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Thomas Kearns

AssetTRACK

Acquiring spatial data for use in our design and analysis tools is always one of the first and most difficult challenges. AssetTRACK enables a broader group of architects, clients, and customers to facilitate domain specific assessments and spatial surveys. AssetTRACK is a machine learning enabled, mobile-first application to position any kind of data in the real world.

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Massformer

During early phases of projects (and in general), cost estimating and other metric-based analyses are based on per-square-unit factors applied to area take-offs. Massformer allows for a tight integration of geometry metrics based on simple drawing and scenario planning.

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Innovation Framework

Within a larger legacy organization it can often be difficult to effectively evaluate and strategically implement various innovation ideas. This framework is the process we have developed and implemented to evaluate a portfolio of innovation ideas for strategic investment and development.

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Campus Intelligence

The campus is like a small country with governance, citizens, tourists, etc. How does the next wave of “smart” principles get applied within the clearly defined boundaries of a campus – education, healthcare, and beyond.

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The Power of Public Data

Public data has the power to transform the ways in which cities are configured, services are delivered and equity can be maintained. What are some ways Detroit can leverage open data technology?

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Data First

What does a data-centric approach to insights look like? In elementary school we learn the traditional scientific method. In the world of big data however, there is a total transformation in the fundamental approaches to research and analysis.

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Space as Interface

The past decade has seen an incredible shift in user expectations when it comes to products and services. Using technology to augment the capabilities and intelligence of spaces can allow for them to function as more unique, more effective, and more customized interfaces to allow users to engage in meaningful and delightful activities.

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Extended Intelligence vs AI

What is artificial intelligence and why is everyone talking about it? AI covers a wide variety of domains from cognitive science to statistics and programming, but a very simple definition would be teaching computers to imitate (and eventually replicate) human intelligence. Extended Intelligence by contrast is human and artificial intelligence working in concert to solve problems.

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