Teams
up with the American Diabetes Association for big data collaboration

Source: www.pmlive.com

“By combining the Association’s enormous body of valuable data with Watson’s cognitive computing capabilities, we will empower people living with diabetes, clinicians and researchers with better data and better insights, which ultimately can lead to better outcomes.”

The plans include several potential service offerings, including a cognitive diabetes database for use by healthcare providers and a cloud-based data and insights service for researchers.

Announcing the tie-up at the ADA’s annual scientific meeting earlier this month, IBM and the ADA also outlined their plans for a developer challenge to produce new ‘cognitive’ apps for the prevention and management of diabetes.

What digital technologies shape the in-store shopping experience and how to sucessfully integrate them?

Source: www.guided-selling.org

Good read!

SAMPLEit makes it easy to discover new favorite products. Each sample comes with a coupon for savings of any product you try!

Source: sampleit.com

Bit of history – Outerwall killed this project SampleIt earlier this year. Kind of cool.

oil recycling – This oil recycling concept reuses edible oils that would normally be thrown away. Aimed at street food vendors, these kiosks would help t

Source: www.trendhunter.com

cool solar powered oil recycling

A new report says 42 per cent of Canadian jobs will be lost to automation over the next two decades.

Source: www.ctvnews.ca

Byte uses IoT refrigerators to serve fresh, healthy meals and snacks 24 hours a day. From Blue Bottle iced coffee to Urban Remedy salads, employees have nutritious food just steps from their desk and employers gain a flexible (and oftentimes free) way to fuel their teams. Byte is currently working with companies like 2K Games, Sephora, Chevron, Bain and more.

Source: www.bytefoods.co

Cool highlight company site for the week.  Food and IoT, reminds me of a dirty martini…:-)

have a coffee while your book prints

Source: mobile.nytimes.com

New research shows that cashiers who have their own lines move customers more quickly

Source: www.scientificamerican.com

How it’s defined depends on how retailers handle it, advised James Hallam of Accenture.

Source: www.nacsonline.com

mentions shop24 and other disrupters

Innit, the world’s first connected food company. We manage and connect food information with appliances and devices, maximizing simplicity, flavor, and nutrition.

Source: www.innit.com

Interesting startup in food automation information. Appliance integration (Pandora for food).  Storing, preparation and cooking using data from food.