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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 Female Perspective of Computer Science
Is Kinect Doomed to Casual Gaming?
Dance Central by Harmonix appears to be one of the better Kinect launch titles (some say the best). I'm personally very excited about getting it for my birthday...
From Schneier on Security
The Constitutionality of Full-Body Scanners
Jeffrey Rosen opines: Although the Supreme Court hasn't evaluated airport screening technology, lower courts have emphasized, as the U.S. Court of Appeals forThe...
From Putting People First
Understanding communities through ethnography
Digital marketing expert Dhiren Shingadia interviewed ethnographer and technology researcher Tricia Wang to learn how ethnography can provide new insights for companies...
From Putting People First
The Absent Peer
Sebastian Greger, social interaction designer, internet sociologist and post-graduate student at the Media Lab of the Aalto University School of Art and Design...
From Wild WebMink
? Crowdsource is not open source
I’ve heard a few conversations in the last week treating open source interchangeably with crowdsourcing. Despite sounding the same they are very different, and...
From Wild WebMink
? Hidden Motives
Intellectual Property Appears to Figure Prominently In Wikileaks Cablegate Michael Geist shrewdly observes that, far from being the exclusive domain of military...
From Putting People First
Interview with Motorola UX designer Hwang Sung-gul
The Korean partner newspaper of the International Herald Tribune today published an interview with Hwang Sung-gul, the creative designer of mobile devices at Motorola...
From Schneier on Security
Mohamed Osman Mohamud
I agree with Glenn Greenwald. I don't know if it's an actual terrorist that the FBI arrested, or if it's another case of entrapment. All of the information about...
From Putting People First
Collaborative design strategies for community technology
Organizations designing for marginalized populations have many design approaches to inform their efforts to enact lasting change. Some are adapted from first-world...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Artificial Intelligence and Game Programming
Recently the Advanced Placement Computer Science mailing list had an exchange looking for ideas/suggestions for games that students could program artificial indolence...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Universal In Box
In Technology Review, news that Nokia is developing a universal in-box that will collect messages from many smartphone Apps. Is this a good idea? Sometimes, but...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Why do we need database joins?
In a recent post, I argued that the current NoSQL trend could be called NoJoin. My argument boils down to the fact that SQL entices you to normalize your data which...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neuromarketing Beyond Copy Testing: Sensory in Retail Context
This is the kind of research we continued to look at in the innovation center. How do shoppers actually interact non-consciously with complex environments like...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Earth 6 Introduced
Google LatLong provides an overview of Google Earth 6. Based on this, the new update appears to be quite impressive. I have a particular interest in Historical...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Executive Social Media
Alison Bolen of SASCom writes about a executive meeting in Las Vegas sponsored by SAS, links to a video of the the panel discussion on social media. Good piece...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Can We Engineer the Supply Chain?
Yes you can, and I did it for years in the enterprise. From the Supply Chain Digest, by Dan Gilmore a look at the new book: Operation Rules: Delivering Customer...
From Schneier on Security
Zoo Security
From a study on zoo security: Among other measures, the scientists recommend not allowing animals to walk freely within the zoo grounds, and ensuring there is...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Call for CCC Council Nominations
The Computing Community Consortium today issued a call for nominations for individuals to serve on the CCC Council for the next three years.
From Putting People First
The experience design of a Japanese zoo
A couple of weeks ago the Design Center Busan (in Busan, South Korea) organised its first International Design Congress. The speakers featured not only the writer...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM