Archive for May 2018
Playing Word Games with AI
You have heard of audio books that talk to you, but what about talking to the books? This interesting information came to us from Engadget in their article, “Google AI experiment has you talking to books.” Everyone is reporting about how Google Research is using natural language processing in artificial intelligence (AI) on what it calls…
Read MoreIoT’s Role in the Future
The Internet of Things (IoT) technology has changed the way business and individuals live and work in their daily lives. And it doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “IoT Use Cases: Internet of Things Applications Evolve.” The IoT has impacted industrial operations, manufacturing units, healthcare centers,…
Read MoreModeling the Data
A data model is an abstract model that organizes elements of data and standardizes how they relate to one another and to properties of the real world entities. A data model explicitly determines the structure of data. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Detecting Data Models.” Common types of data models include flat hierarchical, network,…
Read MoreData Analytics for Healthcare
The American Heart Association and the Duke Clinical Research Institute has partnered to try out machine-learning techniques to find new ways to analyze data and drive scientific discoveries and treat cardiovascular diseases. Modern Healthcare brought this news to us in their article, “American Heart Association and Duke partner to accelerate machine learning and AI.” The two…
Read MoreShopping Via Voice-Enabled Apps
Voice search has advanced since Apple debuted Siri in 2011. For example, the voice-enabled home assistant is quickly becoming commonplace in the American household, with various technology giants each having their own version designed to answer questions, play music, and control home utilities. But what is next? What task would the consumer most like assistant…
Read MoreThe Science of Data
Data science is exploding in the data-driven world we live in. In concert, data analysis and business intelligence have grown in both value and reach. With the rising volume and complexity of data, and growth of data input technologies, data science came at an essential time to provide some methods to the expansive data volumes overcoming…
Read MoreWebinar Addresses Data Lakes
It’s not too late to participate in a learning opportunity this week. Arcadia Data in partnership with The Bloor Group and Eckerson Group are sponsoring a webinar titled, “Are Data Lakes for Business Users?” Data lakes took root because they provided an instant sandbox for data scientists to explore raw data sourced from operational, analytical,…
Read MoreAI is Becoming Commonplace
Artificial intelligence (AI) is not just for television drama or Hollywood special effects. It is not just limited to large technology organizations and it is also not just a future dream for local news organizations. Its early applications have already arrived, and wider adoption and lower costs will mean an increased presence in a range…
Read MoreCollaboration on Tactile Technology
Meta has partnered with Ultrahaptics and ZeroLight to augment their augmented reality software by incorporating haptic feedback. Venture Beat brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Meta partners with Ultrahaptics and ZeroLight for touch in AR.” Augmented reality may not be the video game you are imagining, but the technology is proving itself to be a very…
Read MoreIs Digital The Answer to Data Management?
Technology is constantly evolving and changing businesses core practices along the way. Data management is under the spotlight right now after the political and social media revelations of late. Despite being a hot topic, how has it damaged the trust that users have in who manages their personal data? ITProPortal brought this interesting information to our…
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