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DataPoint Robots at Walmart

By Frank La Vigne | 07/06/2020

In this Data Point, Frank sees a robot patrolling the aisles of his local Walmart and gets excited. The robot scans shelves and helps identify what needs to be restocked and what’s out of place. https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-adding-robots-help-stock-shelves-to-650-more-stores-2020-1

DataPoint Unplugging, empathy, and selfcare

By Frank La Vigne | 06/16/2020

In this DataPoint, Frank goes off topic. Transcript (AI Generated) Hey, what’s up? It’s Frank here from data driven. The podcast where we explore the emerging fields of data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. I just wanted to take a minute to say I’m basically. Uh. What’s going on? The show we we’ve been…

DataPoint If Remote Work Becomes Commonplace, What Happens to Real Estate in Big Cities?

By Frank La Vigne | 05/16/2020

SalesForce, Microsoft, and Twitter have all extended their work from home policies either indefinitely or for the remainder of the year. To say that housing is expensive in the Bay Area would be an understatement. Frank ponders what will happen to the real estate market if you only go to the office once or twice…

Data Point COVID, Oil Prices, and Our Podcast Tagline

By Frank La Vigne | 04/23/2020

In this Data Point, Frank reflects on the somewhat ironic nature of our tagline (and t-shirts) in light of the negative price of Oil. This was recorded on Monday, April 20, 2020 and, while oil prices have rebounded somewhat, there are some strange things afoot at the Circle K that is this world.

DataPoint Citizen Data Science in New Zealand

By Data Driven Team | 02/19/2020

In this Data Point, Andy explains how citizen data science is done in New Zealand after a whale watching tour.