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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 Wild WebMink
OSS2012 Keynote
What’s driving open source in 2012? I presented a keynote address at OSS2012, the 8th International Conference on Open Source Systems this morning. My talk, entitled...
From Computational Complexity
Some quantum Stuff
Two quantum announcements (emailed to me by Umesh Vazirani, and produced here almost exactly) and then some thoughts of mine quantum computing. Announcement one...
From Schneier on Security
New Attack Against Chip-and-Pin Systems
Well, new to us: You see, an EMV payment card authenticates itself with a MAC of transaction data, for which the freshly generated component is the unpredictable...
From Putting People First
From design fiction to experiential futures
In honor of its Ten-year Anniversary, the Association of Professional Futurists (yes, they exist!) launched its first publication, The Future of Futures. Edited...
From Putting People First
Peter Merholz on Reframing 'UX Design'
Peter Merholz, a UX thinker and practitioner whom I have always held in high esteem, has written a well thought through blog post on reframing UX design. The two...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Decision Cockpit Detailed
P&G's CIO Filippo Passerini provides some detail about P&G's long in development Decision Cockpit, the brains behind the Business Sphere information delivery approach...
From Putting People First
Intel conversations about the future
Intel dabbles in science fiction, titles ReadWriteWeb. On Monday, they write, Intel debuted a book of science fiction stories. Dubbed Imaging the Future And Building...
From Putting People First
The bling approach to the school of the future
Recently I have been exploring developments on the impact of new technologies on the future of education, particularly in high schools. The latest trend in education...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
New School Year Brings New Round of “CS Bits & Bytes”
With the start of the 2012-13 school year, the National Science Foundation (NSF) yesterday released the first issue of the second volume of CS Bits & Bytes, focusing...
From Schneier on Security
Security at the 9/11 WTC Memorial
There's a lot: Advance tickets are required to enter this public, outdoor memorial. To book them, you’re obliged to provide your home address, email address, and...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Are You The Best Part Of A Student’s Day/
Yesterday is used a quote from an educator friend of mine that “I may be the best thing that happens in my students and my staff's lives that day. I can handle...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of September 10
Congress has returned from its August break, and will attempt to get a little work done before it breaks for fall campaigning in early October. September 12 Hearing...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Yes I’m Still Excited about Computer Science
It’s the start of a new school year and a new chapter in my life. I thought I would report this from about a year ago. The short version is that 38 years after...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Maintenance
Old approaches to maintenance doesn't work any more. A predictive maintenance in a smarter planet. A favorite topic of mine, including context in prediction:...
From Wild WebMink
Tweetlog for September 10, 2012
Some cool demo shots of Lytro’s refocussable photos: Lytro http://t.co/DBUj0phy September 10, 2012 at 09:02AM - – - – - Chill out. Watch some clouds drift by http...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tabeo: A Child Focused Tablet
In CIO: Not sure I agree. Why not just have a collection of Apps aimed at the child? Yet I imagine it will engage the parent that is not comfortable with the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Understanding People and Places with Photos
In Queue: Was discussed this today in an enterprise innovation lunch, relating photos to reality. I have worked in this space before, and it deserves a better...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Will tablets kill PCs?
I have always been a fan of the personal computer. I worked all summer once to buy myself a cloned PC XT. I probably would not be a computer science researcher...
From My Biased Coin
Happiness Is...
NSF saying yes to your grant... (Isn't that one of the lyrics?)Once again, thanks to the NSF, I get to remain in business* for the next 3-4 years or so. (Arguably...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog