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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 Putting People First
Nine reasons smartphones are dumb remotes
As the Internet and TV converge in living rooms, lots of folks, including the New York Times, have been drooling over the idea of smartphones as next-gen remotes...
From Putting People First
Building a Homesense
The London Tinker people have published a nice informal write-up of where things are with the Homesense project they are working on. Homesense is an epic piece...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Reciprocity with Google
Very interesting article at GigaOM. Google has changed some of its API agreements to try to force more data sharing between vendors. This could make for more...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ease of Blogging
Colleague Walter Riker pulls together some good comments in his always interesting Ease of Blogging space. Worth putting on your feed.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Ed Felten Named FTC
Our colleague Ed Felten, Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs and the founding Director of the Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) at Princeton...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ovulation/Period App from Procter
An IPhone App that tracks Ovulation from P&G. As might be expected, also markets Always feminine protection products.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Social Media Strategy and LinkedIn
At a local Business Intelligence meeting I met Crystal Thies, of Crystal Clear Buzz. She does social media strategy. In particular I liked some of her thoughts...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Uniting Towards Item Level RFID
Something we looked at for years, moving towards the replacement of the barcode. Some predictors had this happening by 2005. Not yet, but some are still looking...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-11-05
Good news, of a kind, from a dark world The truly awful nightmare at the end of this short article is the reason I strive to keep my personal life personal despite...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Three New Chances to Get Involved in the Imagine Cup
I talked about these new Imagine Cup events briefly on my links post on Monday but I wanted to pull them out and highlight them on their own today. The following...
From Wild WebMink
Open
My essay on the open core business model is now available in the Essays section.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
A Review of NITRD
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) today unanimously approved a draft report reviewing the 14-agency, $4 billion Networking and...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USACM Vice Chair Felten Appointed as First FTC Chief Technologist
Ed Felten, noted computer science researcher, Director of Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy, and one of USACM's Vice Chairs, has been appointed...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Digital TV Network at Meijer
Meijer has decided to get into the chainwide e digital TV network with PRN, following a number of other large big box chains. More chances to influence the shopper...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
The Changing Face of Professional Development
We are all aware that education is constantly changing- sometimes for the better, and sometimes for the worse. One of the items that gets caught up in this ebb...
From Computational Complexity
A non rigorous proof technique
As a grad student (1980's) I found a book in the library that claimed to solve Fermat's Last Theorem using elementary methods. (This was before Wiles had shownhere...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neuromarketing and Politics
In today's Fast Company, a good article about how neuromarketing is being used to improve political traction. Makes perfect sense. In a emotionally laden context...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-11-04
UK Copyright Law To Be Revised "The founders of Google have said they could never have started their company in Britain. … Over there, they have what are called...
From Schneier on Security