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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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Up again, Learning Again.
I have many close watchers who have noticed this blog has been dark for several days. This is the first time this happened for years. A number of people noticed...
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Tweets are Big Data
Are Tweets data? In GigaOm. With the increasing use of tweets the need for real-time analytics is happening more, I recently did an evaluation that dealt with...
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A Temporal Forecasting Story
Connecting methods to provide forecasts. Forecasts based on semantically rich text data, such as that based on blog entries, news posts, or tweets. Today I met...
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Big Data Sites
A number of sites to watch that deal with the topic of big data. lots of hype of late, but the topic needs to be watched as techniques evolve.
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New MIT Center for Mobile
MIT newest research center will focus on mobile technologies. More here. Also known more formally as the MIT Center for Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing...
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NYC Ends its Square Taxi Test
In GigaOM : this was brought to my attention as I started my own small pilot of the Square payment method for some kinds of consulting work. So far it has gone...
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Will Cash be Obsolete?
Adage on the obsolescence of cash. I am convinced it will happen, especially if convenience incentives continue to grow, and are provided in exchange for elements...
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Group Intelligence
On Group Intelligence: In the HBR blog network. Collective intelligence is a complex issue. It clearly deals with IQ and social aptitude. " ... work is...
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Brain Simulation
The EU's human brain research simulation project. Have seen a number of attempts to do this kind of thing. None that have made significant progress that I can...
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Tips for Data Success
Doug Lautzenheiser's tips for success. Do predictive analytics with big data. He as a seasoned data practitioner and has some great analysis and advice. Further...
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Accelerating the Speed of Intelligence for Fast and Flexible Results
More on flexible and quick forecasting From A report prepared by CFO Research Services in collaboration with SAP: September 2011. " ... Accelerating the Speed...
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Data Must be Fast, Diverse
In GigaOM: A good case is made that the 'bigness' of data is often not enough. In addition, I add: Bigness means you can often find patterns that will be useful...
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Smarter Vending
Ever since several trips to Japan and their wonderfully complete universal vending capabilities. I have researched the use of vending machines and their integration...
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Creativity and Economy
An article called Why Creativity is the New Economy led me back to the blog and site: Visual Mapping. A favorite topic. We are all visual thinkers. Visual thinking...
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P&G's Listening and Response Post
In AdAge: Many companies do this, but the details are interesting here. Create a near real time interaction with flows of data. Visualize and mine it to make...
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Business Intelligence Symposium
UPDATE: I have now seen the list pf participants, and this will be an exciting and informative local meeting about the topic. Meet a number of local practitioners...
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Acoustic Barcodes
A European colleague sends this piece about acoustic bar codes. It is a hack, but I like the idea of being able to interact with packaging or display via a touch...
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Augmented Reality Shopping
An example of augmented reality shopping by Junaio in Cover magazine. A physical publication. See it and try it here on Facebook. An early example of advanced...
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60 Years of a Barcode Patent
I was just reminded that it has been about 60 years since the patenting of the bar code. See this BBC article. Today we think of it as a very humble thing, but...
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