Communications of the ACM
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June 2022
From insideHPC
Final Aurora Learning Paths Training Module to Be Held June 8
This Aurora Learning Paths training series continues on Wednesday, June 8, 1:30-3:30 Central Time, with a module focused on using Data Parallel Python to advance code development for the ALCF’s upcoming Aurora system. The session…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Advanced Quantum Computer Made Available To The Public For First Time
Mentioned here previously, more detail accessible here
Advanced Quantum Computer Made Available To The Public For First Time By Admin On Jun 5, 2022 in Govirall
A computer capable of quantum supremacy — proving supremacy over…From Putting People First
[Book] Everyday Automation
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The first book to take an interdisciplinary and international approach to understanding how our everyday lives are being affected by automated decision-making.
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Intelligent Crypto Thesis
Don't understand this as yet, but reaching out.
Opinion Essay
AI and machine learning will usher in new forms of digital assets from intelligent NFTs to self-determining DeFi protocols. This essay is part of CoinDesk's 'Big…From The Eponymous Pickle
Turning Towards the Super-earths
What will we see?
Astronomers Prepare to Turn Webb Telescope Toward Nearby Super-Earths By Ryan Whitwam on May 31, 2022 at 6:15 am
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been in space for about six months, which is just a…From Putting People First
[Book] Emerging Technologies / Life at the Edge of the Future
Emerging Technologies / Life at the Edge of the Future invites us to think forward from our present moment of planetary, public and everyday crisis, through the prism of emerging technologies.
From Putting People First
[Book] Design Ethnography
This book advances the practice and theory of design ethnography. It presents a methodologically adventurous and conceptually robust approach to interventional and ethical research design, practice and engagement.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Eavesdropping on the Brain
New directions on understanding the brain and how it operates
Eavesdropping on the Brain with 10,000 Electrodes
Exponential growth comes to neural implants
BARUN DUTTA 28 MAY 2022 in Spectrum IEEE
IMAGINE A PORTABLE computer…From insideHPC
NVIDIA InfiniBand Adaptive Routing Technology
In this white paper, "NVIDIA InfiniBand Adaptive Routing Technology,"we’ll look at how adaptive routing from NVIDIA plays such an important role, eliminating congestion and increasing data center performance. High-performance…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Multi-Tasking Wearable Continuously Monitors Glucose, Alcohol, Lactate
New kinds of Health monitors
ACM TECHNEWS
Multi-Tasking Wearable Continuously Monitors Glucose, Alcohol, Lactate
By UC San Diego News Center, May 13, 2022
The device, about the size of a stack of six quarters, is applied to the skin…From The Eponymous Pickle
3D Printing in War
New uses for 3D Printing continue to surprise me
Ukrainian Volunteers Use 3D Printers to Save Lives They churn out bandages and periscopes for fighters on the frontlines manufactured and supplied a number of 3D-printed products…From The Eponymous Pickle
Controlling Computers with the Mind
Another long time look at computer mind control
The Man Who Controls Computers With His Mind
By The New York Times, May 16, 2022
Only a few dozen people on the planet have had neural interfaces embedded in their cortical tissueOn…From The Eponymous Pickle
Asimov Institute
I was reminded of this group:
Asimov Institute Artificial Creativity & Constraint
We are a non-profit AI research inst: itute that explores the relation between deep learning and creativity. The Asimov Institute publishes…From The Eponymous Pickle
Office to Combine people and Robots
Whats the meaning of design here? Having just read James Dyson's bio recently makes me wonder. Lots of prototypes to be tested in context? Nature of the work? Is this the ideal time to bring people back to work?
Futuristic…From The Eponymous Pickle
Companies in Need of Supply Chain Software
Seeing new issues in the space.
Companies Are on a Shopping Spree for Supply Chain Software in SuplychainBrain
Podcast, disussion.
The wallets are open: Companies are investing heavily in software for optimizing the supply chain…From The Eponymous Pickle
Back to Work
Now seeing the direction spreading, here reported in the BBC
Tesla boss Elon Musk has ordered staff to return to the office full-time, declaring that working remotely is no longer acceptable.
The new policy was shared in emails…From The Eponymous Pickle
Going Sensorless
Very interesting direction.
Ditching sensors for streamlined control of microdevices by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
The ability to precisely control the position and movement of miniature devices is being…From Computational Complexity
Does the Social Media Law in Texas affect theory bloggers?
A new law in Texas states that any social media sites that has at least 50 million subscribers a month cannot ban anyone (its more nuanced than that, but that's the drift).
(I wrote this before the Supreme courts blocked thehere…From The Eponymous Pickle
Bruce Schneier on the Broken Internet
Good piece worth reading by Bruce Schneier:
" ..Back in November 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, ... gave a virtual talk at the International Symposium on Technology and Society: “The Story of the Internet and How…From The Eponymous Pickle
Taser Armed Drones for Defending Schools?
But no development is underway. ....
Firm proposes Taser-armed drones to stop school shootings by Matt O'brien and Michael Balsamo In TechExplore
Taser developer Axon said this week it is working to build drones armed withThe…From The Eponymous Pickle
Is Gato Approaching an AGI?
Saw this mentioned. Gato/DeepMind push us towards AGI ( Artificial General Intelligence) Does not seem to be close as yet, but is it the right direction? Still think no, not even close, but surely some experiments are under…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Quick Guide to AI Law and Regulation
AI TECH POLICY
A quick guide to the most important AI law you’ve never heard of
The European Union is planning new legislation aimed at curbing the worst harms associated with artificial intelligence.
By Melissa Heikkilä, archive…From The Eponymous Pickle
Video Games Might Make Kids Smarter?
Not the games I have seen them play, here some interesting results.
Boomer Humor Was Wrong: Video Games Might Make Kids Smarter in Extremetech
By Jessica Hall on May 25, 2022 at 3:13 pm
“TV will rot your brain!” We’ve all heardThe…From The Eponymous Pickle
What Is So Great about Quantum Computing?
Good thoughts out of NIST. Note thoughts about measurement.
What Is So Great about Quantum Computing? By National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST
June 2, 2022
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)"Measurement…From The Eponymous Pickle
LEGO Expands to More Software Engineering
Lego to Expand Online Ambitions by Tripling Total of Software Engineers, By Financial Times. May 10, 2022
Lego’s biggest announced digital project is a partnership with Epic, the maker of the Fortnite game, to develop a so-called…From Putting People First
Special issue on machine anthropology
Bringing together a motley crew of social scientists and data scientists, the aim of this special theme issue of Big Data & Society is to explore what an integration or even fusion between anthropology and data science might…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Scammers on Crypto
Passed on to me ...
Reports show scammers cashing in on crypto craze from ftc.gov By Emma Fletcher
From Super Bowl ads to Bitcoin ATMs, cryptocurrency seems to be everywhere lately. Although it’s yet to become a mainstream…From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Bans Deepfake Training on Colab
Why not be able to create deepfakes for testing the concept? Shouldn't it be banned for the improper use of the idea? Something valuable could come out of a way to experiment.
Google Bans Deepfake Training on Colab By Adrianna…From The Eponymous Pickle
Seeing How Odor Is Processed in the Brain
Worked with the use of Odors for consumer interaction. Never went far, now a breakthrough? Very interesting details.
From ACM TechNews | June 3, 2022
FROM ACM TECHNEWS
Researchers created an odor delivery device, then used machine…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Based Gun Image Detection
Useful in todays world. False positives? Easy concealment?
Oxford High Turned to AI to Detect Weapons After Shooting
By The Detroit News, June 2, 2022
Oxford High School in Michigan has been testing artificial intelligence (AI)…