Yesterday I was invited to the UK launch of a new personalised video platform, created by Dutch company Rednun.Rednun claims that if you want the biggest impact possible for the maximum number of people, you can’t do it by producing just one video and uploading it on a shared video platform. You need to personally tailor each video for every individual […]
The amount of raw data in the world is expanding exponentially. Not just words and numbers in databases, but YouTube videos, MP3 audio files and metadata—data about the data itself. The world’s data pile has now reached the zettabyte scale (trillions of gigabytes), and there are no signs of stopping.The challenge for researchers and the world isn’t simply finding a […]
Agile and Lean techniques seem to be the best way we currently know to create complex software in the face of risk, uncertainty, and changing requirements. Agile hinges on embracing and adapting to change by enabling rapid feedback cycles and evolutionary development. However, bringing agility into big data (and small data) analytics has been a challenge for many, very bright […]
Like urban bike-sharing programs everywhere, Chicago’s Divvy must contend with a key problem: due to commuting patterns, some bike stations empty out fast while others fill up quickly, leaving no space for more drop-offs.But such urban problems can be addressed with socially minded computer science, as a group of 50 Chicago high school students learned recently during a daylong conference […]
As Big Data gets even bigger, we’re going to need more elaborate ways of storing it than current technology allows. One idea that’s been floated about before is using DNA as a means of storing data, but it’s no longer just a theory – scientists at Harvard University say that doing so is a foregone conclusion, and it’ll soon be […]
Chart 1: US stocks outperform Bonds and Gold by a large margin in 2013
Source: Short Side of Long
The chart above tries to do a decent job at presenting the basic returns in the Global Macro investment world of finance. S&P 500 represents equities, 30 Year Treasuries represent bonds and Gold represents commodities / hard assets.A simple conclusion one […]
Everyone is talking about big data these days. From self-monitoring and stock markets to social networks and surveillance scandals – data is everywhere. No wonder that it’s taking on new expression in contemporary art.
Jonathan Harris’ 2006 WeFeelFine.org project was perhaps the first big data art experiment to leave a serious dent in the increasingly digitalized public arena. By feeding […]
HP Restructures Big Data Analytics with Expanded Vertica Analytics PlatformCAMBRIDGE, Mass. — HP today announced enhancements to the HP Vertica Analytics Platform, enabling organizations to accelerate business value from a vastly expanded variety of data.Version 7 of the HP Vertica Analytics Platform, also called HP Vertica Crane, dramatically simplifies the exploration and analysis of semistructured and “dark” data,(1) provides enhanced […]
Print PDFThe Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) is a global cable and satellite television channel based in the United States. It is owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and the Hearst Corporation (20%). As of August 2013, almost 98 million American households receive ESPN. Each of these households pays $ 5 a month, totaling around $ 6 billion […]
If a world that relies on cause and effect gets rid of the cause, what happens?One day in high school science class, our teacher handed out black plastic boxes that were completely sealed. As we lifted, rotated, and shook the boxes, we could hear a heavy object rattling around inside, bumping into the barriers of an internal maze we couldn’t […]
