Chris HawkinsAutomating my Home with HomePod, Raspberry Pi and Node.jsIn my home I have Apple HomePod, which allows me to control parts of my apartment (like my Hue lights) by calling on Siri from anywhere in…Jan 29, 20192Jan 29, 20192
Chris HawkinsRecognising Beer with TensorFlowOne of the demonstrations we have in Accenture Labs showcases a screen, with a camera which you can show a beer. The screen then recognises…Sep 23, 20163Sep 23, 20163
Chris HawkinsHow do we protect workers in the freelance economy?Customer behaviour and analytics isn’t all we look at in Accenture Labs.Jul 20, 2016Jul 20, 2016
Chris HawkinsPlaying with Siri: Apple’s Missed OpportunitiesAnyone who reads this blog will know how much I anticipated the launch of SiriKit, the SDK that allows us, the developers of the world, to…Jul 2, 20162Jul 2, 20162
Chris HawkinsPaging Brands: Your Next Digital Channel is ComingIn 2008 Iron Man showed us the dream of a fully personalized artificial intelligence-based assistant (and not for the first time on film)…Apr 20, 2016Apr 20, 2016
Chris HawkinsWork Lunch: Now selected for you by the Customer GenomeThis is a story from Customer Genome research and development. The Accenture Customer Genome is now a powerful personalization platform we…Apr 12, 2016Apr 12, 2016
Chris HawkinsBringing Maps Indoors … No Hardware RequiredDespite the fact that I have spent a chunk of my career and blog real estate talking about beacons, I have recently noticed a trend that…Nov 6, 2015Nov 6, 2015
Chris HawkinsinApache Zeppelin StoriesSoaring with ZeppelinThree Easy Steps to Setting up an Interactive Environment for Big Data Exploration and AnalysisSep 7, 2015Sep 7, 2015
Chris HawkinsExploring Eddystone and the Physical WebWhy we should not get too excited (yet)Aug 4, 2015Aug 4, 2015
Chris HawkinsFacebook and the Future of Beacon Technology in RetailMicrolocation technology, which provides the ability for a mobile app to tell exactly where someone is and respond accordingly, is one of…Jul 17, 2015Jul 17, 2015