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Connected Manufacturing With IOT
From The Eponymous Pickle

Connected Manufacturing With IOT

Upcoming free connected manufacturing IOT Seminar by HSO and Microsoft[LIVE WEBINAR] Getting Started with Connected Manufacturing and IoTIn this new era of manufacturing...

IKEA and Sonos Prototyping Smart Speaker
From The Eponymous Pickle

IKEA and Sonos Prototyping Smart Speaker

Its just a prototype, but interested in IKEA's connection.   Would think they would be more interested in  links to existing systems like Amazon's or Google.  Just...

Boosting Human Expertise
From The Eponymous Pickle

Boosting Human Expertise

Some of the earliest things we examined with AI were how to enhance the use of current and past knowledge and resources in a company to make decisions more efficient...

Examples of Successful Scaling of Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Examples of Successful Scaling of Analytics

Ultimately we did this in another era, now the tools and computing are different.   Scaling is the most important thing.  Scaling means both size and connecting...

Complexity of Contracts
From The Eponymous Pickle

Complexity of Contracts

This came up in a conversation about the complexity of agreements,  and in particular how these might be embedded in smart contracts, and how disclosure terms might...

How To Build a CX Dashboard that Drives Performance
From The Eponymous Pickle

How To Build a CX Dashboard that Drives Performance

Some useful thoughts.  How To Build a CX Dashboard that Drives Performance  By Sue Duris  in CustomerThinkOrganizations are always looking for that magic pill that...

JP Morgan on Smart Shopping Carts
From The Eponymous Pickle

JP Morgan on Smart Shopping Carts

Was struck by the shopping cart mention, which we spent lots of time on.   See the tag.  Have not seen a real move yet, but the direction here is more of of the...

Rolling Convenience Stores
From The Eponymous Pickle

Rolling Convenience Stores

Sounds a bit cheesy, but probably inevitable and happening.  Would you have such a device installed in your car?The Dawn of Mobile Convenience Stores and (Maybe)...

Amazon Expands Alexa PC Designs
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon Expands Alexa PC Designs

Amazon’s new all-in-one and laptop designs could get Alexa into even more PCs  By Shannon Liao @Shannon_Liao in TheVerge‘Amazon has just announced four new designs...

Meal Kit Vending Machines
From The Eponymous Pickle

Meal Kit Vending Machines

Nice idea, wonder how the freshness will be maintained.Convenience is king as new-gen vending units add meal kits  by Matthew Stern in Retailwirehew SternMeal kits...

Were is Siri Going in being an Assistant?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Were is Siri Going in being an Assistant?

Where is Apple's assistant Siri going?   Has been hard to figure that out lately.  Watched for that in the recentWWDC meeting.   I like the fact that they are implying...

Bonding with Your Algorithm
From The Eponymous Pickle

Bonding with Your Algorithm

I have implemented many pieces of code, algorithms to improve this or that.  Ans some took lots of coding time, and I felt proud of them afterwards when they worked...

Monsanto Becomes Bayer
From The Eponymous Pickle

Monsanto Becomes Bayer

Historical move away from a well known name.Post merger, the name will simply be Bayer as 'Monsanto' becomes history .... Bayer plans to complete the acquisition...

Disney's Stickman Robot
From The Eponymous Pickle

Disney's Stickman Robot

Quite impressive capabilities.  Videos and technical discussion,  where will we see this in use?Stickman Explores the Physics of Flying Through the Air    Disney...

GigaOm Interview with Ira Cohen
From The Eponymous Pickle

GigaOm Interview with Ira Cohen

Another good interview and Podcast.  Voices in AI – Episode 47: A Conversation with Ira CohenByron Reese Jun 5, 2018 - 7:00 AM CDTIn this episode, Byron and Ira...

More on Wal-Mart's Jetblack
From The Eponymous Pickle

More on Wal-Mart's Jetblack

Cost seems high based on their typical clientele and benefits.  Certainly a  novel approach worthy of a test.  Customization of possible recommendations via demographic...

Southeby's Suggesting Taste with AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

Southeby's Suggesting Taste with AI

Again, the use of detected pattern to customize, personalize.   With a replacement of some kinds of expertise.  Have worked with auction companies and the ideaCan...

Microsoft Acquires GitHub
From The Eponymous Pickle

Microsoft Acquires GitHub

In several projects I discovered that otherwise technical executives did not know what Github was. Might imply they would be nervous that MSFT was getting the ability...

Call for Disaster Relief AI Code
From The Eponymous Pickle

Call for Disaster Relief AI Code

Good effort, start with useful models of process.  Patterns that achieve results.IBM Leads 'Call for Code' to Use Cloud, AI for Natural Disaster Relief     in eWeek...

A History of AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

A History of AI

William Vorhies of DSC posted a note on the history of AI, some long ago looks at where it started.   Having been involved, but not that far back, the examplesThe...
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