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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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Why BI Projects Fail
In Infoworld: Interesting review piece, bottom line its always about focusing on the business need. If you don't know that clearly, you cannot fix it.
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Request for Open Source Exemplars of Watson Analytics and Bluemix
Jim Spohrer, Director, Global Top University Programs at IBM, writes:" ... A number of faculty and student researchers have begun trying out these services:Try...
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Personalized Food Portals
In SNews: A prediction that:" ... 2015 will be the year that true shopper-centricity finally moves from concept to reality. How?A few leading food retailers will...
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Make an Offer on Amazon
Press release. Amazon competing with auction houses. But not an auction. Are there regulatory implicatons?; Continued following of auction structures in this...
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Google on MOOC Research
Overview report on a recent Google sponsored conference in China on improving MOOC, with an aim to innovation. Particularly interesting, mention of measurement...
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Visible Light Communications
In Phys.org: We looked at this as a potential solution for laboratory spaces. It had its limitations, but has evolved to be a more intelligent process.
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Creating a Category is Educating an Audience
Obvious, but worth emphasizing:" ... You have to focus on educating your target audience if you are trying to create an industry, says Mark Organ, who founded marketing...
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ROI Value for Personalized Retail Data
In Retailwire: Lately have been looking at methods for determining the value of data. So this is a nice example that relates to the value of data for retail....
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Nielsen and Measuring Media Change
In Adage: Nice piece that covers what Nielsen can and cannot measure. " .... Nielsen at a Tipping Point? Accelerating Change Confronts Methodical Researchers Points...
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Audi RFID Development
A very simple example of RFID use in manufacturing. Simple examples make the best case for improvement. They can be extended later. " .... Audi Launches RFID...
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Supply Chains and the Internet of Things
Thoughts by Microsoft and others. This was an area we examined assuming that RFID tagging would become ubiquitous. Tagging in some of the supply chain exists...
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Beacons Proliferating Fast
An update on the use of solutions like the iBeacon. Expanding quickly." ... It matters that Apple's other retail-focused solutions -- Apple Pay, TouchID and iOS...
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Using Light instead of Wires in Computers
Fascinating computing news out of the Stanford mag. " ... Stanford engineers take big step toward using light instead of wires inside computersUsing a new algorithm...
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Don't Try to Innovate
Some interesting points in a Knowledge@Wharton article. I much like the point made in the first para by the Walmart VP: " ... Want to Create the Next Great...
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Verse by and for Brainstorming
I mentioned IBM's new EMail idea Verse. Now an article in the NYT about how they developed it and how they use it. The general brainstorming approach described...
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Innovating in Caine's Arcade
Late to this, but was impressed ... You can innovate. Having the pieces to innovate helps. But if you don't have them, you can invent them.Three Lessons FromIn...
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Haptic Holograms
In New Scientist: Because we were dealing with products that improved sensory interactions like touch, we were always interested in how to connect digital and"...
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Visualizing Astronomical Data
Astronomy is a science where understanding large amounts of data has been historically important. So it is natural that visualization has been important there....
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More on Cognitive Resources for Work
Jim Spohrer writes, adding to the thread of linking jobs to Cognitive solutions: .... Check out this fascinating TED talk which describes the need for more Cognitive...
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