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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
The Dream
I have this theory that everybody's notion of "recent history" starts not from their memories but from their birth date. Case in point: Billy Joel's We Didn't Start...
From Schneier on Security
Evading Internet Censorship
This research project by Brandon Wiley -- the tool is called "Dust" -- looks really interesting. Here's the description of his Defcon talk: Abstract: The greatest...
From My Biased Coin
Back
I haven't posted for a while, primarily because I started by sabbatical by going to Copenhagen for most of August. I was primarily visiting the IT University of...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Why Girls Don’t Go Into Computer Science (Infographic)
June Lin from Play-I sent me this infographic which I found interesting enough to share. Play-i is building educational, programmable robots for kids. Not sure...
From Putting People First
Exploring the use of tablets in educational settings
MindShift, a service by KQED and NPR, has published a four-part series to explore the four dimensions of using tablets in educational settings, examining how teachers...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Nokia Looks at the Connected Car
In GigaOM: Not unexpected, though I was a little surprised seeing Nokia here. A good overview of that this might look like: " ... Nokia believes its can useRumors...
From Schneier on Security
More on NSA Data Collection
There's an article from Wednesday's Wall Street Journal that gives more details about the NSA's data collection efforts. The system has the capacity to reach roughly...
From The Eponymous Pickle
McDonald's and Augmented Reality
A good description of how McDonald's is using mobile augmented reality for corporate sustainability PR and positioning in Europe using games. Via Metaio. " ... The...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Seeking Photo Collages
In Fast Company: Linea Photosharing. A great idea, simple design, a sort of Facebook without all the other complexity. I also often used images to record and...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy seeking Undergraduate and Graduate Student Interns
The Office of Science and Technology Policy is currently accepting applications for its Spring 2014 Internship Program. The application deadline is 11:59pm Friday...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Defaults in Data Visualization
An article in Junk Charts talks about hating the defaults in data visualization packages. Well, you should at least consider what the defaults are and be sure...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Next Big Thing in Design
Design has recently been brought to my close attention. Tim Brown writes about his book in Linkedin: " ... In my book, Change By Design, I chronicle the end of...
From Schneier on Security
Detaining David Miranda
Last Sunday, David Miranda was detained while changing planes at London Heathrow Airport by British authorities for nine hours under a controversial British law...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing Starting Again
I’m a big fan of the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing program. This program recognizes high school young women for their interest and aptitude in technology...
From Putting People First
Designing for transparency and the myth of the modern interface
UX consultant Thomas Wendt argues that the arguments in favor of invisible interfaces are making a few key mistakes, namely: Many are assuming that invisibility...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Greece Proposing Giant Step Backward
Anyone who has followed the international news for the last couple of years has likely heard of the ongoing economic crisis in Greece. Only now, however, are we...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Designing an Intro to CS for Non-Majors: Starting With the Objectives
I have been working on my course design for my introductory computer science class for non-majors. It is taught in Processing and covers all the basics of programming...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USPTO Software Partnership Meeting on October 17
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will hold a Software Partnership Meeting on October 17, 2013, at the U.C. Berkeley School of Law in Berkeley, California...
From Schneier on Security
Protecting Against Leakers
Ever since Edward Snowden walked out of a National Security Agency facility in May with electronic copies of thousands of classified documents, the finger-pointing...
From The Eponymous Pickle