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Declassified: How cold war movies are blowing up atomic bomb models

Christian Science Monitor | Science

March 17, 2017 --Thousands of blasts from the past are teaching nuclear physicists new lessons about old physics. Scientists and film experts are teaming up to save a treasure trove of cold war-era nuclear test footage, teetering on the brink of decomposition. By digitizing the records and applying current video analysis, the team has learned we don't know quite as much as we thought we did about atomic bombs. The United States carried out hundreds of aboveground nuclear tests between 1945 and the early 1960s, when they were banned. Recording more than 10,000 videos from various angles, the government strived to glean every last bit of scientific information possible about the deadly new technology.


Predictive analytics: What are the challenges and opportunities? 7wData

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In August 2016, Econsultancy published a report in association with IBM called The Secrets of Elite Analytics Practices. Part of this wide ranging report seeks to discover just how automation and AI have changed analytics in marketing. Time was identified as a business's most precious resource. Being able to streamline the marketing function through automation and, in particular, the analytics portion, was something executives deemed hugely valuable. But is automation driving out innovation and originality?


Predictive analytics: What are the challenges and opportunities?

#artificialintelligence

In August 2016, Econsultancy published a report in association with IBM called The Secrets of Elite Analytics Practices. Part of this wide ranging report seeks to discover just how automation and AI have changed analytics in marketing. Time was identified as a business's most precious resource. Being able to streamline the marketing function through automation and, in particular, the analytics portion, was something executives deemed hugely valuable. But is automation driving out innovation and originality?