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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 Putting People First
In safe hands
Clare Brass is the team leader of Sustain at the Royal College of Art in London, where she presides over a radical initiative to make sustainability a core issue...
From Putting People First
Morality, the next frontier in human-computer interaction
John Pavlus reflects in the MIT Technology Review on a short essay by Gary Marcus in the New Yorker about the ethical quandaries raised by Google’s driverless car...
From Putting People First
How Ford makes its cars smarter
In the fast-evolving world of connected cars, CTO Paul Mascarenas is bringing Detroit and Silicon Valley together to chart Ford’s path into the future. Brian Cooley...
From Putting People First
Intel’s UX research on touch interface usage and Ultrabooks
One of the more innovative studies to come along at Intel in regards to user experience and the Ultrabook is Daria Loi’s global survey of touch interface usage....
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 3 December 2012
Last week was about getting some professional development time. I spent two days at the Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference where I attended some good sessions...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Payment Data
It is suggested that the data associated with payment is more valuable than the any payment fees themselves. More. " .. Tomorrow: Payment Data Will Revolutionize...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Critics of Mobile Advertising
In GigaOM: Had not thought of all the issues brought up here. Certainly they are all in play to some degree, but there are not enough statistics to understand...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
“Tire Tracks” poster and brochure – “Continuing Innovation in Information Technology”
In 1995, the Computer Science & Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council published the first “Tire Tracks Diagram” – illustrating the complex interplay...
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Living on the Edge of Existence
Reading Jack Kerouac's Dharma Bums made me wonder whether my life should be more exciting. While exploring this, I had the following conversation. Martin: YouMe...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hypervoice from Hypertext
The next Internet Frontier? Wouldn't you like to have voice data searchable, findable and sharable, in any language? Imagine podcasts, speeches and voice consumer...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
2012 PCAST Review of NITRD – slides and webcast from public briefing
In December 2010, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) conducted an extensive review of the Federal Networking and Information...
From Geeking with Greg
Quick links
More of what caught my attention recently: Android now has 72.4% of the mobile market, up from 52.5% a year ago ([1]) Google's new Nexus 4 smartphone is in...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Less Computer
In Technology Review: Turning any surface into a computer interface with an augmented light bulb. I like the simplification.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bringing Healthcare Home
A topic close to home recently. I have now featured the technological aspects of this in several talks I have given. An opportunity to use new tech and social...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Start Small for Big Data
As in all efforts that deal with large and complex systems,it makes sense to start with simple problems. This HBR article does a good job in making the case. Obvious...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Staples Prints 3D
In CIO: Word that the office services store will start to print 3D items. A method promoting remote manufacture. This development could lead to the increasing...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Possible Squid Eyeball Found in Florida
It's the size of a softball. No sign of the squid it came from. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Data in Ohio
In Adage: More on the IBM Big Data and analytics center in Ohio.
From The Eponymous Pickle
DemandTec/IBM Shopper Insights
Our own enterprise was devoted to the art and science of being shopper centric. Decades of research allowed us to leverage that capability against the needs of...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson