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Alcohol sales soar in pre-blizzard planning

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Rick
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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 →

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AutoCAD wants to do Biological Design

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Rick
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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 →

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IoT needs human intelligence

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Rick
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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 →

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Fashion and tech meet and make smart clothes

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Rick
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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 →

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Nordstrom digital strategy

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Rick
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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 →

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Successful businesses are data driven

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Rick
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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 →

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That sweet sound your car, truck, or bike makes might just be a scam

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Rick
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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 →

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“The Internet will disappear”

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Rick
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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 →

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The flying jumbotron

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Rick
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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 →

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Posted on January 28, 2015 by Rick
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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 →

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