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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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Analyzing Work Styles
We all know that there are very widely varied work styles. But can we accurately use a classification of these to plan and deliver better results? To work better...
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Does P&G Need Retailers Anymore?
In Retailwire: Yes, despite all the changes, it very much does .... The experience endures." ... Procter & Gamble's $89 million distribution center near Dayton...
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Keyless Entry and Checkin
In GigaOm: Smartphone as keyless entry. Nice idea, but with the usual privacy issues. It was not too long ago I saw an article about hacking hotel doors. ...
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Medical Data
Attended an online conference call about the sharing and use of medical data for analytics. Quite interesting. My own last couple of years of medical experiences...
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Data Science is Real!
See Carla Gentry's Data Science is Real site. Met and interacted at a recent conference. " ... I’m not an Entrepreneur, I’m not a CEO, I’m a Data Nerd ... ". ...
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More Swash Cleaning Shirts
In Bloomberg: A look at big company collaborative innovation at P&G " ... a venture with Whirlpool Cleans Dirty Clothes fast ... ". Mildly involved during itsabout...
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Informs Marketing Science Article Press Releases
I was reminded that the Informs Analytics organization has a marketing science section that periodically publishes press releases. They are listed here. Starting...
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Business Model Innovation
In Integrative Innovation:" ... Business model innovation (BMI) is becoming ever more important as it turns out increasingly difficult for companies to differentiate...
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Conversation with Marc Andreeson
A provocative conversation with a person we used to follow closely. Inventor of the early Netscape browser we all used back then. Optimism is best, he says.
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Google Developing Pill to Detect Disease
In Wired. An idea that was first posed back in the earlier AI days. Is it now close to happening?" ... Google is attempting to develop a pill that would sendAndrew...
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Watson Developer Cloud
Andy Boyd, developer contact at IBM, pointed me to the Watson Developer Cloud, just launched. Nicely done. Especially interested in the community aspect of the...
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Image Recognition: Human v Monkey
In Wired: Looking into the networks necessary for key kinds of sensory intelligence." ... For about a decade now, brain scientists like Charles Cadieu have run...
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HP Embraces 3D Printing, Immersion
In CWorld: Will this change manufacturing? The move is good to watch. It is blended reality, they say. New term to me, I prefer 'remote manufacturing' as more...
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Placing a Price on Data Assets
Am in the midst of addressing just such a task. What is data worth? What is its risk? " .... We know in our gut that data has value. No company can run without...
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How Many Vs in Big Data?
Had a conversation about this recently. Three is quite sufficient to categorize the key aspects of Big Data (Volume, Velocity, Variety). This article explains...
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Wirelessly Charging Devices from your Washer
An unexpected thought covered in Engadget. " ... WattUp technology promises to deliver power over the same radio bands as a WiFi router and is apparently able...
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Mending Networks
Network design is a favorite topic. It was taught in Operations Research classes. It was both analytical and visual. Combining two appealing ideas.Here, more...
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Virtual Reality Boom Beyond Gaming
In Ars Technica: For a while there it seemed like VR was being used much less outside of gaming. Now the tide seems to have turned. This article is rich in surprising...
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Ant Size Radios
Back to idea of swarming intelligence, but now linking to an Internet of Things." ... Scientists at Stanford University have built ant-sized radios that could one...
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