February 18, 2014
Open Data Now is the first complete book on Open Data. For that fact alone author Joel Gurin has offered a tremendous resource on this fast-growing field.
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's Data-Driven Innovation Project explores the rapid advancements happening in the digital economy as well as the inventive use of data for good. The promise of bigger and better data is a future of greater opportunity and growth. The Foundation is conducting research activities and a series of events around the country in order to highlight this potential.
We encourage you to read the blog posts and research reports here to gain a full understanding of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's work on data-driven innovation.
Be sure to read our in-depth report, The Future of Data-Driven Innovation.
February 10, 2014
You’ve been robbed. Your great-grandmother’s wedding ring that has been in your family for four generations is gone and your brand new flat-screen television is missing.
February 6, 2014
On the quiet corner of a small Texas strip mall this past month, a local Chinese eatery became the setting for a groundbreaking use of an everyday tool.
May 15, 2014
Chris Anderson at the MIT Technology Review recently looked at how farmers are deploying cheap, easy-to-use drones armed with cameras to fly over their fields.
January 22, 2014
When this emergency medical team looked at its data on heart attacks, they couldn't believe what they'd found.
January 9, 2014
Data fuels America’s economic engine, but few of us ever look under the hood. We’re usually content to leave its detailed workings alone while we go on consuming and producing endless streams of information.
January 6, 2014
Understanding the Big Data revolution through a new, must-read book.
January 2, 2014
Do zoning laws and permitting work too well?
December 16, 2013
What are the rites that mark a person’s passage from journeyman to master in a field?
November 15, 2013
We all hate traffic, especially the gridlock that simply appears out of nowhere.