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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 Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teaching Teachers
Next week is the CSTA Computer Science & Information Technology Conference in Irvine CA. I
From Schneier on Security
So You Want to Be a Security Expert
I regularly receive e-mail from people who want advice on how to learn more about computer security, either as a course of study in college or as an IT person considering...
From Putting People First
Designing for context: the multiscreen ecosystem
In a long article, designer Avi Itzkovitch explains how, when connecting applications across smart devices, UX designers can create product ecosystems that dynamically...
From Wild WebMink
Bosonics
What is a Higgs Boson? I think this animation from PHD Comics is brilliant.
From Wild WebMink
How ACTA Nearly Won
ACTA was defeated today in the European Parliament, but one British Liberal-Democrat MEP voted for it. Understanding why helps us to understand how the political...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Junaio Virtual Reality Update
Junaio has updated their mobile App capabilities for commercial augmented reality. Full report accessible here. Also see a short video explaining mobile augmented...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
James Paul Gee's Games for Change Keynote
Dr James Paul Gee is one of gaming's best advocates by promoting the fact that good games are good for learning. But what exactly is a 'good' game? What makesGames...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Paintable Batteries
From Work at Rice University. Including power delivery from a surface that could be charged with solar. Not quite ready for application, but the portable delivery...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cell Phone Only
A third of US homes, like my own, are now cellphone only. Not unexpected, the trend has been moving quickly. Plus other revealing statistics.
From Putting People First
Big e-reader is watching you
Would George Orwell have been amused or disturbed by the development that Big Brother now knows exactly how long it takes readers to finish his novel, which parts...
From Putting People First
Washington Post creates Chief Experience Officer position
Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth announced in a memo that the paper has named Laura Evans, who has spent most of her nine years at the Post as chief...
From Putting People First
Intel social research team experiments with mood-altering technology
A team of engineers, anthropologists and psychologists at Intel’s Oregon lab is busy developing ways of integrating human emotion and technology in ways that will...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
July Fourth Sale Of Ideas
All ideas on sale—most 50% off Asa Candler invented the coupon in 1895. Candler, a pharmacist by trade, later purchased the Coca-Cola company from the original...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Transmedia Storytelling and New Marketing
An interview with Andrea Phillips. Fascinating thoughts, especially about gamification and the continuation of expressive story in marketing. " .... Our current...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Google Offers Power Searching Course
While many of us, and our students, are frequent users of search engines, how many of us could really call ourselves "power users", that is, users who can do more...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Bytes or octets?
Quick: what is the definition of a byte (as in two kilobytes)? If you said it is a unit of 8 bits, you failed. Correct answer (according to IEEE 1541): A byte is...
From Computational Complexity
Why is it called the Turing Award?
The ACM Turing Award represents the highest honor in the computing research community, the closest we have to a Nobel prize in computer science. In this centenary...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Driving Conversations
A set of videos on driving conversations using Google Analytics. Nicely done. " ... This new video series features our Analytics Advocate Justin Cutroni. He...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Adding a Day to the Work Week
Ever since being able to log into systems from home, the trend of extending the work week has progressed. Now some actual data on how data mobility as taken it...
From Schneier on Security