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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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Rogue IT and Strong Standards
In Forbes: Something we dealt with frequently. In a large enterprise it is necessary to set standards. But less easy to enforce standards broadly. Exceptions...
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Getting Lost in the Big Details
In Junk Charts: I am a believer in visualization. Some of the most beautiful charts are those that represent patterns in big data. But Big data and powerful...
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Optimizing Marketing in Real-Time
In Mashable: The article looks closely at the common approach of A/B testing, but not really how this can be done in near real-time. Increasingly important in...
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iBeacon Lands with InMarket
In Digital Trends: (Includes a video):" ... Apple’s location-sensing iBeacon technology appears to be of growing interest to retailers and app developers, withInitially...
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Ahold and eCommerce
Ahold has always been an innovator. We worked with them on a number of supply chain and in-store applications. Here on e-Commerce." ... Ahold USA had 120 pickup...
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Upcoming IBM Watson Event
I intend to listen in on this and report on it here. The movement of Watson to drive the AI promise of the late 1980s continues to march on. Hi Franz,You haveThursday...
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Prospects for Household Robotics
IEEE Spectrum on the prospects for household robotics. With a number of examples that approach the needs, with good images of the robots. " ... There has beenAt...
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A Game Made by AI for Creativity
Linking creativity, design and games. Not sure how this directly applies, but have recently looked at how design can be augmented with games." .... If there...
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Scooba Improves its Power for Mopping
Have been long interested in how to create autonomous robotics to do the mundane household tasks. At least while we wait patiently for humanoid avatar butlers...
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Bayesia Labs Revisited
A technique which I used in the past, but have not recently. I revisited Bayesia Labs, prompted by some problem statements I recently received. They do a good...
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Data Science as a Team Sport
The sexiness of data science. So is it a team sport? Yes, just like all decision science requires multiple players including scientists, data experts, decision...
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Reading Minds
In Neurorelay: An overview of the research in the last year that deals with reading and understanding the activity in the mind. Some work I had not heard of, but...
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Car Apps Grow
Qualcomm is seeking to power in car Apps for entertainment. App stores and delivery by context is growing. Who will own the dashboard?
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On Google Ventures
Another look at Google Ventures. " ... As it searches for industries to disrupt, Google Ventures is even willing to look at its own. Earlier this year it led a...
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Dual Axes in Visualization
From Junkcharts: The dual axes argument in data visualization. An interesting argument. I always believe in multiple exceptions to any rule. Something very similar...
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Amazon Online Wholesale Store
From Engadget: An online Amazon pantry for wholesale. See also the comments. " ... While Amazon has no shortage of rivals, it's now reportedly gearing up to take...
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Kroger Believes in Long term Thinking
Kroger thinking:" .... Kroger's Customer 1st Strategy and a focus on long-term goals were key in turning the company around in the late 1990s, CEO David Dillon...
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Visualization Errors and Design
Some common errors in visualization. Good to think about, but I am not sure these are the most important errors you could make. But the final section is right...
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High Expectations for Health Big Data
As expected, rich expectations, but also many constraints that are still untested. And lack of understanding of the possibilities." ... Survey results released...
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