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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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MindMeld Again: Focusing Employee Work
Early this year I mentioned MindMeld, which was meant to monitor your conversations and give helpful advice. Now MindMeld is here as an App. We looked to methods...
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Smart Watch from Qualcomm
I have been watching companies like Qualcomm and their activities outside of the typical. Posts on that here. Now new report on their Smartwatch capability....
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Discovery Driven Prototyping
In Computing Now: An area we examined. Here an abstract of the paper at the link:" ... A new prototyping technique uses discovery-driven prototypes to letIt...
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Invisibility Ideas Discussed
Because invisibility captures the public imagination, and the physical approach can be readily described, it has gathered some intense discussion. Obvious and...
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Digital Taste Buds
A long time interest that we explored with several research groups. Virtual taste has huge implications. Was relevant when we were still selling foods. It also...
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Interactive Time Geographic Data Visualization
I like this very simple example of how to visualize time based geographic data. An example in the Tableau Public Gallery. Click on it and play with the interaction...
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Machine Learning Mastery
I was just reminded of the blog Machine Learning Mastery, which gives technical but non mathematical advice about machine learning. Most recently an itemabout...
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IBM Predicts Smarter Things
Not unsurprising. Technology trends IBM has been touting through their excellent 'smarter' series. Most interesting are the links embedded as examples. We all...
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Internet of Things v Beer Game
Have played the MIT beer game a number of times for demonstrating supply chain applications. Even used it as a simulation base for gamification tests. Now canCisco...
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Data Sonification
A space I looked at for our information innovation group. A way to use other senses, including sound, as an interface to deliver data and its patterns. AT&T had...
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Business Models for the Data Economy
Just brought to my attention, a topic I am examining:Business Models for the Data Economy by Q. Ethan McCallum and Ken GleasonFree Kindle edition. A 29 page brief...
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Sharks in the Internet of Things
Sharks triggering tweets in at Australian Beach. A clever idea. Sensors providing warnings in the narrow bandwidth of tweets. This may provide some hints as"...
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Old Grocery Lists
I worked for some time on the psychology and technology of the simple grocery list. Now it has emerged, Michaelangelo's handwritten grocery list. How much have...
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Big Data v Spreadsheets v Visualization
From the very beginning I have been involved in leveraging data for value. If you examine what companies have done over the years, starting with the inventionIn...
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Computers and Society
Recently talked to Lisa C. Kaczmarczyk about her interdiciplinary computing blog. And her book site: Computers and Society - Computing For Good." ... Computers...
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More iBeacon Rollout Details
More on the iBeacon. Details of the rollout. Recently took a closer look at similar approaches, and how the data being gathered could be used for tailoring promotions...
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Step by Step ROI Innovation
Doing it step by step is key: In Forbes: " .... Do you have a great idea for improving your industry? For most people, inventing a new product is foreign territory...
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March on: Cost of Bad Online Experiences
A good piece in CIO Insight, with some very useful points. But I have some issues again with the format. The slide show. This is getting more common, apparently...
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The Big Picture of Big Data
Good overview interview of the state of big data, with a number of industry examples that I had not seen before. There is much more in this blog on the topic,...
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