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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 …
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hot Sauce and Taste
In the past I worked in the food part of CPG, and learned a little about taste trends and how they influence purchases. Also a devoted amateur chef. The considerable...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Virtual Security Guard
In Mashable: An App that acts as a virtual security guard accompanying you home. At this point no drone is involved. But I can see that also being added. This...
From The Eponymous Pickle
An Ecommerce Case Study
In Conversioner:Case Study: Ecommerce Store Increases Purchases by 200%We oftentimes find that our clients haphazardly choose images for their websites; they don...
From Putting People First
Gallup: quantitative customer experience metrics aren’t enough
Over the past decade, Gallup has observed a growing arms race among brands to implement bigger and better customer experience platforms. These systems — also called...
From insideHPC
Video Retrospective: Ferranti Atlas – Britain’s First Supercomputer
This video celebrates the 50th anniversary of Britain's first supercomputer, the Ferranti Atlas. "When first switched on in December 1962, Atlas was the world's...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Digital Assistants in an Age of Flex Labor
There will be fewer full time jobs, and many workers will become independent contractors, like myself. An implication is that advisory systems will be needed...
From insideHPC
Job of the Week: HPC Virtualization Specialist at Stanford University
Stanford University is seeking an HPC Virtualization Specialist in our Job of the Week. The post Job of the Week: HPC Virtualization Specialist at Stanford University...
From Putting People First
Ezio Manzini talk at the RSA (London)
Excerpt (above) – full replay Abstract How do we nurture conditions in which a diffuse creativity can flourish and evolve through collaborative organisations and...
From Putting People First
Prototypes capturing new user experiences for bicycles
Back in May 2015, the Urban Futures team of the Future Cities Catapult (based in London, UK) completed a design research project around cycling. This short project...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Watson Cognitive AI Ads
In Adage, new Watson Ads shown at the US Tennis Open. Startups that are using Watson technologies. Would be useful to get a solid technical description of how...
From Putting People First
[Book] Anthropologist observes the world of London bankers
Swimming with Sharks: My Journey into the World of the Bankers by Joris Luyendijk Guardian Faber Publishing September 2015 – 288 pages Joris Luyendijk, an investigative...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Types of Innovation for the Enterprise
In the Cisco Blog: Reasonable classification. Thinking of categorizing it around four dimensions: Products, Processes, Position and Business Models. Good"...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Toyota Looks for AI to Empower Driving
An indication of where strong interest in AI is coming from. In Engadget. " ... Toyota teams up with MIT and Stanford for AI research. .... " .... . The carmaker...
From Schneier on Security
Understanding Squid Self-Healing Teeth
Using squid teeth as a model, researchers have created "the first material that heals itself in water." Paper from Nature. As usual, you can also use this squid...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Security and Privacy: Mobile Medical Applications presentation and webinar on September 8
There will be a special presentation and webinar on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 on Security and Privacy: Mobile Medical Applications by Dr. David Kotz, the Champion...
From Schneier on Security
I'll be Talking Cyber-Resilience on a Webinar
This coming Thursday, I'll be talking with Larry Poneman about cyber-resilience and the results of a new survey he's releasing. Join us here. The event is sponsored...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Revisiting Vernor Vinge’s “predictions” for 2025
Vernor Vinge is a retired mathematics professor who became famous through his science-fiction novels. He is also famous as being one of the first to contemplate...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Complex Behaviors from Simple Brains
From Santa Fe Institute. This is often stated as a precept of complexity theory. Though the precise arrangement of hardware, connections and rules is often difficult...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Magic Mirrors in Retail
Evan Schuman looks at the magic mirror concept. Good thoughts. An idea that we examined and featured at times in the innovation center for cosmetics marketing...
From Computer Science Teachers Association