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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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Matchbox Computing
Very small computers Complete computing systems the size of credit cards. or smaller. Was looked at for possible sensor duty. But once you could communicateRaspberry...
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GE Makes Short Films On Big Data
In AdAge: An unusual approach to make the case: " ... GE Makes Short Films In Tiny Town About Big Data ... Company Looks to Illustrate the Industrial Internet...
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Macy's RFID Rollout Plans
A long running project for improving inventory control at Macy's with RFID tagging. An update on their progress: " ... That inventory accuracy will indeed beHarrison...
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Tagtal Touchscreen Copying Stylus
Happened on a capability on the IdeaConnection site. Tagtal is a stylus that lets you copy from one touch surface to another, " ... "digital dropper", isA...
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Smart Diapers
In the NYT: A Digital Diaper that tracks infants health. Reminds me of the 'smart toilet' idea pioneered in Japan. Had not heard this specifically talked about...
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Creative Mobile Ad Strategies
In Venturebeat:" ... Engaging mobile brand fans through social channels such as Instagram or by offering mobile games are some of the strategies brands are using...
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China's Generation 2 Consumer
In McKinsey: The rise of the generation 2 consumer in China. We actively built agent based simulation models of the Chinese consumer. These findings could be...
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July/August 2013 Analytics Magazine
Always interesting Analytics magazine is worth following, here are the key articles, but there is much more there:Executive Edge: What Makes a Good Data Scientist...
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Hurdles to Analytics
Hurdles in pursuit of analytics. Mostly obvious, but good to review." .. Organizations are enticed with the potential benefits offered by data analytics, but many...
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5th Screen and McCormick
I had mentioned a company we worked with in our innovation centers: 5th Screen. Had reason to look at some of the work they have done with McCormick spices ina...
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Teaching IT Skills Online
Training online has been done for a long time, but now the emergence of MOOC (Massive, Open, Online Courses) has made it easier yet to deliver training with more...
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Organ Donor Compensation
MJ Perry examines the case of the US, where organ donor compensation is illegal, and Australia, where it is not. For the case of human kidneys. The difference...
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New DropBox
A future view of the intentions of Dropbox. " ... Dropbox wants to be your always-on hard drive, whether you’re using an iPad, an Android phone, or a PC. And....
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DARPA Robotics Challenge Results
In IEEE Spectrum: Very good piece on the challenge, its essential components and the results announced today. This is interesting too because it describes elemental...
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Digital Augmented Telescopes: Tellscopes
In Fast Company: A telescope called a Tellscope. A terrestial rather than a celestial scope, with elements of augmented reality. The article discusses the hardware...
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Garmin Heads up Display
Garmin has introduced a Heads up display interface (HUD) , to be placed on a car windshield, to be made available later this year. " ... The HUD is a small box...
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More Smartphone Metadata Gathering
Another claim for a vendor gathering metadata from Smartphones, here from Motorola. Metadata, or 'data about data', has been trivialized as a source of personal...
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NumberSense Reviewed
I have been looking for books that explain the difference of what I call analytics, in my long time consulting practice and the newly hyped arena of Big Data. ...
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Herman Miller's Living Office
We worked with Herman Miller in the area of innovative office design. This is a short article on their concept of the living office. Although I have not been...
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