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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
Swarm Intelligence
We were introduced to the concept of swarm intelligence by the Santa Fe Institute. Here they link to a video using the common example of ants. Individually simple...
From Schneier on Security
Revenge Effects of Too-Safe Playground Equipment
Sometimes too much security isn't good. After observing children on playgrounds in Norway, England and Australia, Dr. Sandseter identified six categories of risky...
From Computational Complexity
Why did 1+1=2 take Russell and Whitehead 300 pages?
In my post about the myth that Logicians are crazy I mentioned in passing that Whitehead and Russell spend 300 pages proving 1+1=2 (but were both sane). Two people...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of July 25
July 26 Hearing: The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on cybersecurity and critical infrastructure...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-07-25
'B' Ark Which one is your ark? (tags: Books Hitchhikers Quotations)
From Schneier on Security
Smuggling Drugs in Unwitting People's Car Trunks
This is clever: A few miles away across the Rio Grande, the FBI determined that Chavez and Gomez were using lookouts to monitor the SENTRI Express Lane at the...
From The Noisy Channel
Attention vs. Privacy
A major feature of the recently released Google+ is Circles, which allows you to “share relevant content with the right people, and follow content posted by people...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 25 July 2011
I was on vacation last week. I had not Internet or cell phone access for a week. It was wonderful as I really needed the break. Don’t we all need a break now and...
From Putting People First
Online security for regular people is a disaster
Online security for regular people like you and me is a disaster. It’s a killer app waiting to be designed. When you have a smartphone with some apps and a computer...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Skin as an Interactive Canvas
In CACM: Had seen some related examples of this. An on-skin body input and display system. Very clever thought. Skin as an interactive canvas. Abstract...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Changing the Rules of Education
In Wired. With the Kahn Academy. At first I thought of this as a sort of home schooling for motivated people of any age. But based on this article it seems...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Packaging and Neuromarketing
Roger Dooley on packaging and the use of neuromarketing techniques, with some useful examples.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple Prospers for US While Assembly Happens Overseas
Good article in Mike Perry's blog on the value of overseas assembly for a US company like Apple. Making the case that globalization has real benefits. They comments...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Seeking Smartphone Moms
Important demographic. In my own observations it appears that more women are using smartphones now and the understanding of this is key. Manufacturers aremy recent...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Women and Going Beyond the Game
While it seems to me that many more women are playing traditionally "male" video games these days, there is also a group of women who go beyond the game in ways...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
DARPA: Learning Warfare from Social Media
DARPA’s Information Innovation Office (I2O) has issued a new solicitation for “innovative research proposals in the area of social media in strategic communication”...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Introducing the IT History Society
Last week I received two messages about the IT History Society
From Putting People First
Ten Ways to Redesign Design Competitions
John Thackara has been a juror on a series of sustainability and design competitions recently. And he has become a bit frustrated. Most of them, he says, miss their...
From Putting People First