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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 The Eponymous Pickle
New Neuroscience Consultancy
Rafal Ohme, a former colleague in neuromarketing applications, has started a London based consultancy. There will be more here as I get to talk to them. FromMrWeb...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Interactive Storytelling: Slides from CUSEC 2013
Here are my slides from yesterday's talk at CUSEC 2013. There are normally embedded videos in the slides; this version links to the videos online instead. Interactive...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data to Predicted Events and Decisions
Can the future be predicted by tracking Twitter? A government project that addresses this. In a recent post I mentioned work that I have been tracking track and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ads Based on Mood and Body Language
Ads and emotion. A popular thought in the media these days. Technology companies are thinking about it as well: " ... In an application filed in December 2010...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Microsoft Achieve 2013: EduTech Family Summits
A friend asked me to pass this along so I am doing so. I’m hoping to make the event in Boston (Boston – January 26, 2013 Register now!) which is coming up soonMicrosoft...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Zakta is on the Technology List to Watch
I have long followed Zakta's approach for collaborative search and enabling social intelligence. I see they have been declared one of the ten technology companies...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Game Design Competition: The National STEM Video Game Challenge
Competitions engage students, build excitement, and can push CS learning to higher levels. Here is an opportunity to enthuse your students with a competition using...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tide Pods to Roll Worldwide
Announced in the local press. Tide Pods to go global. I mention this because I was involved in early research in this area of discontinuous innovation, which...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Past and Near Future of Wearable Computing
I recently mentioned our own enterprise experimentation with wearable computing for maintenance tasks. Consumer oriented wearables are gaining excitement from...
From Schneier on Security
Man-in-the-Middle Attacks Against Browser Encryption
Last week, a story broke about how Nokia mounts man-in-the-middle attacks against secure browser sessions. The Finnish phone giant has since admitted that it decrypts...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Agility as Part of the Process
Thinking more about retail bookstores. An article in the HBR online about keeping agility as part of your process. It may cost to do that, but in a volatile world...
From Putting People First
World’s “tech elite” named to interaction design board
From the press release: Today the Interaction Design Foundation, the IDF, has announced its new executive board. The executive board includes Donald Norman; Bill...
From Putting People First
Living the Quantified Self life
Festooned with digital accessories that track everything from his heart rate to his footsteps to his sleep patterns, Vanity Fair writer James Wolcott has plugged...
From Putting People First
Interview with Catalina Naranjo-Bock, UX design researcher
This week Danielle Arad interviewed Catalina Naranjo-Bock, UX design researcher, on key UX issues that are trending today in technology. Catalina is a hybrid user...
From Schneier on Security
Essay on FBI-Mandated Backdoors
Good essay by Matt Blaze and Susan Landau.
From Computational Complexity
Rise of the Engineer
I rarely watch TV commercials anymore but its NFL playoff time and during a game last weekend, the following Ford commercial caught my eye. When not showing...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Back To The Classroom
The last few months have been interesting as I’ve been looking at different career options. One of the things I realized right away was that I missed teaching.Bishop...
From The Eponymous Pickle
OpenField Creative Dynamic Media Delivery
A former colleague of mine Scott Frondorf pointed me to his new company: OpenField Creative. We worked together on gamification concepts. They have a great set...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Last Big Bookseller
Excellent detailed article in Knowledge @ Wharton: Under Strategic Management:Barnes & Noble, the Last Big Bookseller Standing: But for How Long? After a disappointing...
From The Eponymous Pickle