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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 Daniel Lemire's Blog
Big-O notation and real-world performance
Classical Newtonian mechanics is always mathematically consistent. However, Newtonian mechanics assumes that bodies move without friction and that we stay far from...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Matchbox Computing
Very small computers Complete computing systems the size of credit cards. or smaller. Was looked at for possible sensor duty. But once you could communicateRaspberry...
From The Eponymous Pickle
GE Makes Short Films On Big Data
In AdAge: An unusual approach to make the case: " ... GE Makes Short Films In Tiny Town About Big Data ... Company Looks to Illustrate the Industrial Internet...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Macy's RFID Rollout Plans
A long running project for improving inventory control at Macy's with RFID tagging. An update on their progress: " ... That inventory accuracy will indeed beHarrison...
From Schneier on Security
More NSA Code Names
We don't know what they mean, but there are a bunch of NSA code names on LinkedIn profiles. ANCHORY, AMHS, NUCLEON, TRAFFICTHIEF, ARCMAP, SIGNAV, COASTLINE, DISHFIRE...
From Putting People First
How is ‘experience’ valued in the sharing economy?
How do you buy or sell something so abstract as an “experience”? And what is it worth? That’s not an idle question for companies in the sharing economy. The experience...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Rough Problems
Some problems on which we cannot even get in the zone Rough on Ruff source Lindy Ruff was recently named coach of the Dallas Stars in the National Hockey League...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tagtal Touchscreen Copying Stylus
Happened on a capability on the IdeaConnection site. Tagtal is a stylus that lets you copy from one touch surface to another, " ... "digital dropper", isA...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smart Diapers
In the NYT: A Digital Diaper that tracks infants health. Reminds me of the 'smart toilet' idea pioneered in Japan. Had not heard this specifically talked about...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Creative Mobile Ad Strategies
In Venturebeat:" ... Engaging mobile brand fans through social channels such as Instagram or by offering mobile games are some of the strategies brands are using...
From Schneier on Security
The NSA's Project SHAMROCK
Nice history of Project SHAMROCK, the NSA's illegal domestic surveillance program from the 1970s. It targeted telegrams.
From The Eponymous Pickle
China's Generation 2 Consumer
In McKinsey: The rise of the generation 2 consumer in China. We actively built agent based simulation models of the Chinese consumer. These findings could be...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Should computer scientists run experiments?
Jeffrey Ullman, a famous computer science professor, published an essay pushing back about the need to run experiments in computer science. Apparently, some conference...
From The Eponymous Pickle
July/August 2013 Analytics Magazine
Always interesting Analytics magazine is worth following, here are the key articles, but there is much more there:Executive Edge: What Makes a Good Data Scientist...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hurdles to Analytics
Hurdles in pursuit of analytics. Mostly obvious, but good to review." .. Organizations are enticed with the potential benefits offered by data analytics, but many...
From The Eponymous Pickle
5th Screen and McCormick
I had mentioned a company we worked with in our innovation centers: 5th Screen. Had reason to look at some of the work they have done with McCormick spices ina...
From Schneier on Security
Musing on Secret Languages
This is really interesting. It starts by talking about a "cant" dictionary of 16th-century thieves' argot, and ends up talking about secret languages in general...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Educator Interview: Doug Bergman
Today’s interview is with Doug Bergman from Charleston SC. I first met Doug through the Microsoft Partners in Learning program. Listening to him has been influential...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Teaching IT Skills Online
Training online has been done for a long time, but now the emergence of MOOC (Massive, Open, Online Courses) has made it easier yet to deliver training with more...
From The Eponymous Pickle