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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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Sensor Operated Augmented Fingers
In CACM: More in the sensor and robotic space space. The advances continue. Human augmentation. " ... Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have...
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Simon: The First Smartphone
A look in Time Mag at the first phone that could be called 'Smart': Simon, offered in 1994, at about $900. Link includes usage videos. Only about 50K unitstechnical...
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Decide What you Need from Big Data
Podcast from Knowledge@Wharton. Data has value, and the analytics that uses the data to improve process has value. Now everyone can have the data and analytics...
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Analytics Languages in Use
KDNuggets, always a great resource, I often referred to it from the enterprise, surveys the principal analytics and data mining languages in use today. Nicely ...
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Heirs Get Digital Asset Rights
Thinking the implications of this. A further recognition that data is an asset. " .... Delaware becomes first state to give executors broad digital assets access...
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Negotiating Mistakes
In Fast Company: Good points, but not not quite enough about how to achieve them. A particular sales mistake I remember well: " ... Talking too much is a sure...
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Gartner Hype Cycle and Digital Business
In the Informs Analytics Magazine: " .... The journey to digital business is the key theme of Gartner, Inc.'s “Hype Cycle Report for Emerging Technologies, 2014...
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Free Supermarket for Advertising
In Retailwire: An idea that has been tried a number of times, including in stand alone sample machines. Also called 'tryvertising'. Imagine the potential data"...
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Internet of Things Rising
Statistics on how the Internet of things is increasing in traffic and concern for the implications. especially resource needs and security. In Baselinemag: "...
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Reaching the Customer in Real Time
To reach the right customer, in the right place and time, with the right offer—perhaps a chicken dinner—you need real-time actionable insight ... From IBM.Watch...
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Visual Search in Apps
Accurate visual search for shopping was a particular are of interest. An example:" ... Slyce Inc Signs Agreement with Leading Grocery App Network PDN to Provide...
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Improving Retail Employee Enthusiasm
A long time ago an enterprise I worked in was talking about acquiring a coffee emporium operation what was to become very successful. But the talk always went...
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Rural Telemedicine
Lots of news out there on using video conferencing systems for Telemedicine. Some hospital systems are starting to use it broadly to extend their reach, especially...
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Analytics as Model for Customer Service
From the Cisco Blog: A good simplified, decision oriented view of solving data needs to provide personalized customer service. I like the close inclusion of the...
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An Introductory Look at Marketing Mix
A simplified look by a student, at the marketing mix problem using SAS. Nicely presented. A classic problem solved by every company that needs to determine advertising...
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Memorable and Useful Visualizations
Should data visualization be memorable? Or should it be the best starting point for interacting with data using analytics, or decision processes to improve? That...
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Telepresence via Mobile Robotics
Story of the visit of a conference via a mobile robot. The idea is simple, practical to a certain degree. Has been mocked in TV ads. Not quite the same experience...
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More Humor at Work
More from Andrew Tarvin on Humor at work. Why does humor matter?: The infographic. Again see his site for much more. Always liked the idea, but it is harder...
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Negroponte on the Future
Founder of the Media Lab, gives a TED talk on a 30 year History of the Future ... We were members of the MIT Media Lab for years and enjoyed his thoughts then.
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