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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
Mapping the World
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are an old interest of mine. They were used in the enterprise a number of times. Integrity Logic provides a nice view ofShuttle...
From Putting People First
The Apparatgeist calls
How you use your mobile phone has long reflected where you live. But the spirit of the machines may be wiping away cultural differences, claims The Economist. The...
From Putting People First
Now even medical doctors are launching design firms
Jay Parkinson, MD, MPH, is a doctor in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, who uses his experience in both clinical and preventive medicine to design consumer experiences and...
From Putting People First
Free yourself from oppression by technology
That new phone or laptop may be giving you a warm glow, but beware a stealth attack on your happiness, warns Yair Amichai-Hamburger in The New Scientist. “Our lifestyles...
From Putting People First
Mobiles offer new view of reality
The BBC thinks that Augmented reality (AR) “is set to explode” this year. “Futurologist Ian Pearson predicts an explosion of such services next year. “I’m surprised...
From Putting People First
Seeing customers as partners in innovation
A freelance writer reports for the New York Times on 3M Company
From Putting People First
A thank you to our web service provider Aventure Host
On December 31st 2009 we finished the process of moving our websites and our mail services to Italy. Since the beginning of our company, we had hosted our websites...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft Patents EMG Controller
From Engadget: Not sure of the appropriateness of the patent application, but I like the continuing work at trying to find replacements for ways to control the...
From My Biased Coin
How Much Grading Should Professors Do?
One of the outcomes of the Harvard budget crisis is that the budget for Teaching Assistants has been brought into line. At Harvard, we've been ridiculously spoiled...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Being Digital
How appropriate of me to read a book on technology from 15 years ago after the decade that I think was the most exciting comes to a close. The funny thing is that...
From The Noisy Channel
Search Questions for 2010: What
Happy New Year to the Noisy Community and everyone else in virtual earshot! I hope everyone is entering 2010 well-rested and ready for great things. And I don’t...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Open Web of Books
A plan to build an open web of books. ' ... The Internet Archive has unveiled their ambitious project called BookServer, which will allow users to find, buy, or...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-01-02
Harsh lessons we may need to learn again "The first lesson is that markets are not self-correcting. Indeed, without adequate regulation...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cutting the Analog Landlines
Are we at an end of an era? ' ... AT&T told the FCC that the death of landlines is a matter of when , not if, and asked that a firm deadline be set for pulling...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Ski Mask
You probably can't walk into a bank wearing this.
From Michael Nielsen
Biweekly links for 01/01/2010
Marginal Revolution: Asteroid Deflection as a Public Good “In Modern Principles we use asteroid deflection as our example of a public good. Aside from memorability...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Evangelism
Dave Knox relates some good Guy Kawasaki quotes on Evangelism. Also links to Seth Godin's new book available as ebook online: What Matters Now.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Visualizing the Universe
Visualizing the universe as we know it, emphasizing sheer scale with inspiration from the powers-of-ten view. I like understanding scale, but there is so much more...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What Should We Teach Software Developers
The great thing about having the career and credentials that Bjarne Stroustrup has is that he can talk about the “Emperor’s clothing” with out people saying “you...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science