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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
A Robot to Staff the Production Line
A prototype robot, called FRIDA, which has some human characteristics, to staff the production line. The way I understand this, the humanoid form allows it to...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - January 2011 (Vol. 54, No. 1)
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the January issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content,...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Staying Current
I have been struggling recently with issues of funding at my school for my program. I know all schools are facing funding issues so I am not alone. Currently...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CISE Announces Microsoft-NSF Cloud Computing Teams
The NSF’s CISE Directorate signed a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft in February 2010, facilitating free access to the Windows Azure cloud computing platform...
From Wild WebMink
? Open Source Landmark
News just broke jointly from the US Department of Justice and the German Federal Cartel Office that they have directed CPTN to change the way they acquire Novell’s...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Lessons from an Early 'QR Story Quest' Prototype
I have been working on an iPhone app as I've had time over the last few months. It's essentially a platform to run what I call QR Story Quests, which are somewhat...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neuromarketing Challenge
Roger Dooley presents a neuromarketing challenge. He asks for examples you can share where neuromarketing has been proved directly valuable to industry. Nicely...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Robot Baseball:
Presidents, performers, athletes, public servants — and now “Philliebot”? That’s right — a one-armed, three-wheeled robot that can control the speed and direction...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neuroscience Impact on Market Research
Excellent Article on Neuroscience Impact on Market Research Industry, via Ron Wright, CEO of Sands's Research. He writes: " ... Thought you might find this article...
From Schneier on Security
Large-Scale Food Theft
A criminal gang is stealing truckloads of food: Late last month, a gang of thieves stole six tractor-trailer loads of tomatoes and a truck full of cucumbers from...
From Schneier on Security
Costs of Security
Interesting blog post on the security costs for the $50B Air Force bomber program -- estimated to be $8B. This isn't all computer security, but the original article...
From My Biased Coin
Harvard CS -- Growth in Women Majors
Some good news for us. With the growth in our introductory course, more women are declaring Computer Science as their concentration. And we seem to be growing...
From Putting People First
What can be done to make S.T.U.P.I.D. users S.M.A.R.T?
Stephen Turbek, Executive Director of User Experience at Morgan Stanley in New York, thinks the question whether users are smart or stupid, is really irrelevant...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Learning With Visualizations
A picture is worth a thousand words so what is a video worth? Add some music and off you go reaching today
From Putting People First
How smartphones can improve public transit
An interesting study of commuters in Boston and San Francisco found people are more willing to ride the bus or train when they have tools to manage their commutes...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Dynamic Ticket Pricing
Ticketmaster had decided to start dynamically adjust the prices of tickets it sells, depending on demand. This in theory will address the ticket scalping seen...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Towards the Retail Genome: More on Wal-Mart and Kosmix
In Datawocky: On Teasing Patterns from Data, with Applications to Search, Social Media, and Advertising, Anand of Kosmix writes: " ... At Kosmix, we
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tablets at Your Restaurant Seat
In Mashable: About the use of tablets in commercial applications, such as on restaurant tables. There seems to be much interest. We experimented with similar...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Administration Issues National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace
Last Friday the Obama Administration released its National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), a plan to leverage private sector tools to make...
From The Eponymous Pickle