC does a good job of summarizing some of the usefuk links in a short piece.  Do...

Legal Issues of the Internet of Things
From The Eponymous Pickle

Legal Issues of the Internet of Things

Likely not complete, but a long piece on the legal issues to consider concerning the  internet of things. Global regulatory issues are likely also very important...

More Tales of Chef Watson
From The Eponymous Pickle

More Tales of Chef Watson

Have spoken to several people recently on the now free and public cognitive demonstration system.   All the comments I have seen, by non professional cooks, have...

Goggle Technologies for VR
From The Eponymous Pickle

Goggle Technologies for VR

Brought to my attention  Goggle Tech looking at hardware and software. VR possibilities are continuing to expand. Some interesting examples at the link." ... Goggle...

Freeman Dyson Interview
From The Eponymous Pickle

Freeman Dyson Interview

Interview in the NYTimes,  ".... The physicist, mathematician and author, most recently, of “Dreams of Earth and Sky” says the best books he knows about mathematics...

Damaging Effects of Envy
From The Eponymous Pickle

Damaging Effects of Envy

My former manager Bob Herbold on the damaging effects of envy.

Visualization Tells the Focused Story of Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Visualization Tells the Focused Story of Data

In CIO Insight:  Perhaps obvious, but it is a very useful way to show the usefulness and value of your data.   Also to do this in some standardized way, so you...

Enterprise Agility through Culture
From The Eponymous Pickle

Enterprise Agility through Culture

Have been involved in a company with a strong and sometimes difficult culture for years. Worth understanding, In InfoQ:" .... Culture plays an important role in...

End of the Automobile License Plate
From The Eponymous Pickle

End of the Automobile License Plate

Replacing the classic license place with an RFID tag.  An early idea that is getting new interest.     Visual and RF tagging will probably be combined.   Article...

Androids in Retail
From The Eponymous Pickle

Androids in Retail

Short Retailwire discussion piece on the use of androids (human-like robots or interactive images) for interactions in retail. Recall our deep diving Mr Clean effort...

Thinking about Marketing Context with 6 Ws
From The Eponymous Pickle

Thinking about Marketing Context with 6 Ws

Rules for thinking about how to communicate. Contextual market planning.  The 6 Ws.  Who-what-when-where-how-why.  I never took a journalism class.  Now I often...

Thumbnail Trackpad
From The Eponymous Pickle

Thumbnail Trackpad

Have not seen a new idea on the pointer space for some time. in CWorld:" ... Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a tiny wireless...

Streetlights Watch Residents
From The Eponymous Pickle

Streetlights Watch Residents

Not a new thing,  ten years ago was approached by a company that was planning similar, multi functional devices.  We are in a surveillance society.

Microsoft PowerBI
From The Eponymous Pickle

Microsoft PowerBI

Walter Riker points me to the Microsoft PowerBI site.   Free trial.  Which adds data visualization and dash boards to many MS and other data sources.    "Power...

Innovation and Strategic Focus
From The Eponymous Pickle

Innovation and Strategic Focus

In Forbes Future of CIO:Will Innovation Enhance or Distract you from Strategic Focus?Someone obviously needs to innovate otherwise the world will come to a standstill...

Google, Apple Fight for Car Dashboard
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google, Apple Fight for Car Dashboard

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