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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
Social Media Law
A good overview piece in E-Commerce Times on recent developments in social media law.
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-11-10
Belgian Court recognises CC licences Important progress here for Creative Commons. The more case law that upholds CC licences the better. (tags: creativecommons...
From Schneier on Security
Securing the Washington Monument
Good article on security options for the Washington Monument: Unfortunately, the bureaucratic gears are already grinding, and what will be presented to the public...
From Wild WebMink
? Wednesday Tab Sweep
Belgian Court recognises CC licences Important progress here for Creative Commons. The more case law that upholds CC licences the better. iFixit: The free repair...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Microsoft Technology Associate Certifications Revisited
Last July I wrote about the Microsoft Technology Associate program and I thought it was time to revisit that program. I have some additional information to post...
From Wild WebMink
Community Escrow
My essay on Community Escrow, one of the differentiating features of open source software, is now available in the Essays section.
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Neuroscience Blog
Mind Hacks informs us of what looks to be a new and useful neuroscience blog: Brain Detectives. " ... This fall I became the writer-in-residence at the Montreal...
From Schneier on Security
Crowdsourcing Surveillance
Internet Eyes is a U.K. startup designed to crowdsource digital surveillance. People pay a small fee to become a "Viewer." Once they do, they can log onto the site...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Metaio's Augmented Press
For those interested in the topic of augmented reality, I suggest subscribing to Metaio's Augmented Press Newsletter. Largely commerical examples that Metaio is...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Don't Need this Internet Thing
A significant percentage of US homes don't see the need for the Internet. Ars Technica reports on a US Commerce department survey/study. Highly surprising.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Opportunities in Shopper Marketing Grow
The GMA has reported in a recent study that shopper marketing (aka merchandising) is booming. More in a recent Progressive grocer article. " ... 83% of CPG companies...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Procter Looks for a Billion with India Healthcare Startup
An interesting development showing P&G's interest in healthcare delivery. " ... Healthpoint Services is a small startup with a big goal: transforming rural healthcare...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brain-Computer Interfaces and Daydreams
Is it possible to eavesdrop on a daydream? Is this a byproduct of the long awaited brain computer interface. In IEEE Spectrum.
From Computational Complexity
A Breakthrough Circuit Lower Bound
On October 8th, when in my graduate complexity course as we discussed the 1987 Razborov-Smolensky result that one can't compute the Modp by constant-depth polynomial...
From Schneier on Security
Kahn, Diffie, Clark, and Me at Bletchley Park
Saturday, I visited Bletchley Park to speak at the Annual ACCU Security Fundraising Conference. They had a stellar line of speakers this year, and I was pleased...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How Does Kinect Work?
Chances are you have heard about the Kinect for Xbox 360 which lets you play games without a controller. The Kinect is a full body motion sensing device that lets...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Consultants Building Apps
Quite interesting piece in ReadWriteWeb. Consulting is by its nature a complex and expensive venture. It can price itself out of the needs it seeks to deliver...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Public funding for science?
Terence Kealey has been arguing against public funding of science. Is it efficient to fund science with government dollars? He argues that when science is mostly...
From The Eponymous Pickle