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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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On Comics and Story Visualization
Via Kevin Winterfield, A look at Scott McCloud's classic book on the comics. The sequential panel model of comics can be used as a means for storytelling a storyboard...
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Deep Brain Implants
Implant charging is a key need for deep brain implants. In Engadget. " ... Stanford researchers have figured out a way to wirelessly charge electronic devices...
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Strategies for a Digital Age
Recently connected to author David L Rogers. His new book: The Network is Your Customer: 5 Strategies to Survive in a Digital Age. See his site for more information...
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Wal-Mart and T-Mobile to Offer Tablets
In CNet: The idea has been pushed since at least 08. It is already being done by retailers in Europe. " ... Walmart and T-Mobile to offer tablets with free data...
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Google Let's you Program a Quantum Computer
Google simulates the programming of a quantum computer. Not create one, but simulate its programming. In ReadwriteWeb. Also, the D-Wave computer, developed by...
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Winning Arguments
In Mind Hacks: On the Psychology of winning arguments. " .... How do you change someone’s mind if you think you are right and they are wrong? Psychology reveals...
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Examples of Biological Swarms
A strikingly photographed piece on examples of animal swarms and their advantages. Recently broadcast on US PBS and available here. This does not address how...
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Oculus Rift
In Gizmodo, continued raving for Oculus Rift. Here a hands on look. Still I don't think that most people would be comfortable with the 'strap a screen to your...
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Brand Focused CPG Ads
In EMarketer, continued brand focusing of ads:Study: $4.2B CPG digital ad market focuses on brandingConsumer packaged goods and consumer products companies in the...
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Thinking Swarms
A good overview, non technical article on Swarms. We did some thinking about using robot swarms for repetitive tasks. You can build cheap robot swarms, making...
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Eric Siegel: Predictive Analytics
Predictive Analytics speaker and consultant Eric Siegel gave the Keynote at today's UC Analytics Summit: Real-World Impact from Business Analytics. Very nicely...
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Detecting Spurious Correlations
Detailed piece by Vincent Granville. Useful for reference and application. Tutorial: How to detect spurious correlations, and how to find the real onesSpecifically...
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Wearable Device Supports Text Reading
(Abstract, full article requires purchase)FingerReader: a wearable device to support text reading on the goVisually impaired people report numerous difficulties...
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On Practical Machine Learning Problems
Short piece that addresses typical techniques. But it is not all about technique, it is how the technique is connected to the data from the domain of the problem...
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Teradata's Data Lab
It is very useful to have a lab to experiment with your data. Here is Teradata's approach. " ... Promote Exploration & ExperimentationA Teradata Data Lab lets...
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Intelligence Matters from O'Reilly
In OReilly: A new blog that appears to be of interest: " ... Today we’re kicking off Intelligence Matters (IM), a new series exploring current issues in artificial...
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Proposed Thermal Imaging Wearable AR Headset
New from Metaio. A video describe the future possibilities. Another level of sensor data will be possible. In the press release: " ... With “Thermal Touch”,“Thermal...
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Real Time Business Intelligence
An important consideration is often what the size of the time step needs to be. I often have to ask, What does your 'real-time' look like? In TDWI. " ... "Real...
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On Domain Names
In Knowledge@Wharton: Interesting how this will change the results. Interesting overview is provided here. Has been a long time since I have looked at domain...
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