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IDEO and Fun in Innovation
From The Eponymous Pickle

IDEO and Fun in Innovation

From Innovation Excellence via Linkedin:  A look at IDEO, asking why the fun has not spread.  Worked with IDEO a number of times, including our work at the Innovation...

My Updated One Page Bio
From The Eponymous Pickle

My Updated One Page Bio

I have updated my one page bio, it continues after the paragraphs below.  Feel free to contact me about consulting, strategic and tactical. Franz A. DillFranz Dill...

End of Willow Garage
From The Eponymous Pickle

End of Willow Garage

A robotics research center we followed for some time has apparently ended operation, with employees going on to a number of startups.  More detail in Bloomberg....

On the Growth of Online Grocery
From The Eponymous Pickle

On the Growth of Online Grocery

In the newly discovered Retail Remedy Blog.   Where they write: " ... We offer support and advice to all types of retailers from £bn+ multi nationals to high growth...

Best and Brightest and Wall Street
From The Eponymous Pickle

Best and Brightest and Wall Street

On the best and brightest being attracted to Wall Street, or not.  Have followed the repeating Wall Street 'rocket scientist' phenomenon for years and   Its mostly...

AutoDesk and 3D Printing
From The Eponymous Pickle

AutoDesk and 3D Printing

Used to commonly work with Autodesk.  They were the first company to provide PC based  drawing management.  More mentions in this blog about Autodesk. Later weIn...

Swarms of Intelligent Cooperative Drones
From The Eponymous Pickle

Swarms of Intelligent Cooperative Drones

Swarms of drones as emergency responders.  See some of my previous writings about swarms. How do we install cooperative intelligence? How is cooperative intelligence...

SNCR Millennial  Report Abstracts
From The Eponymous Pickle

SNCR Millennial Report Abstracts

SNCR Supported Study ....  (Society of New Consumer Research)Millennials are leading the social commerce movement. They are more likely than any other group toKey...

Hospitality Internet of Everything
From The Eponymous Pickle

Hospitality Internet of Everything

I like this take on the hospitality industry.   And its relationship to Big Data.  The industry is an example where it makes much sense to utilize real time data...

History of Rational Economic Forecasting
From The Eponymous Pickle

History of Rational Economic Forecasting

In the Harvard Business Review Blogs:  May require registration. Good thoughts.  When I taught forecasting it was always about understanding how the forecast was...

Stop Small Thinking about Big Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Stop Small Thinking about Big Data

A good, free 15 page pamphlet about Big Data.  Co Sponsored by Teradata.  Looks to be a set of objective observations about the opportunities and cautions.   Integration...

3D Sensor Enabled Smartphone
From The Eponymous Pickle

3D Sensor Enabled Smartphone

In Mashable:   Project Tango from Google.  Quite an interesting effort.   Relates to a number of our indoor navigation experiments.  Ready here to do a retail store...

A Twisting Phone
From The Eponymous Pickle

A Twisting Phone

My son pointed me to this iPhone App, that twists a phone on its long axis, to enable automated panorama images. It was featured recently on Shark Tank.   An example...

Augmented Reality and 3D Remote Manufacturing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Augmented Reality and 3D Remote Manufacturing

Had explored the close connection between augmented reality and remote manufacturing / 3D Printing.  Its interesting to see that the AR company Metaio is now offering...

Comcast and Time Warner
From The Eponymous Pickle

Comcast and Time Warner

Locally we are part of Time Warner.  Whose support I am less than enthusiastic about.   What will the change mean?  I would prefer some competition.  In Knowledge...

Gamification of the Office
From The Eponymous Pickle

Gamification of the Office

Our own experiments showed that it was much easier to gamify external facing systems than to make game dynamics work internally.   Internally you have the control...

More IT Outsourcing at Procter & Gamble
From The Eponymous Pickle

More IT Outsourcing at Procter & Gamble

More P&G Outsourcing, announced in CGT: " P&G Strikes Big Outsourcing Deal CenturyLink will offer hybrid IT infrastructure services, with access to technologies...

Tweets About TV on the Second Screen
From The Eponymous Pickle

Tweets About TV on the Second Screen

The second screen exists today.   I often use a tablet while using TV, as an information source, but rarely to react to what is on the TV, despite predictions that...

Artificial Hands with Feelings
From The Eponymous Pickle

Artificial Hands with Feelings

Haptics is the science of touch.  New ideas in their application.  " .... An Artificial Hand with Real Feelings A new nerve interface can simulate a sense of touch...

Thermal Imaging on Smartphones
From The Eponymous Pickle

Thermal Imaging on Smartphones

Of interest for compliance operations: FLIR Systems Introduces First Thermal Imager Designed for Smartphones - MarketWatch As more sensors emerge, we will be able...
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