Online alcohol delivery app, Drizly, notes that orders have increased 477% in the northeast in the day leading up to the blizzard. This apparently due to residents stocking up on essentials. (via @FiveThirtyEight) Drizly, an on-demand app for alcohol deliveries, … Continue reading
AutoCAD changed the world with software driven mechanical design. Now they seek to do the same thing with biological life. Enter Project Cyborg, an exciting new undertaking aimed at expanding on the limited tools available to synthetic biologists in their … Continue reading
Why the biggest value of the IoT comes from combining it with human intelligence. Lately we’ve been hearing a lot about smart things connecting with other smart things to solve problems in novel ways. But we hear much less about … Continue reading
From Europe, fashion and technology are merging into smart clothes. There is a whole industry dealing with the so-called intelligent textile products. “In the last 10 to 15 years, there were many EU supported research projects on smart textiles but … Continue reading
Why Nordstrom’s digital strategy is working, and many other retailers are struggling. The persistent digitization of Nordstrom’s business has allowed the company to grow revenues by more than 50% in the last five years. The company is growing sales in … Continue reading
In the new era of data and analytics, the most data driven companies are also some of the most successful. Take, for example, General Electric, which has already turned itself into a math house. It has assembled a staff in … Continue reading
The Internet of Noisy Things. That car, truck, or bike might not sound as hot as you think it does. Stomp on the gas in a new Ford Mustang or F-150 and you’ll hear a meaty, throaty rumble — the … Continue reading
At Davos, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt predicted the end of the Internet, but that’s not what you think. At the end of a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where his comments were webcast, he was asked … Continue reading
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, wait, it’s a flying billboard. Boeing last week won a new patent for technologies that would add giant digital displays onto wings, fuselages and tails — and even upturned winglets on future jets. … Continue reading
Ford is not actually an automotive manufacturer any more. They are a big data and mobility company. Ford Motor Co. wants to improve its Big Data and analytics capabilities. That’s one of the reasons the company has decided to expand … Continue reading