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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 Academics use Social Media
A lengthy Nature report with many statistics. Some surprising. I would further like to see why people outside, or just slightly outside a particular academic...
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Resilience and Data in the Supply Chain
In EBN: The need for what they call data maturity. Well, yes, absolutely, all the data and metadata needs to be 'mature'. But defining that can be a problem....
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Complex Regulatory Environments
Have been examining Splunk (SPL) as it has been applied to a number of dynamic data problems. Impressed by it capabilities. Both for its search engine-like examination...
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Watson Discovery Advisor
Continued interest in how IBM Watson will be applied to real business problems. There will be a demonstration today in NYC that we are following. Quite an interesting...
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Ad Targeting Based on Signal Strength
In Adage: Had not heard of this. A device-based hidden context detection in mobile. " .... Facebook Targets Ads Based on Cell Signal Strength ... Social Network...
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Kraft Product Breakthrough Innovation
In K@W: Insightful thoughts about how innovation is important and essential in CPG. What drives it when you have lots of well known current brands? How should...
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Transparent Solar Power
In IEEE Spectrum: Transparent tiles that can capture solar power? Work underway at Michigan State.
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Advances in BioChips: Organoids
In Wired: Overview of advances in biochips, chips that mimic the activity of the body, used for the development and testing of drugs. I note the term new to"...
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On Seeking Patterns in Big Data
Interesting short case study using Porsche as an example. Examining the concept.
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Social Hives for the Supply Chain
Concept term I had not heard of: " .... The age-old problem of disconnection in the supply chain can be eased through the use of social media, argues Tony Martins...
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Smartstones on the Daily Show Tonight
Heard this somewhat late, but a startup I am connected with will be featured on the Daily Show tonight:Full information." ... Someone in our Smartstones "earlyDavid...
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Data as a Natural Resource
In the recent ACM Bulletin:Matthias Kaiserswerth is Director of IBM Research - Zurich. ....How would you expand on your statement in a recent blog post that data...
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Netflix Big Data: The Golden Data
Piece on how Netflix uses big data analysis. To derive Golden Data. I like the term, but can it be effectively derived?" ... “It’s not as far away from the world...
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NASA and Swarms
More by NASA on the use of swarms. Nice to see work of this type still coming out of the space agency. See the mention of the use of simulation methods to test...
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Unilever Data Visualization and Analytics for Business Process
Not very much detail, mention of Unilever connection to business process," ... In 2010, the company set itself the target of doubling its revenues in a decade or...
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TIVO Again
I was a very early user of the Tivo DVR system, used it until we were hit by lightning. I see they are now trying to pick up some of the legally nixed Aereo traffic...
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Robo Brain is now Open on the Web
Clever idea, that I think has been tried before. Now from Cornell and elsewhere and supported by a number of big technology companies. Why not learn from theHey...
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On the New Digital Medicine
In the CACM: Good article on the state of digital medicine. Useful introduction to current technologies and implications. Reviewing.
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How Watson Changed IBM
In the HBR: Good piece about how IBM used a broad re-invention of a known idea to change itself. In much evidence now by the huge investment being made by IBM...
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