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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 Computational Complexity
Is Scheduling a Solved Problem? (Guest Post)
(Guest Post by Ben Fulton.) "At first glance, scheduling does not seem like a topic that requires much attention from computer scientists". This was how I...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-08-23
Electronic Voting Researcher Arrested Over Anonymous Source "About four months ago, Ed Felten blogged about a research paper in which Hari Prasad, Rop Gonggrijp...
From Schneier on Security
Malware Contributory Cause of Air Crash
This is a first, I think: The airline's central computer which registered technical problems on planes was infected by Trojans at the time of the fatal crash and...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links Post 23 August 2010
Happy Monday! Are you back to school yet? A lot of teachers are. If you are back I hope it is going well. If not yet, are you working out to get into
From Wild WebMink
Open Source Trade Associations Lack Sanctions
Software patents are broken and the only possible justification for having them is self-defence (which is itself a risky accumulation of armaments that can easily...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Swarm Intelligence
Mind Hacks deftly discusses an article in the Economist I missed on swarm intelligence. This method uses a biologically inspired intelligence metaphor to solve...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Common Culture Locked Up by Copyright
In TechDirt. I have added the book to my lengthening reading list. The struggle between rewarding the author for constructing a work, and making that same workNew...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Procrastination and Self Control
Dan Ariely author of Predictably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality posts his yearly video on procrastination and self control and the tool to address it...
From My Biased Coin
How's that New Job Treating You? Edition
I told myself I'd quit blogging when summer ended. That's a bit over a week away, as classes start September 1. Also nicely, from the count on the right, I'mreally...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mobile Face Biometrics
What looks like a considerable advance in face tracking on a smart phone. Including tracking specific features of a face. All done on a Nokia N900 phone. Includes...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Super Passwords
On creating super passwords. Work ongoing at Georgia Tech.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Groupon Goes National
Continued emergence of online couponing. This and increasing mobile interaction with stores and other locations is clearly our future. Get ready. Follow Frenda's...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Steering by Sniffing
New, to my knowledge, In the CACM:Device Lets Disabled Steer Wheelchair, Communicate by SniffingWeizmann Institute of ScienceA unique device based on sniffing
From Wild WebMink
? Free Music Weekend
Over 40 free tracks! There has to be a new season coming as far as the music industry is concerned, because there’s a tide of free sample tracks both on Amazon...
From Computational Complexity
Comments
Bill and I are strong believers in freedom of speech and have long since had an open comment policy, allowing anonymous comments, no moderation (except old posts...
From Putting People First
Trapped in the Anglosphere
Martin Kettle thinks the UK has lost sight of next door Europe, trapped as Brits are in their Anglo-centric internet. “It is hard to recall a time when the national...
From Putting People First
Finland
The 2010 Finnish National Innovation Strategy contains an important section on demand and user-driven innovation, with user-driven innovation being described as...
From Putting People First
Does technology pose a threat to our private life?
This week Google’s Eric Schmidt suggested we may need to invent new identities to escape embarrassing online pasts
From The Eponymous Pickle