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Augmented Blog
From The Eponymous Pickle

Augmented Blog

A blog by an employee of Metaio, that covers the augmented reality industry.   " ... which develops and provides augmented reality solutions for brands, agencies...

Cybernetic Binoculars
From The Eponymous Pickle

Cybernetic Binoculars

I have been following a number of DARPA developments.  Here a project which seeks to link brain waves and sensor interactions.  A kind of brain augmentation that...

Amid Transformation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amid Transformation

Short report in AdAge about thriving amidst  transformation.  That technology breeds innovation, which then leads back to tech again. And that " ... People andPlus several...

GS1 Records ten Million Products
From The Eponymous Pickle

GS1 Records ten Million Products

The GS1 Global product registry has reached 10 million products registered.   Full press release.

Useful Innovation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Useful Innovation

In Forbes:  Innovation is about nurturing ideas.  But always with a focus and strong recognition that it exists within a context.

More Paperless Coupons
From The Eponymous Pickle

More Paperless Coupons

Another example of paperless coupons, here for Tops. Adding promotions to your loyalty account is increasing in frequency.  " .... The Click-to-Card coupons have...

Gait Recognition Revisited
From The Eponymous Pickle

Gait Recognition Revisited

In New Scientist:   When we explored a number of methods of identity recognition, the one that surprised me then was the ability to recognize people by the pattern...

Future of Smart Systems
From The Eponymous Pickle

Future of Smart Systems

In PEW Internet on the future of smart systems.   Read all of it. " ... By 2020, experts think tech-enhanced homes, appliances, and utilities will spread, but many...

Extra Sensory Shoppers
From The Eponymous Pickle

Extra Sensory Shoppers

A short piece on 'extra sensory' means of understanding the consumer.  Along the way some new mentions of work being done I had not seen before that is worth aVia...

Technologies to Dominate Retail
From The Eponymous Pickle

Technologies to Dominate Retail

Kevin Judd sends this notice of a one day conference on Technology in retail.  Combining speakers from a number of companies.  On September 24 in Cambridge Mass...

Analytics as a Database Operation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Analytics as a Database Operation

An interesting example of how a mid market company can gather and integrate and leverage data.    here transforming the way that it does business.  It seems like...

Kroger Expands
From The Eponymous Pickle

Kroger Expands

Kroger experimenting with more general merchandise, like clothing, in Ohio.   A natural,higher profitability approach for the grocery retailer.

Advancing Analytics to Machine Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Advancing Analytics to Machine Learning

Things are changing in  advanced analytics.   Simple statistics  is not enough anymore.  An example from Orbitz.  Read the whole article:    "... I lead the...

Online Neuro Courses
From The Eponymous Pickle

Online Neuro Courses

Via NeuroRelay:   A number of free online courses from Coursera on topics Neurological from Coursera.  Not too much on the Neuromarketing side, but worth taking...

Market Shifts
From The Eponymous Pickle

Market Shifts

In Forbes: Adam Hartung: Growth - Dealing with Market Shifts. Innovation Matters; It’s Why You Care More About Apple than Kraft ...

Selling the Cloud
From The Eponymous Pickle

Selling the Cloud

Nicely done overview, with good graphics, about the cloud and its business implications.     " ... The next stage of cloud computing will require companies to turn...

Price Optimization
From The Eponymous Pickle

Price Optimization

Another example of the use of price optimization in retail.   Many large retailers have tested the idea.

Extending Watson
From The Eponymous Pickle

Extending Watson

IBM continues to seek to extend the potential of AI, now broadening the potential of Watson to the average user.  Will this take a Siri like advisers to a new level...

iRobot Acquires Evolution Robotics
From The Eponymous Pickle

iRobot Acquires Evolution Robotics

In this development, iRobot seems to be playing for more in-home applications, but it still appears to be floor cleaning.  Does this mean we are out of other in...

Pepsi Goes Native in Silicon Valley
From The Eponymous Pickle

Pepsi Goes Native in Silicon Valley

In AdAge:   An idea we tried as well.   Its a useful idea, but think it is more useful to embed silicon valley into your own contexts to get better ideas and testable...
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