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Supermarkets, Customers and Big Data
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Supermarkets, Customers and Big Data

In Information Week:  Looking at how well companies understand their customers." ... It's no coincidence that supermarkets and banks, which have not just the technology...

Stream Computing
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Stream Computing

Systems, devices, and people now generate vast streams of data.  How do we understand that data in real time?" ... Remember the blackout during Super Bowl XLVII...

Hyundai's Exobaby
From The Eponymous Pickle

Hyundai's Exobaby

A virally spreading video a car Ad about a baby covered by a exoskin by Hyundai.  This conceptual video demonstrates robotic assistance capabilities for humans....

From the Tubingen Machine Learning Summer School
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From the Tubingen Machine Learning Summer School

A little late, but quite a rich set of resources, slides and quality video.The Machine Learning Summer Schoolat the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems...

Computing What Looks Good and Fits
From The Eponymous Pickle

Computing What Looks Good and Fits

Have been involved in virtual makeover projects in retail since the 80s.  And have seen attempts to take this beyond just how things look, to see if we can understand...

Advances in Domestic Robotics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Advances in Domestic Robotics

Will this be the era of robots beyond the Roomba?   Cooperating with both us and our smart homes?  Still have not seen real evidence.  In the Daily Mail.

Changes in the Nature of Design
From The Eponymous Pickle

Changes in the Nature of Design

In Radar:   Have always worked on the periphery of design, adding analytics as it was requested, but usually after the product development fact.   It has always...

The Banburismus Process and Joan Clarke
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The Banburismus Process and Joan Clarke

After seeing and reviewing the movie about Alan Turing movie: The Imitation Game,  I took my research obsession to looking further at Joan Elisabeth Clarke,  Turings...

Demise of the IT Department
From The Eponymous Pickle

Demise of the IT Department

In BaselineMag:   My view:  CIOs are moving from technology based solutions to services. Demand will still continue to rise, but results will be more carefully...

Apple and IBM Create Foundation Apps
From The Eponymous Pickle

Apple and IBM Create Foundation Apps

These look mostly like mega-tasks in the form of Apps. Mostly data based. Would like to see a selection of them that are more strongly cognitive powered. Have we...

Apple and IBM Want to Energize Enterprise Software
From The Eponymous Pickle

Apple and IBM Want to Energize Enterprise Software

In Forbes:  This relates to the set of sample Apps written  to address specific enterprise tasks.  (Will be updated)" ...  This partnership has the potential to...

CDC Seeks New Data Toolkit
From The Eponymous Pickle

CDC Seeks New Data Toolkit

Seeking a data toolkit:" ... WHAT: A request for information on data analysis and visualization by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...A new project...

CPG and Social Media
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CPG and Social Media

In Mediapost: " ... Good or bad, the social efforts of CPG brands tend to inspire the strongest consumer responses, according to Kate Dunham, a content marketing...

Data Lakes are Data Swamps
From The Eponymous Pickle

Data Lakes are Data Swamps

In CACM: Have been involved in a number of re-architecture problems for the enterprise, and I generally agree.  Lakes have docks and roads running around and through...

An Independent Thinking Mind
From The Eponymous Pickle

An Independent Thinking Mind

In Future of CIO: by Pearl Zhu.   Is it a mindset that you want?  What will you achieve by having this?   " ...  independent thinking includes "not depending on...

Turning Skin Cells in Stem Cells
From The Eponymous Pickle

Turning Skin Cells in Stem Cells

Learning more.  Brought to my attention by Kilan Dill: A company that can make it happen: Stemgenics. " ... Stem cells can grow and develop into any cell type of...

Review of Imitation Game: Alan Turing Movie and Asset Value
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Review of Imitation Game: Alan Turing Movie and Asset Value

Saw the recently released Alan Turing Biopic yesterday.There were a few big errors in fact and emphasis. Like barely mentioning the key Polish results in solving...

Process and Culture
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Process and Culture

Processes, culture are key for successful growthSuccessfully scaling a business requires developing an organizational culture and effective processes, writes Hayagreeva...

Unilever Aerosol Innovation
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Unilever Aerosol Innovation

A very complete article on the history and current market of deodorants.  An old and stable market.  But now Unilever claims a new aerosol innovation.  Interested...

Internet of Services
From The Eponymous Pickle

Internet of Services

In ComputingNow:   (The original article is missing, will seek to replace)  Thinking about the concept of an Internet of Services.  Look at ISSIP, The International...
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