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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 Putting People First
Living the Quantified Self life
Festooned with digital accessories that track everything from his heart rate to his footsteps to his sleep patterns, Vanity Fair writer James Wolcott has plugged...
From Putting People First
Interview with Catalina Naranjo-Bock, UX design researcher
This week Danielle Arad interviewed Catalina Naranjo-Bock, UX design researcher, on key UX issues that are trending today in technology. Catalina is a hybrid user...
From Schneier on Security
Essay on FBI-Mandated Backdoors
Good essay by Matt Blaze and Susan Landau.
From Computational Complexity
Rise of the Engineer
I rarely watch TV commercials anymore but its NFL playoff time and during a game last weekend, the following Ford commercial caught my eye. When not showing...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Back To The Classroom
The last few months have been interesting as I’ve been looking at different career options. One of the things I realized right away was that I missed teaching.Bishop...
From The Eponymous Pickle
OpenField Creative Dynamic Media Delivery
A former colleague of mine Scott Frondorf pointed me to his new company: OpenField Creative. We worked together on gamification concepts. They have a great set...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Last Big Bookseller
Excellent detailed article in Knowledge @ Wharton: Under Strategic Management:Barnes & Noble, the Last Big Bookseller Standing: But for How Long? After a disappointing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Industrial and Scientific
My wife Joy runs a store through Amazon. I have become amazed by the variety of goods sold there. Here are Amazon mark downs in industrial and scientific goods...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Linking Biological Cells and Electronics
A long time interest. How can biological systems be connected to digital ones? Especially for sensor applications. But also for control. IEEE has followed...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Structure of the Social Web
eCairn points to a video of the structure of the social web, and the value of using that infrastructure. Instructive. We visited the Santa Fe Institute around...
From Wild WebMink
FOSS WYWO Week 2
My weekly FOSS link roundup on ComputerWorld UK for those not following me on Twitter.
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
If Only All Conferences Could Be As Accommodating As CUSEC
I'm speaking at the Canadian University Software Engineering Conference (CUSEC) tomorrow in Montreal. I need to spend some time giving the conference organizers...
From Putting People First
Telling “Stories”: Experientia designs domestic energy consumption monitors (videos)
Videos showcasing two sustainability-related projects are now on Experientia’s YouTube channel. The videos, showing the Ecofamilies and Stories projects respectively...
From Wild WebMink
About The Java Flaw
Finding the missing details of the zero-day exploit that made the US government tell people to disable Java in the browser was hard. There were plenty of people...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Spectacles Arriving
The long anticipated Google Glass head mounted displays are finally on the horizon with events being held for developers. Looking at this for a client. In Fast...
From Schneier on Security
Cheating at Chess
There's a fascinating story about a probable tournament chess cheat. No one knows how he does it; there's only the facts that 1) historically he's not nearly as...
From Putting People First
Rob van Kranenberg’s comprehensive global Internet of Things action plan
Rob Van Kranenburg, a member of the EU Expert Group on the Internet of Things, has published a provocative comprehensive global Internet of Things action plan,...
From Putting People First
Helsinki Design Lab closing in June 2013
Marco Steinberg, who directs the strategic design efforts of the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, announced last week that Sitra’s Helsinki Design Lab will close...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Teaching Human Language to Computers
A talk with futurist Ray Kurzweil, now with Google, on a favorite topic. I emphasize the task of 'teaching', rather than just programming. And understanding...
From The Eponymous Pickle