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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
Wi-Fi Enabled Services in Retail
Interesting post in the Cisco Blog. Consider the potential for added services in retail contexts. " ... That situation is changing through the growing availability...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
The 25 Year Commitment to Making a Computer Scientist
CSEdWeek continues to roll along with events in schools, districts, community centers, and businesses and computer science educators continue to play a critical...
From The Eponymous Pickle
TIBCO Spotfire for Developers
Brought to my attention. TIBCO Spotfire for Developers by Manuel XavierLooks to be of interest, have yet to see any book on Spotfire, which we used for Business...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Qualcomm Gimbal for Location Detection
More on another ability to detect, track and engage people in physical retail settings. Qualcomm's Gimbal. With similarities to Apple's iBeacon. Another quickly...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NIH Names Dr. Philip E. Bourne First Associate Director for Data Science
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the formal appointment of Dr. Philip E. Bourne as the First Associate Director for Data Science at the Institutes...
From Schneier on Security
NSA Spying on Online Gaming Worlds
The NSA is spying on chats in World of Warcraft and other games. There's lots of information -- and a good source document. While it's fun to joke about the NSA...
From The Eponymous Pickle
R Extracting Data from Google Analytics
Specifically using R. A good case study for using R as well." ... How to extract custom data from Google AnalyticsYou can use a programming language like R to...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
That Is Not My Name
My first major in college was Sociology. I did finish it along with a second major in Systems Analysis (few CS majors existed back in the dark ages) and to some...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
A Negative Impossibility Theorem
A positive result on clustering Ravi Kannan is a long-time friend, a brilliant theorist, and a wonderful speaker. He has won numerous awards, including the Fulkerson...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Grace Hopper at 107
I see that it is the 107th anniversary of computer Pioneer Grace Hopper's birth. I wrote about my brief encounter with her while I was working at the Pentagon,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Supreme Court to Decide on Software Patents
Reuters: Need this, finally. Lets hope for some sanity" ... The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to rule on the divisive issue of what kinds of software are eligible...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neurogames are here
Correspondent Ron Wright, President / CEO Sands Research Inc. writes:Dear Neuromarketing DG Member:Just a quick note to alert you that I have set up a new Discussion...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Memories are Geotagged
In KurzweilAI: Memories may be geotagged with spatial information about the location where the information was acquired. Applications to retail engagement?"...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Is programming as cool as basketball?
Some of the best job prospects are in the software industry. Programming as a career has several benefits worth considering: though not stellar, the pay can be...
From My Biased Coin
Lesson of the Day
Saturday I took two of my daughters to see a musical at Harvard. Amazingly, in the small theater, we were in front of a pair of students who seemed intent on talking...
From The Eponymous Pickle
TDWI Conference Live
Following is interesting, there are a number of ways to connect to it without being there. Nice Oppurtunity. I am following.TDWI World Conference Videos,Live...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Revolution
Imagine a world without shops or factoriesWhen you are in the middle of a torrent of change, innovation eclipsing innovation, it can be hard to know what is passing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Using Mind Control in Medicine, Manufacturing.
In KurzweilAI: Mind control of systems and devices. . It has been around for a long time. With various levels of imprecision. But it is now moving quickly and...
From Schneier on Security
Bitcoin Explanation
This is the best explanation of the Bitcoin protocol that I have read.
From Computational Complexity