Having worked in traditional brick and mortar and then at a TV shopping network early in my career, I remain fascinated by the radical changes remaking the retail industry. I'm especially intrigued by the innovations that have driven these changes over the years - from the early traveling salesmen to catalogs to department stores and now online and web selling. With their customers having ordered over one billion items this past holiday season, Amazon is indeed the new Sears. But what does the future hold? Much of this innovation and change derives from the introduction of new technologies, and the resulting pace of change is dynamic.

Founded on July 5th, 1994, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is quite possibly one of the biggest success stories of the digital boom. Starting from humble beginnings as an online bookseller, Jeff Bezos has created Amazon into a household name and it is beginning to encroach on all aspects of our lives. In just under 25 years, Amazon has grown into the world's largest online marketplace and has spawned many successful side-projects, such as Amazon Alexa, Amazon Kindle and Amazon Prime. No matter what you are looking for, you will find it on Amazon and, given that the company holds almost 50% of the USA's e-commerce market and regularly has Amazon offers, it is easy to see why.

We are excited to launch a new feature for AWS DeepLens that allows you to import models trained using Amazon SageMaker directly into the AWS DeepLens console with one click. This feature is available as of AWS DeepLens software version 1.2.3. You can update your AWS DeepLens software by re-booting your device or by using the command sudo apt-get install awscam on the Ubuntu terminal. For this tutorial, you need the MXNet version 0.12. You can update the MXNet version by using the command sudo pip3 install mxnet 0.12.1.

Could the Instant Pot be a harbinger of Bed Bath & Beyond's doom? The insanely popular pressure cooker is driving Amazon.com's A report by One Click Retail reveals that housewares is second only to consumer electronics in importance for Amazon, which means that its prowess at extracting and analyzing data about its 300 million active customers "with unmatched accuracy" should be of significant concern to any retailer counting on that niche to revive its own fortunes. The analysis by the e-commerce data measurement company found U.S. sales of housewares surged 20% last year to an estimated $8 billion, driven by such kitchen appliances like the Instant Pot, which nearly doubled its sales in 2017, and almost single-handedly drove the majority of Amazon's sales growth in the category. That's key because the online retailer's core demographic is the millennial -- an age group that ranges from early 20s to mid-30s, and that is finally entering homeownership in serious numbers. One Click Retail says the Instant Pot's phenomenal success offers some useful insights about these customers, who, because they're investing heavily in their homes -- but who also work long hours and desire products that save them time and effort -- find the Instant Pot a magical convergence of "convenience and in economy of space."

Amazon may be bringing its futuristic checkout-free supermarkets to more cities. The internet giant could open as many as six of its'Amazon Go' grocery stores in 2018, Recode reports, citing sources close to the situation. A few of the new stores are likely to open near Amazon's headquarters in Seattle, where the first location opened last month, while other locations may be coming to Los Angeles. The first'Amazon Go' store opened last month and is located on the bottom floor of Amazon's Seattle headquarters. Amazon has held'serious talks' with LA developer Rick Caruso about bringing an Amazon Go store to the Grove, his 600,000-square-foot outdoor shopping Mecca, Recode noted.

I'm not normally a big reader of science fiction, which is odd since I am quite the science geek, but I decided to get off the fantasy reading wagon I have been on and read another genre. I chose Crystal Deception by Doug J. Cooper and I'm glad I did! He can see and hear everything around the world. Yet a mesh restrains his reach and keeps him cooperative. His creator, Dr. Jessica Tallette, believes his special abilities offer great promise for humanity.

Developers follow a simple dress code but this hasn't pushed them back to help others enrich their shopping experience with Artificial Intelligence. With AI, retailers can go far beyond providing online shopping to better customize the customer's shopping experience. By finding a similar product online to experimenting with your makeup and hair dye from the comfort of your couch, AI provides you with everything. Snap and Shop It happens manier times that you want to purchase a similar product your friend has. But, it becomes very tough to find the same product. You need to perform thorough search.

Listening to current retail technology discussions, it's safe to say that artificial intelligence is the early favorite for buzzword of the year, with countless taglines promising unprecedented productivity improvements based on AI. Advanced forecasting is often cited as one of the top areas where AI holds great promise – but how do you separate the hype from the reality? As retailers make big investments in AI technologies that can transform their business, a key focus is increasing supply chain effectiveness and creating more accurate forecasts. However, prior to implementing new solutions, retailers need to have a clear understanding of what advanced forecasting actually entails, how AI will play a role in advanced forecasting, and what their specific forecasting strategy needs really are. By definition, artificial intelligence means "the capability of a machine to imitate intelligent human behavior."

Artificial Intelligence is the giant leap of our generation. It will transform the retail customer experience in the next few years. You must either be a leader or a follower, but you must be a player. Competitors who don't embrace this new technology will suffer the consequences, lose market share and even fail just like we have seen other retailers do over the years who didn't or couldn't make the leap. Growth waves always move forward and always transform.

He invested $42 million in the project. LOS ANGELES -- Beyond delivery drones, space travel and other outside projects, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is also fascinated with time. Bezos announced in a tweet Tuesday that construction had begun on a 500-foot tall "10,000 Year Clock," showing a time-lapse, high-speed video of workers putting it together. The clock itself is described by Bezos as one "designed to be a symbol, an icon for long-term thinking. He is working with the Long Now Foundation to help build the clock that will keep time for the next 10,000 years, says Bezos. "As I see it, humans are now technologically advanced enough that we can create not only extraordinary wonders but also civilization-scale problems," he wrote on a 10,000 Clock website. "We're likely to need more long-term thinking."