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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
Educational Games That Teach Computer Science
There has been an increased interest in educational games lately — especially those that truly give the player a deeper understanding of a topic but are still fun...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Look at Nokia's Collapse
We visited Nokia's innovation group back in the 90s and were very impressed. They were the big disrupters then. Yet today they have been unable to credibly respond...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
An Interagency Multiscale Modeling Initiative
The Interagency Multiscale Modeling and Analysis Group (IMAG) — comprising program staff from NIH, NSF, DoE, DoD, NASA, USDA, and the VA — announced earlier this...
From Schneier on Security
Hard-Drive Steganography through Fragmentation
Clever: Khan and his colleagues have written software that ensures clusters of a file, rather than being positioned at the whim of the disc drive controller chip...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 25 April 2011
Apparently some people actually do read this blog. I have talked to a couple of people recently who say they keep up with what I
From The Eponymous Pickle
Do the Work
The Kindle edition of Steve Pressfield's excellent book: Do the Work is free. " ... Could you be getting in your way of producing great work? Have you started...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Textbooks Online
An example of bringing textbooks online to Android. This makes much sense. Instructional materials are further useful if they can be connected to other resources...
From Wild WebMink
? Document Foundation Member
Having applied for membership as soon as the process was announced, I’m honoured to have been accepted today as a Member of The Document Foundation. Having been...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Don't Miss Your Opportunity to Decide CSTA's Future
The 2011 CSTA election is drawing to a close. As you are hopefully aware, this year's election has been run entirely online, providing unprecedented convenience...
From The Eponymous Pickle
People are Walking Slower Now
In the WSJ, studies indicate we walk slower now. Implications for the modeling of retail spaces? " ... Pedestrians need more time, too. For years, traffic lights...
From CERIAS Blog
A Cautionary Incident
Recently, Amazon's cloud service failed for several customers, and has not come back fully for well over 24 hours. As of the time I write this, Amazon has not commented...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wal-Mart Tests Online Grocery Delivery
It has been rumored for some time, now the test is to proceed in California.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Weapons of Mass Assignment
In CACM: A Technical article, with implications for privacy-aware open source development: Weapons of Mass AssigmentA Ruby on Rails app highlights some serious,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gamification of Social Media
Scott Monty, the head of social media for Ford Motor Company, discusses the gamification of social media. Gamification of business processes is a favorite topic...
From Putting People First
Behaviour more significant than opinion when it comes to service design
Behaviour change techniques should be used to develop public services with citizens’ motivations at the heart of their design, says a leading [UK] thinktank. A...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brain-Computer Interfaces
An article and video showing an example of brain computer interfaces for communications and control. " .... Brain activity produces electrical signals detectable...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Procter & Gamble Uses Pepto Bismol Social Media
A good and detailed case study of the use of Cinco de Mayo festival and a viral YouTube App to promote a consumer packaged goods video. Good example of how big...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Links on Ubiquitous Sensors
Some interesting links on ubiquitous sensors in Techdirt that attracted by attention. Some more useful than others, but worth exploring. It is about gathering...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Prints
Okay, this is a little weird: This year's Earth Day will again include the celebrated "squid printing" activity with two big, beautiful Pacific Humboldt squidagain...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog