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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
Human Centric Analysis
Well known visualization guru Stephen Few on human centric analysis." ... All of the traditional BI software vendors and most of the industry
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Storm in mHealth
Mark Montgomery of KYield continues his insightful writing about issues in mHealth. Make sure to read the whole thing: " ... Imagine the gasp from the family physician...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Keeping Retiree Knowledge in the Game
Keeping knowledge in the company is an increasingly difficult task. It is a key part of the whole process called knowledge management. Where is the knowledge...
From Schneier on Security
The Stuxnet Worm
It's impressive: The Stuxnet worm is a "groundbreaking" piece of malware so devious in its use of unpatched vulnerabilities, so sophisticated in its multipronged...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Capturing the Biometrics of Motion
In the RFID Journal, a development with a number of interesting applications. Michigan Researchers Develop RFID-based Sensors to Measure Physical ActivityThe system...
From The Eponymous Pickle
More on IBM and Netezza
O'Reilly has more on the acquisition of Netezza by IBM. In particular about the implications of its use for big data. " ... t's not just the marketers that are...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Pretty Code
Way back in the old days when programmers coded using simple text editors and command line editors there was a utility called Pretty Print (or some variation)....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Procter Unveils New Drinking Water Effort
Announcement below, see also the Children's Safe Drinking Water Program site:"Procter & Gamble unveils global drinking water effortProcter & Gamble Co. is expanding...
From Schneier on Security
Prepaid Electricity Meter Fraud
New attack: Criminals across the UK have hacked the new keycard system used to top up pre-payment energy meters and are going door-to-door, dressed as power company...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Localization and Globalization
Colleague Donna Sturgess in Am Marketing Assoc Journal, Via Melissa Hobley at Buyology Inc: " .... a great article attached in the new Amerian Marketing Association...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bunchball Nitro: A Gamification example
In my recent Gamification post I received a comment from Rajat Paharia, the founder of Bunchball. He recently gave a talk on Gamification and Behavioral Economics...
From Schneier on Security
Haystack
I stayed clear of Haystack -- the anonymity program that was going to protect the privacy of dissidents the world over -- because I didn't have enough details about...
From Computational Complexity
The World in Its Own Terms
The New York Times Magazine last Sunday focused on technology on education. Lots of good reads but what caught my eye was an article by Microsoft Research's Jaron...
From The Eponymous Pickle
WiFi vs 3G at Panera Bread
This GigaOM article answered some questions I have had about how people access their increasingly large datastream. I always use WiFi at home and have helped several...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM Acquires Netezza
We see that IBM has acquired the database appliance maker Netezza. You may recall I have a short engagement with Netezza last year. Here is what I have written....
From Schneier on Security
Statistical Distribution of Combat Wounds to the Head
This is interesting: The study, led by physician Yuval Ran, looked at Israeli combat deaths from 2000 to 2004 and tracked where bullet entries appeared on the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Devine Employee Behavioral Assessment
Had a meeting with an interesting company, Devine Group, that links potential employees to what they can really do best. Have always been interested in the modeling...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Xerox Parc Turns 40
A good CW piece on the innovation that has come out of Xerox Parc. We visited them a number of times and were always impressed by what we saw. Sometimes they are...
From Computational Complexity