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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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Virtual Assistants are Watson
ComputerWorld looks at the virtual assistant mode for Watson. As we discovered in the 90s, its not about replacing people but making them more effective. All...
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NASA Robot Challenge
In CWorld: An interesting view of challenge vs failure. " ... At NASA's robot challenge, don't mistake trouble for failure ... Teams struggle in autonomous robotics...
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On the Key to Future BI
Gartner and Spotfire on Future BI: It is a key point, what is the data worth, now and in the future? " ... Many business intelligence (BI) vendors and CIOs have...
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China AliBaba in US
In Retailwire: Some interesting Chinese movements into the US: " ,,, Being China's largest e-commerce company means that Alibaba is no slouch. But that doesn't...
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Molecular Self Assembly
A new kind of scale up? How practical could this be for electronic manufacturing applications? " ... Finnish and Italian researchers have developed a way toMolecular...
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Tech Wearables
In Retailwire: Going mainstream, it says. I still think there will be delay due to the un developed link between fashion statement and communications. It is...
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Compact Nuclear Power
IEEE, A perhaps unexpected small power source:" ... Boston-based UPower Technologies thinks it can reinvent nuclear power by going small and ditching the predominant...
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Instacart Shared Economy
Instacart brings "sharing economy" model to the supermarket. In the NYT.Instacart is bringing a business model of the "sharing economy" to the supermarket, using...
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Learning How Memories are Made
We continue to slowly learn how memories are planted in the brain. This could further lead to the stronger interaction between brain and machine. In Nature: "...
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BOI Solutions at Ten Years and Beyond
I have now worked with them for years. BOI Solutions brings together expertise in IT, Multi-media components, content delivery technology, networks and automated...
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Chatbots Tricking You
In the BBC: This is not new, has been going on for some time, but there is a new level of sophistication being seen. This is also related to the recent Turing...
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Dell Diversifies the Supply Chain
I have not looked at Dell Computer for some time, was reintroduced to some of their high performance computing offerings. And here, more about their supply chain...
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Strategic Digital Principles
In McKinsey: Digitization is rewriting the rules of competition, with incumbents most at risk of being left behind. Here are six critical decisions CEOs must make...
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How Will Big Data Grow Up?
In the HBR. Not unlike other heavily hyped technologies. Have ridden several. It's also finding itself attached to a new kind of user: An Internet of Things....
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Tablets Become More Important than PCs Were
Some interesting statistics and graphs. Well, yes, for convenience. But if we were to normalize this with the stats of the emergence of the smartphone as well...
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Diabetics App with Image Analysis
In CACM: An innovative diabetics App. " ... A smartphone-based system developed by researchers at the University of Bern makes it easier for diabetics to plan...
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Turing Test Breakthrough, Could Mr Clean do Better?
The Turing Test is the classic test for AI. Can a machine consistently fool a person into thinking it is a person rather than a machine? Article claims that just...
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Enterpise Mobile Apps
In BaselineMag: The tradeoff between using enterprise developed apps, nicreasingly provided in large companies and consumer available applications. Slide show...
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Reliably Teleporting Data
In the NYT: Considerably commented on. Still a simple example, but an indication that quantum physics can be the basis for action at a distance.Scientists inIn...
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