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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 …
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Programmable Fibers for Textiles
Realization of a fabric with the ability to store and process data digitally ... Engineers Create a Programmable FiberMIT News, Becky Ham, June 3, 2021The first...
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China Bid for Chip Supremacy
Nice overview of the current state of silicon chip development and manufacture worldwide. Emphasizing companies currently involved and current moves likely. Implications...
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Enzymes Embedded in Plastics
Based on a conversation I have had, this is a considerable breakthrough with broad application.Enzymes successfully embedded in plasticsResearch News / June 01,...
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Robot Therapy
Seems stretched, but the name especially is cute, reminds me of some similar approaches demonstrated to us in Japan.Something Bothering You? Tell It to Woebot.The...
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Vinton Cerf Discusses CMEs
Vint Cerf Discusses a number of environmental dangers to the earth. And in particular Coronal Mass Ejections (CME). I recall that when our enterprise was thinking...
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Gamification for Productivity
Current re-look at gamification. We did a brief trial of using gamification for crowd sourced problem solving. Not productivity, but for potential originality...
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Typing at Brain Speed
Most interesting advance. How far will will we get with brain interfaces? Why should we be typing at all? Brain-Computer Interface Smashes Previous Record for...
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Amazon and their Sidewalk Experiment
Is this a crowdsourced experiment? Are we being forced to participate? A true value to consumers? Dangerous or not? Amazon provides their considerable technical...
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Simpler Attacks Occuring on Operatonal Technology
We need more and effective protection.Cyberattacks on operational technology are on the rise in ZDnetCommon techniques are setting a low bar for attacks on control...
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Robots Smiling Back
Not sure how much this buys you, but it makes sense where creating a android-like image to have emotion matching to group or task. We experimented only slightly...
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EU Post Pandemic Wallets
Wondering how far this will go, likely as good as the number of times it is asked for. I note its use is not mandatory. EU Plans Digital ID Wallet for Post-Pandemic...
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Emergence of Central Bank Digital Currencies
As usual, an interesting piece from Irving's Blog (Below an intro, details and much more at the link) The Emergence of Central Bank Digital Currencies By Irving...
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Thinking Federated AI
Good general idea, further detailed at the link.Changing How Data is Used By Samuel Greengard, Commissioned by CACM Staff, June 1, 2021The ability to examine...
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IOT Security from CyLab
Looks to be a good effort underway. In general IOT devices have high levels of security danger, because they are minimally protected to begin with, are oftenCyLab's...
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Free Will an Illusion?
No I don't think so, but we should also consider the alternative. Free will drives action towards goals, and we should expect that of people and systems. 'Free'...
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IBM and UK Research Quantum
Many big players are inventing in quantum. Watch it. And the implications for things like optimization, crypto and analytics in general. IBM partners with...
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FBI Classifies Ransomware
I mentioned the FBI recently, that given all all the resources we provide them, they should be able to 'solve', or at least make far less dangerous the curse of...
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Security and Human Behavior
Currently much more involved in security issues of late. I see that Bruce Schneier is blogging and talking about the Security and Human Behavior conference in...
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End of Silicon Valley as We Know it?
Just Saw Tim O'Reilly's column from March. Provocative thoughts. Good read. Been a person who dove into the valley in the 90s, working with the Institute for...
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