Lauren Desegur, VP of customer experience engineering at WalmartLabs said,
“We’re essentially creating a bridge where we are enhancing the shopping experience through machine learning. We want to make sure there is a seamless experience between what customers do online and what they do in our stores.”
Ivano Ortis, VP at IDC […]
Engineering Voice Activated Shopping assistants
Amazon Echo and Google Home, popular voice-activated speakers, are radically changing the way people shop. Today, all you need to do is just ask. Given the growing popularity of the voice-command devices, it’s evident that this is the future of retail and consumer product group (RCPG).
In the US, Walmart and […]
Re-‘Engineering’ the Future – Impact of technology on banking, retail, CPG industries
I was recently interacting with a CxO of a Fortune 100 banking firm and something he said caught my attention – “The future CEO of our organization may very well be an engineer and not necessarily someone from the banking industry.”
I kept thinking about this point for a few days and my curiosity […]
Harmonious Coexistence of Nature and Humans
Nature Humans Peaceful Co-existence:
Chennai flood crisis which happened in Nov 2015 brought some harsh realities to the forefront. Whenever nature (be it hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons, tsunamis, wind storms, earthquakes, fire) has decided to show its fury, all the latest technological advancements made by humans have been humbled time and again. […]
From Fiction To Reality: How fiction and Imagination has fueled our future
October 21st, 2015 (which just went by) is one date, which a lot of movie buffs might relate to.
“Back to the Future Part II” released in 1989, showed its lead character Marty McFly go to the future on this very date (Oct 21st , 2015). I am sure a majority […]
Robots & Human – Peaceful Co-Existence & where to set the boundary
Robots & Human – Peaceful Co-Existence:
Just came back from a 3 days trip to Beijing (Sept 20th to 23rd, 2015).
My trip coincided with the Beijing marathon held on Sept 20th 2015. This year, the marathon event saw an increased participation with approx. 30,000 runners from 45 countries. Interestingly, this 30,000 was […]
