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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
Salman Kahn on Education
An interview in HBR with Salman Kahn, founder of the Kahn Academy. Just have started to dive in. " ... Salman Khan was working as a hedge fund analyst when...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Camouflage in Squid Eyes
Interesting research: Cephalopods possess a sophisticated array of mechanisms to achieve camouflage in dynamic underwater environments. While active mechanisms...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Online Grocery Emerging
Will 2014 be the Year that online grocery will Leap forward? Are Amazon Fresh and Pantry be our future? Is it scale able and cost efficient? Bloomberg Business...
From The Eponymous Pickle
High Stakes Decision Making
On decision making in the HBR: Is about risk and behavior. " ... The next time you are thinking through a big-stakes decision ask yourself: “What happens first...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smart Contact Lenses
And in Mashable: Why deal with glasses when you can build the information right onto the eye? " ... Google's new smart contact lens project that acts as a non...
From Schneier on Security
PowerLocker uses Blowfish
There's a new piece of ransomware out there, PowerLocker (also called PrisonLocker), that uses Blowfish: PowerLocker could prove an even more potent threat because...
From Schneier on Security
STUCCOMONTANA: NSA Exploit of the Day
Today's implant from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: STUCCOMONTANA (TS//SI//REL) STUCCOMONTANA provides persistence for DNThere...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Micro Windmills
I like the idea of small. Nanotechnology is a good example. How about using small models for gathering energy? Here proposed for charging smartphones. Not sure...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Learning Form a Former Student
Each year during CS Ed Week I invite alumni to return to my school to talk about their education and careers with the junior class. I open it up to any alumni who...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Cruise Ship Conference
I've never been on a cruise before. Who would have thought that my first opportunity to sail would be for an academic conference on videogames? Come on, admit it...![[Book] Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers and the Quest for a New Utopia](/system/assets/0000/1953/030209_Vanderbeeken_Mark_250.small_square.jpg?1476779420&1260281963)
From Putting People First
[Book] Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers and the Quest for a New Utopia
Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers and the Quest for a New Utopia by Anthony M. Townsend W. W. Norton & Company October 2013. 400 pages [Amazon link] Abstract...
From Putting People First
Why wearable tech is unwearable
Belindar Parmar, CEO of Lady Geek and founder of Little Miss Geek thinks that current wearable devices are “emblematic of a lack of empathy that pervades the technology...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Linkedin Growth and Use
Been fascinated by the growth of serious professional networks. They continue to grow. Even though my perceptions are that they are getting too complicated for...
From Schneier on Security
NSA Collects Hundreds of Millions of Text Messages Daily
No surprise here. Although we some new codenames: DISHFIRE: The NSA's program to collect text messages and text-message metadata. PREFER: The NSA's program to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Dangers fom the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things will provide new sources of data from a increasing number of devices. The Smart Home will be a particular source of connectivity for the...
From My Biased Coin
Passing of the Professor
Sadly, "The Professor", Russell Johnson, has passed away. I enjoyed Gilligan's Island as a kid. I can't help but think that his portrayal deeply affected people's...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Reverse Bell Curve In Programming Projects
I have some 60+ students working on end of semester projects these days. I have one section of Honors Programming and two sections of Explorations in Computer Science...
From Schneier on Security