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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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Predictive Analytics World
Some early takeaways from Predictive Analytics World. Instructive comments that I could agree with in general.
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4D Printing Adapts
So what is 4D Printing? Printing objects that can adapt to their environment. In GigaOM. " ... 3D printing promises to give us objects on demand. But 4D printing...
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Microsoft's Power BI for Office
It has been some time since I looked at any of Microsoft's Business Intelligence offerings. As MS partners in the enterprise we did see some of their BI acquisitions...
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Apple and iBeacon Location
We examined location intelligence for a long time as it pertained to retail presence. Notable now in the US are Apples current trials with Baseball. " ... Baseball's...
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Institute for Large Scale Innovation
The Institute for Large Scale Innovation, and its founder John Kao was recently brought to mind. After our introduction to their work quite a while ago. ...
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Big Data Myths and Misconceptions
I am in the midst of preparing an executive presentation about the use of analytics for companies in our region. Our group consists of experienced practitioners...
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Service Manual AR from Metaio and VW
What is growing as an application for Augmented Reality, the delivery of automobile service manuals for a concept car. Here for technicians. GigaOM discusses...
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Simpson's Paradox
I recall this coming up on some testing we did, the danger of a lurking explanatory variables. Is very easy to have conformation bias here. A visual of description...
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Concept Maps Delivered on an iPad
Brian Moon of Perigean Technologies helped us elicit knowledge from experts in the enterprise and convert it to the form of concept maps. He continues to work...
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15% Unconnected
A remarkable 15% of Americans are choosing to opt out of the Internet. In a Computerworld article. " ... according to a study done by the Pew Internet & American...
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Understanding the Economics of Media
Google's chief economist speaks on the media. I can barely remember when we had chief economists in the enterprise. " ... Hal Varian, Google’s chief economist...
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Problems with Big Data Correlations
Short piece that makes good points. Most telling: People are discontinuous. Big Data suggests that the more data we have results in better correlations and thus...
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Google Acquires Nets Research Company
Google acquires Neural net focused company DNNresearch. We worked with artificial neural nets to replace some statistical techniques for shopping behavior analysis...
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GePhi Open Graphics Blog
Started to follow the GePhi open graphics blog. Its all about networks, big and small. Free and open research software. Examining now. " ... Networks are...
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Asking Questions to Tell a Story
Speculative. Story-asking? ... A post by Althouse brought this to mind. Where she relates the game played in Tom Stoppard's play (and movie) Rosencrantz and...
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Story Driven Data Analysis
In the HBR blog (Registration required). A well told story is the essence of analytics." ... Great analysts tell great stories based on the results of their analyses...
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Realities of Mind Control
In Mind Hacks: A discussion of experiments in mind control. All communications, and most specifically, advertising, are methods of influence. So we are rightly...
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Pay Attention Eye Tracking
An interesting concept .... can eye tracking software force you to pay attention during company training? Intrusive, but for some specialized applications. perhaps...
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Tesco Plans for 3D Printing in Supermarkets
Tesco as a center for 3D printing, to compete with office services stores, as opposed to printing some of their own products? But certainly also small parts to...
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