The last decade has been characterised by significant progress, and widespread use, of Artificial Intelligence, thanks to the abundance of data and the possibility of extracting meaning out of them. Of course, high performance computation and storage capabilities at very low cost made this feasible. This has led the big …
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Platforms as enabler of business (and services) III OK, so after having discussed the evolution of API let’s go back to the use of platforms as enabler of the shift from products to services (and ecosystems). The evolution of products is first towards flanking them with add-on services (see graphic …
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Platforms as enabler of business (and services) I What follows is the result of several interactions I had with key people (CEOs, CTOs, Directors) in several industries covering a broad spectrum of verticals, from mechanical to textile, from food to transportation. The general comment I got is that industry is …
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PWC has released a report where it analyses the potential effect of automation on tasks involved in 200,000 jobs in 29 Countries. It makes for an interesting reading. Also, it contains an animated figure allowing you to explore the impact at different time in each of those 29 Countries. I …
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Being interested in photography I subscribe to a number of groups and of course my interest is reported to companies selling photographic paraphernalia… That’s why I am receiving emails, on a daily base, with new things that -according to the message- I can’t absolutely live without. Yesterday I received an …
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The genome sequencing has kept getting faster and cheaper. 10 years ago it took a few months and a million $, today you can have your genome sequenced for 399$ in a week and price keeps going down. It will likely be below 100$ by 2020. Besides, if what you …
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As part of the second White Paper produced by the Symbiotic Autonomous Systems Initiative I am discussing the evolution towards Artificial Super Intelligence. We will be discussing this at the Workshop in San Diego on October 30th and at the TTM 2018 following the workshop. Don’t miss it! Today Artificial …
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As part of its Future Mobility Grand Challenge – watch the clip- the UK Government is funding the creation of a sophisticated ambient simulator, OmniCAV, recreating 32 km of Oxfordshire roads, including rural and village roads. OmiCAV will be used as a testing environment for CAV -Connected Autonomous Vehicles- and it …
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Slide 1 | Your Content Slide 2 | Your Content Slide 3 | Your Content Adobe Photoshops (as several other image processing applications) makes it easy (and easier with any new release) to tamper with the images captured by a digital cameras. Bits are bits and you cannot distinguish one …
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Sentiment analyses usually refers to the analyses of Natural Language (including the sort of NL you find in SMS and Whatsapp) plus biometrics to identify and quantify the affective status of a person or a group of persons. A number of products, like IBM Watson Natural Language Understanding, are already on …
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