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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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Context for Evernote
Have now used the Evernote note taking and information management system for years. I like it, especially since they improved their multiple interfaces. It also...
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Smart Connected Products Killing Industries
Have heard this before, not universally true. Especially when you have to move atoms vs bits. Or apply scarce resources. Like in all transportation industries...
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Big Data is Here to Stay, and don't forget the right Metadata
With some warnings. I agree, we are never going to gather just less complex, wildly aggregated or less data. We will error on the side of more data. I add, we...
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Fujitsu Data Enables LED Light
In CWorld: Fujitsu Develops method which will allow products to send data to smartphones." ... LED lamps lighting merchandise may soon shine invisible data that...
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Facebook Wants Office Presence
This was an area we examined. What infrastructure would work best to deliver social style interaction among employees, among employees and contractors? Linkedin...
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Tailored Digital Sign Experience
A long time research interest, better and more personalized interaction with the shopper via digital signage:" ... Photon Interactive, a company that’s been focused...
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Keeping Online Reviews Honest
In the CACM: Some useful suggestions and statistics." ... As commerce increasingly moves online, consumers worldwide are relying more and more on online reviews...
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Handsets and Clouds
Good questions. Will The Smartphone Become Obsolete? ... A look at how cloud technology may change the future of mobile handsets. ... In the current mobile manufacturing...
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Can Retail Tech Save Stores
In Cisco Blog: A number of familiar technology areas we worked in. " .... It’s no surprise retailers are pulling out the stops to get shoppers into stores....
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Mining a Global New Products Database
For food and beverage, mined to produce an infographic on sweetener indifference. " ... Research firm Mintel recently analyzed its Global New Products DatabaseAlways...
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Kids Programming Toys
In Engadget: An internet of toys? The idea of specially designed, kid oriented technical toys has been around for some time, most notable is Lego Mindstorms. ...
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Thinking Causality in Science and Statistics
I have been looking back to understand how AI has changed since the 90s, when we worked with rule based expert systems. One book that addresses some of the changes...
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Service Innovation Revisited
Repeating the below introduction, giving a talk to them next week, more to follow about that. I am further struck how much this has to do with cognitive/advisory...
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Alan Turing Year and now the Movie
" ... June 23, 2012, was the Centenary of Alan Turing’s birth in London. During his relatively brief life, Turing made a unique impact on the history of computing...
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Watson Academic Perspective
From Jim Spohrer of the Cognitive Systems Institute: " ... Check out this presentation by Prof. Jim Hendler (RPI) entitled "Watson: An Academic Perspective" ...
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Intel Edison Chip
In CNet:"Intel meets its 'makers,' with chips for DIY set and the firms they'll found (Q&A)The next wave of consumer electronics could come from the maker movement...
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Edge on AI
On the Edge: A conversation with Jaron Lanier on the Myth of AI. Can or will a recommendation engine fool us into thinking it has real content? Is that the...
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Google includes Flu Trend Data
Interesting. Perhaps an admission that these kinds of patterns cannot be derived this way. Recall we were also involved in a related project, which looked at....
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Naturally Intelligent Interaction
Recently received, The BabyX piece at the link is very interesting. " ... One of my gigs is commercial licensing advisor to Auckland UniServices working with...
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