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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
Interesting Links 11 June 2012
Well I had a great weekend. My wife and I spent the weekend with our son and daughter in law. I little work done around my father
From Putting People First
A huge chapter on
The people of the Interaction-Design.org Foundation have given us (and you) preview access to “Socio-Technical Systems Design”, the 24th chapter of the “Encyclopedia...
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Ethnographic research in a world of big data
Following up on her earlier piece on ethnographic research in a world of big data, Jenna Burrell, sociologist and assistant professor in the School of Information...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fujitsu Vein Based Biometrics
From Fujitsu Labs: A Unique way of identifying yourself: " ... The module shines near-infrared light onto a person
From The Eponymous Pickle
Improving Marketing Through Gamification
Playful Wingmen. What looks to be an interesting thought. Marketing improved via game dynamics. Everything is a game, and some new views of their dynamics.Their...
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Power Stifles Innovation
Hardly needs to be said.. Have seen it many times. When you are in a position of power in a group meeting, it's often better to shut up rather than express your...
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Seismic Interpretation via Expert Systems
Brought to my attention by LPA, which was used for this system. My particular interest here is the broader application to image and meta data analysis. Abstract...
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Qlikview Look
Several people have pointed me to Qlikview ... Anyone have thoughts about it, pass them along. " ... The QlikView Business Discovery platform delivers true self...
From Putting People First
Book: The Mobile Frontier
The Mobile Frontier – A Guide for Designing Mobile Experiences By Rachel Hinman Rosenfeld Media June 2012 Publisher’s page | Amazon page Mobile user experience...
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Marty Kaplan: From Attention to Engagement (video)
Barcelona Media, an interdisciplinary center of research and innovation, hosted Lear Center director Marty Kaplan to speak at its 10th anniversary celebration on...
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Manifesto for design upholding human talents and innovation
This morning I got an invite in the mail to attend a London design symposium at Brunel University next week (16 June) that will debate the core themes of a new...
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Dark Matter and Trojan Horses
“Dark Matter and Trojan Horses – A Strategic Design Vocabulary” is a short e-book by designer and urbanist Dan Hill in which he argues that in an age of wicked...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Intel Facial Recognition
From Intel: A means of using facial recognition to target ads. " ... Intel has developed a new set-top box that will monitor who is watching TV at that moment...
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Mapping Medical Conversations
Discursis maps and visualizes medical conversations. Adds insight to what really helps. "... The system can identify effective doctor-patient communication...
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Use of QR Code
Using QR codes as a time station: The simple check-in idea has become more common. Simple is often good to build upon. Via Walter Riker.
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Genevieve Bell: women are tech
Social scientist Genevieve Bell – who is also the interaction and experience research director at Intel Labs – gave a major talk on what the future of technology...
From The Eponymous Pickle
After Broadband: Chocolate Printers
Knowledge@Wharton on what happens when there is truly all pervasive connectivity. " ... Chocolate printers. Corporate "health meters" based on the Facebook posting...
From Apophenia
Why
On Wednesday night, I arrived at the Hilton Doubletree in Washington DC after an intense day of meetings ready to do a few more hours of work. When I got to the...
From Computational Complexity