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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
A Refrigerator is a Peripheral
We experimented widely with the network in the 'future home'. As part of that effort we visited Microsoft's future home. I was never impressed with how much they...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Katie Salen's Take on How Games Can Change Education
Don't shoot the player while they're learning. It's one of the keys to good game design as spoken by a veteran of the field, and adopted by Katie Salen in therecent...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neuromarketing Science and Business Association
Newly formed group I was informed of by Steve Sands: The Neuromarketing Science & Business Association (NMSBA) is the global trade association for all those engaged...
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Shopping App and Product Discovery
In GigaOM: A key aspect of in store applications. It drives the potential of pointing out new products to the user. " ... in its first survey of performance...
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Headphones in the Workplace
An HBR article on the effect of wearing headphones in the Workplace. Largely, a view that suggests that the inability to capture random and casual information...
From Computational Complexity
Is Moore's Law Good for CS?
Roy Friedman writes a blog post on The Expected End of Moore
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF, NIH to Hold Webinar on Big Data Solicitation
Late last month, the Administration unveiled a $200 million Big Data R&D Initiative, committing new funding to improve “our ability to extract knowledge and insights...
From Schneier on Security
JCS Chairman Sows Cyberwar Fears
Army General Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said: A cyber attack could stop our society in its tracks. Gadzooks. A scared populace...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 30 April 2012
Home again! A lot of traveling the last two weeks but I
From The Eponymous Pickle
PARC Emphasizes Business Models
I have mentioned a number of times we actively worked with PARC. We sought them out to better understand changes in some of the technologies they pioneered. ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tableau in Cincinnati
There will a meeting about Tableau data visualization software in downtown Cincinnati on May 31, starting at 2:30 PM. More details and registration here.
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SAP and Predictive Analytics
Not unexpected given the increasing need for analytics, via Doug Lautzenheizer,SAP says there are five things you need to understand about predictive analytics:...
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Moore's Law Survives
Have read about the imminent demise of Moore's law for some time. Now development of new chip designs by Intel seem to say it will survive longer yet. " ... Moore...
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Putting Hotspots in Pavement
When building our first innovation center I remember the difficulty of getting the space adequately wired among all the store shelves. This and other issues had...
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Science of Humor
Mind Hacks on the science of humor. Another example of non conscious reaction. And what better engagement for retail than laughter? How can this result purchasing...
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Expert Integrated Systems
A short video by IBM Research on integrated expert systems. Insightful thoughts I agree with. " ... Why expert integrated systems? " ... An IBM Research perspective...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Fun is to Entertainment as Education is to Training
How often have you heard a teacher say something to the effect that their job is not to entertain? My guess is pretty often. I know I have heard it a lot. Teachers...
From Schneier on Security
Vote for Liars and Outliers
Actionable Books is having a vote to determine which of four books to summarize on their site. If you are willing, please go there and vote for Liars and Outliers...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brain Responses and Neuroeconomics
In Science Daily: Neuroeconomics: Studying Brain Responses Gives Marketers Increased Ability to Predict How People Make DecisionsScienceDaily (Apr. 24, 2012)...
From The Eponymous Pickle