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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How is Computer Science NOT a 21st Century Skill
I had to do this. I really did. I am so tired of schools claiming that they are teaching 21st century skills (what ever that means) but not offering a computer...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Total Quality Mangagement
Another topic that has seen less talk lately: Total quality Management. Here in the Smart KPIs Blog. "... Total Quality Management – a means for improvement ....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smart Textiles
In ComputingNow: A topic we explored, being a garment care industry, but have not heard much about recently:" ... Current technology supports only special-purpose...
From Schneier on Security
More on Stuxnet
Ralph Langer has written the definitive analysis of Stuxnet: short, popular version, and long, technical version. Stuxnet is not really one weapon, but two. The...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Are regular folks doomed?
I have been telling all my colleagues about Cowen’s latest book: The average is over. I really enjoyed the book. Cowen goes on in his new book to explain that regular...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Improving Mobile Marketing
In Mashable: Thoughtful piece about the behavior of the consumer while mobile. What more data do we need to gather to do useful analytics? " ... When it comes...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ford and the Internet of Everything
Good piece from the Cisco Blog on how Ford is working with the Internet of Everything. Good explanation because we are all acquainted with the context of our use...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Survival Analysis
A method I rarely had cause to use in my career, but good to know about. Peter Flom does a good job of explaining. " ... when the dependent variable is time Straightforward...
From Putting People First
Design Week reflects on the business potential of service design
Design Week investigates a new wave of service design proponants who are helping to embed design in big brands. Taking the two-day Service Design Global Conference...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tamagotchi to Re Hatch in 2014
Hard to believe it was over seventeen years ago, then we examined the Tamagotchi by Bandai 'pets' as a means to connect with consumers. They were a true craze...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
FTC Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Patent Assertion Entity Study
The Federal Trade Commission has extended the deadline for public comments on its proposed study of patent assertion entities (PAEs) until Monday, December 16,...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
New Federal Regulations Require Accessible Airline Websites and Kiosks
New federal regulations by the U.S. Department of Transportation require airlines to make their websites and airport kiosks more accessible for people with disabilities...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Getting and Keeping Computer Science Teachers in K-12
With the recent publication of the new CSTA report Bugs in the System: Computer Science Teacher Certification in the U.S. CSTA has shone another white hot spotlight...
From Geeking with Greg
Game Maven: Learn to code by writing games
I just launched Game Maven from Crunchzilla. It’s a new interactive tutorial -- part of the series that includes Code Monster and Code Maven -- that is a step-by...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Finding Things at Lowe's
Not a new thing. Using an App to find things in a complex space like Retail. We examined this, starting with kiosk systems. But I like the implication that things...
From The Eponymous Pickle
International Institute for Analytics
Brought to my attention by Joe Sunderman, who I had the pleasure to talk to yesterday about my view of analytics. The International Institute for Analytics. ...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Introductory Computer Science is Second Most Popular Course at Harvard
On November, 26, 2013, Michael Farrell writes in The Boston Globe about the great change which is occurring on Harvard University’s campus, with regard to Computer...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Innovation Request: Food Monitoring
A client has asked me to provide this link more publicity, from Ideaconnection, which connects innovations to product needs: " ... Technology Wanted: Consumer...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On A/B Testing and Better Experimental Design
In Wired: On the well known method of A/B testing. It is one of the simplest experimental designs, but is sometimes not good enough. A example of the model...
From The Eponymous Pickle