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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 U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Library of Congress Announces New Mobile App for Braille and Audio Books
The Library of Congress announced today that its Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) system is going mobile with an app for Apple devices now available for...
From Computational Complexity
Crystal Math- What NUMB3RS and BREAKING BAD both get wrong
The TV show Numb3rs had as a premise that a GENIUS mathematician could help solve crimes. Is this true? I rather doubt you need a GENIUS- though of course some...
From Apophenia
eyes on the street or creepy surveillance?
This summer, with NSA scandal after NSA scandal, the public has (thankfully) started to wake up to issues of privacy, surveillance, and monitoring. We are living...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
The Purple Voice is Going Green
As I sit down to work on the November 2013 issue of the Voice newsletter, it occurs to me what a significant transformation this issue represents. The CSTA Voice...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Career Paths Shaped by Computing Innovations Fellowship
Last month, Google announced the recipients of its Summer 2013 Research Awards, and two former Computing Innovation Fellows (CIFellows) were among the winners:...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Europe and MOOC
European universities start to embrace online teaching and MOOC. " ... Several MOOC platforms have launched this year in Europe, and a consortium of open universities...
From The Eponymous Pickle
App for Oral Health
Procter & Gamble launches an app with Oral-B that promotes oral health. A novel use of the iPhone as sensor through its mic. Available on the iPhone store now...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USACM Provides Input On Next Version Of Open Government National Action Plan
As part of the Obama Administration’s Open Government Initiative, it released a National Action Plan in September 2011. Based in part on its progress on the first...
From Putting People First
When does quantity become quality? How to navigate big data
While “Big Data” is causing excitement in the IT and business sector, the practice and concept of data analysis is not unfamiliar to those coming from a UX research...
From Schneier on Security
Apple's iPhone Fingerprint Reader Successfully Hacked
Nice hack from the Chaos Computer Club: The method follows the steps outlined in this how-to with materials that can be found in almost every household: First,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Intellectual Xchange Network
See Chris Herbert's Intellectual XChange Network, been a while since I have mentioned them. I am a member. As a a journalist and expert I have covered conferences...
From Putting People First
Can Smarter Cities improve our quality of life?
Can information and technology improve the quality of life in cities? That seems a pretty fundamental question for the Smarter Cities movement to address. There...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tesco Does Tablets with the Hudl
Reported in the BBC: A remarkable new step, World class retailer Tesco enters the Tablet market. They have been a long time leader in retail technology, but this...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Intuit Heads to the Aisle with Aislebuyer
Late to this one, but thought I would close the books on my coverage of the in retail-buying system Aislebuyer, developed by my former colleague Andrew Paradise...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smart Meters and the Grid
In the WSJ: Learning from the use of smart meters. Very good overview of what they are and the opportunity of their inclusion in the grid system. We participated...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Let's Bundle Bloated Big Social
Makes much sense. Was just thinking about this effect. Good discussion to start. While I use Facebook primarily for family and friend communications, many...
From Schneier on Security
NSA Job Opening
The NSA is looking for a Civil Liberties & Privacy Officer. It appears to be an internal posting. The NSA Civil Liberties & Privacy Officer (CLPO) is conceived...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Sponsored Content
In AdAge: How news organizations will work with sponsored content. Sponsored content has existed for a long time. But now it become less clear who is sponsoring...
From Putting People First
Does digital age overcomplicate design?
Alice Rawsthorn, design critic of the New York Times, argues that too many products use complexity to mask their flaws. “Designing self-explanatory products is...
From The Eponymous Pickle