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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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Drinkable Costmetics
In Cosmeticsdesign: Popular in Asia, "nutricosmetics" could start to make a splash in the West, trend watchers say. The beauty drinks, some of which contain antioxidants...
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Analytics IQ
Fascinating piece on consumer financial intelligence: Analytics-IQ launches industry's most accurate predictor of household economic profiles with "consumer financial...
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Turning Data into Smart Data
In Information Week: Fundamentally agree, but it's really more about turning raw data into smarter decisions. I have not lapsed into call everything 'Smarter'...
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Recipes and Components
Online grocery start up HelloFresh raises 'millions' in funding from Rocket, Kinnevik and others. More details. As an amateur cook I like the idea of task lists...
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Delete All EMails Simplifies Communications
In ComputerWorld: In a review of the new Blackberry phone the idea of a 'delete all' email button is mentioned. I remember that capability when I used a Backberry...
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Taleb on Accepting Uncertainty and Volatility
Nassim Nicholas Taleb reviewing his new book on Accepting Uncertainty, Embracing Volatility in Knowledge@Wharton. Over the years I have talked to many vendors...
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Big Data Startup to Solve Healthcare
Vincent Granville looks at a way to have big data fix healthcare. Even if Data Science does not solve the whole problem, the exercise might be valuable. An interesting...
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P&G CEO Drives Steps for Analytics
In InformationWeek: More from P&G's CEO on the relevance of analytics. He gives key steps in making analytics work in the large enterprise: Putting it at the...
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Business Analytics in Retail: The Book
Large companies can afford the ability to use consultants who can help them understand such terms as 'Business Intelligence'. 'Predictive Analytics', "Big Data'...
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Force Feedback for Smartphones
Research ongoing to produce force feedback that could ultimately be used on a smartphone. This opens some interesting new sensor applications, on games certainly...
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Making Internal Collaboration Work
McKinsey Quarterly interview with Don Tapscott: " .... The author and strategist describes why effective knowledge management within enterprises requires replacing...
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An Internet for Manufacturing
In Technology Review: Each product will remember and record how it was made, and what raw material components made it. That is a powerfully useful stream of information...
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Junaio Augmented Reality on the Second Screen
Recently received and of interest. Adding Augmented reality information to the TV screen. I hope to watch this. Note that the TV show is in German. Will attempt...
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IBM PureSystems
Had cause to take a look at applications that could do pattern recognition and was pointed to IBM PureSystems, mentioned here. " ... With the new PureSystemsCheck...
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Digital Disruption and Engagement Relevance
In Adage: Digital Disruption Can Make TV Ads More, Not Less, RelevantHow An Era of Direct Relationships Will Give New Life to TV Ads By: James McQuivey of Forrester...
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Abolish the Patent System
Two economists argue in this paper that the patent system should be eliminated. I agree, most of what I have seen in that system system has been garbage, and just...
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Analytics Skills
A fairly good list of things that are useful to be a successful analytics provider. Some of these are more generally good consulting skills. In particular, I emphasize...
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Fitness Gamification
Again, what would appear to be an ideal application to embody in an engaging game. And with an App to be taken anywhere. And gather data. Wharton discussesFrom...
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Cloud As Innovation Enabler in Consumer Goods
A set of observations about what is going on in Consumer Products from Smarter Planet. Some good examples of innovations to follow from the use of the Cloud. ...
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