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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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Google I/O Review
A good overview of the 2013 Google I/O developer presentations that gives you a better understanding where Google, with its massive collection of data, is going...
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Analytics are the Supply Chain's Next Big Thing
Well yes, and have been since at least the 1960s. Good to be reminded, but this is very old news.
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IBM, GM Cultivate Data Scientists
In Adage: Not unexpected that large companies would want to work with schools and vendors to increase the population of needed skills for dealing with the data...
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Intelligent Machine Design
An upcoming Webinar on Machine Design on May 23. Requires registration. An area we looked into during our AI phase to better apply manufacturing methods in flexible...
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Who Likes Change?
In the HBR: No one, really, but how can they be involved in determining real change? Good overview piece, but I would add that a good simulation of the decision...
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New in Google Plus
Google's social network lets Google+ get smarter. In Technology Review. I have used it only sparingly for a few years, but I know many groups that are enthusiastic...
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Future Packaging
IDEO produces some interesting package designs of the future. " ... To a large extent, packaging mediates our experience with the world, probably more than any...
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Surprise in Innovation
Correspondent Michael Schrage in the HBR Blog. He talks reactive and proactive surprise. Ans how the difference can pay big dividends. With the example of DARPA...
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Marketing, Advertising and Big Data
Big Data and Marketing: " ... Luminar, PubMatic and Lotame Solutions Inc. are living proof that marketing and advertising are two of the killer applications for...
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Thinking Business Process Modeling
A long time interest. Here, ten points to think out before starting. " ... Most organizations understand how business process management (BPM) can generate long...
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Marketers and Gaming
In Fast Company: What Marketers can learn from Gaming. An interesting take that should be developed further. " ... Now marketers are discovering the “power of...
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Supply Shock
A concept I had not heard in quite a while. How does 'supply shock' spread through a system and influence costs and inventory and markets? Would like to see...
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Spicy Foods
An area we examined in the sensory realm. In particular as a branding experiment, the Tabasco brand mentioned took a very long time to extend its reach. Now...
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Feigenbaum Wins IEEE Pioneer Awrd
Edward Feigenbaum, known as the father of expert systems, Stanford Professor Emeritus, has been awarded the Computer Society Pioneer Award. We consulted with...
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Baxter Robot for Researchers
Open source software for a standard robot: " ... Rethink Robotics, the Boston startup founded by Rodney Brooks, doesn't want to be just a robot maker. The company...
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StudioNeuro
Brought late to my attention StudioNeuro, brought to my attention by A K Pradeep of Neurofocus/Nielsen. A number of the advisors are known to me. Appears to...
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SAP Lumira Cloud
A useful view of SAP Lumira Cloud, formerly SAP Visual Intelligence. I had taken a superficial look at this a few months ago. The change of the name from something...
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Twitter Buys Big Data Analytics
An expected kind of move. The value of all social media will ultimately come from analyzing the behavior with their systems. I had not heard of the companyLucky...
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Competition in Free Cloud Storage
ComputerWorld Reports that Google Drive has increased their free cloud storage to 15 GB. With Skydrive and Dropbox and iCloud and others the space available for...
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