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GE Grid IQ Center Visit
From The Eponymous Pickle

GE Grid IQ Center Visit

I will be at the GE Grid IQ Center tomorrow as part of an innovation summit.   Looks to be an interesting venue similar to our innovation centers. " ... Request...

Adaptable Eyeglasses
From The Eponymous Pickle

Adaptable Eyeglasses

Eyeglasses that can change their prescription.   This has been done with adaptable optics on telescopes for some time, so why not?

Web Semantics in the Cloud
From The Eponymous Pickle

Web Semantics in the Cloud

Search and meaning in the Cloud, from Computing Now:" ... In the last two years, the amount of structured data made available on the Web in semantic formats has...

First Person:
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

First Person:

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Consumer futures 2020 scenarios
From Putting People First

Consumer futures 2020 scenarios

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Brian David Johnson: Intel
From Putting People First

Brian David Johnson: Intel

Alex Knapp, Forbes Magazine contributor, talks with Intel futurist Brian David Johnson on what he take into account when planning the future: “The answer is both...

Stanford Mobisocial
From The Eponymous Pickle

Stanford Mobisocial

Discovered via examining the Muse system:Stanford Mobisocial  Mission:To create disruptive mobile and social computing technology that serves consumers' interests...

Muse: Tracking Email Stats and Connections
From The Eponymous Pickle

Muse: Tracking Email Stats and Connections

Something we developed internally, but were always looking to find.  A method to track social connections in Email.  Article in New Scientist on Muse, a methodSunheendra...

Brain Informatics: aka Neuroinformatics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Brain Informatics: aka Neuroinformatics

In the latest issue of IEEE Intelligent Systems,  a number of articles on Brain Informatics.  "  .. an emerging interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research...

Army App Store
From The Eponymous Pickle

Army App Store

The DOD Army App store is scheduled to be launched in November.  An interesting development.  I worked with the DOD for several years in the system simulation area...

More quick links
From Geeking with Greg

More quick links

More of what has caught my attention recently:The first Kindle was so ugly because Jeff Bezos so loved his BlackBerry ([1])"Sometimes it takes Bad Steve to bring...

Friday Squid Blogging:  Prehistoric Sentient Squid
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Prehistoric Sentient Squid

There's big news in the world of giant squid: Researchers initially thought that this strange grouping of 45-foot-long marine reptiles had either died en masse...

Meaningful Brands
From The Eponymous Pickle

Meaningful Brands

Just pointed out to me:  Consumer Brand Attachment Proven to Create Value.    From Kompas Strategy.

Google to Shutter Buzz, Shift Emphasis to Google+
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google to Shutter Buzz, Shift Emphasis to Google+

I had started to back off from Google Buzz and saw others doing that as well.   It stayed alive only because of its tie-in to GMail.  You could see all the messages...

Announcing the 2011 Computing Innovation Fellows
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Announcing the 2011 Computing Innovation Fellows

With support from the National Science Foundation, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) today named 20 talented recent Ph.D.s in computer science and allied...

Metaio Augmented Reality Thing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Metaio Augmented Reality Thing

From Metaio, which I have been following with regard to augmented reality solutions.  Here again in the entertainment business.    A similar thing we see in the...

Your Salespeople are not Pushy Enough
From The Eponymous Pickle

Your Salespeople are not Pushy Enough

In the HBR blog, some interesting techniques and thoughts on this.  I have dealt with many salespeople and this makes sense.  Not that I would like it from the...

'Publish or Perish' Should Perish
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science

'Publish or Perish' Should Perish

I hate the 'publish or perish' mantra of academia.  I really do.  To me, it takes the focus away from doing great work and waiting until it's truly ready for public...

Burglars Tip Off Police About Bigger Crime
From Schneier on Security

Burglars Tip Off Police About Bigger Crime

I find this fascinating: A central California man has been arrested for possession of child pornography, thanks to a tip from burglars who robbed the man's property...

Grocer Integrated Digital Platform
From The Eponymous Pickle

Grocer Integrated Digital Platform

A useful example of a platform that provides a hybrid solution to grocery:"... MyWebGrocer, leading provider of digital solutions to the grocery and consumer packaged...
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