Image: SpaceX via Flickr. The SpaceX Falcon Heavy test launch was audacious. Audacious investments like this were once constrained to projects funded by government coffers. And while the U.S. government continues to be audacious, it no longer aims its audacity at the stars, but at the past. With the launch of Falcon Heavy, Elon Musk officially becomes the top fulfiller of … [Read more...] about Elon Musk and Falcon Heavy Launch Define Audacity
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Still Plugging Away at Virtual Reality Corporate Training
On January 8, 2018 Filament Games, posted a blog highlighting real uses of virtual reality in corporate training. These virtual reality corporate training examples included: Farmers Insurance use of VR for claims adjusters. It’s hard to appreciate a situation you’ve never seen before and it's very expensive to create a large number of situations from broken windows and … [Read more...] about Still Plugging Away at Virtual Reality Corporate Training
Sensors and Knowledge Required to Reduce Threats to Aging Industrial Infrastructure
Knowledge and aging industrial infrastructure require organizations to think about the knowledge embedded in their infrastructure, and the knowledge required to embrace digital transformation. For most factories, plants, and industrial facilities no artificial intelligence monitors the status of far-flung equipment, and what little data flows from the amalgam of aging … [Read more...] about Sensors and Knowledge Required to Reduce Threats to Aging Industrial Infrastructure
x.ai scheduling bot heads to the enterprise
x.ai scheduling bot heads to the enterprise If you want to experience AI in a meaningful way, you need to look at x.ai’s meeting scheduling service. I have written about them before just as they were emerging from incubation (see Testing Amy: What it’s like to have appointments scheduled by an AI assistant at GeekWire). In late 2017, x.ai promoted its two agent … [Read more...] about x.ai scheduling bot heads to the enterprise
Amazon Alexa Frailty: Syntax Fragmentation in the Skill Ecosystem
Amazon Alexa Frailty: Syntax Fragmentation in the Skill Ecosystem Amazon Alexa has a frailty problem and it's me. I can’t remember all of the special syntax required to make its skills work. Unlike an app, where I click and am brought into an environment that offers visual clues and instructions, I’m stuck with Alexa either not understanding me or lecturing me. Neither of … [Read more...] about Amazon Alexa Frailty: Syntax Fragmentation in the Skill Ecosystem
