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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 Computing Community Consortium Blog
NIST Holding BIG DATA Workshop Next Week
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)
From Schneier on Security
The Unreliability of Eyewitness Testimony
Interesting article: The reliability of witness testimony is a vastly complex subject, but legal scholars and forensic psychologists say it's possible to extract...
From Schneier on Security
Flame
Flame seems to be another military-grade cyber-weapon, this one optimized for espionage. The worm is at least two years old, and is mainly confined to computers...
From Putting People First
UX challenges when building collaborative consumption platforms
Rachel Botsman, founder and chief innovator of the Collaborative Lab (part of the Collaborative Consumption movement) writes that the biggest initial barrier to...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 4 June 2012
This past Saturday was my 9th anniversary working full-time for Microsoft. It
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Limits of Anti Virus Software
A telling post on the topic. I recently had to deal with several episodes that were potentially the result of virus attacks. My installed software apparentlymutually...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Waves of Motivation
My previous note about Dan Ariely's Conscious+ App led me to reinvestigate the concept of Motivation Waves, as described by BJ Fogg in this excellent video. He...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Technology Testing City
The establishment of a technology testing city. " ... An international technology company is creating an empty city in New Mexico to test and evaluate emerging...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Apps of Conscience
Can an App significantly help you make the right choice? Dan Ariely has published an App called Conscience+, which contains a number of simple reminders aboutHe...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bionic Brains and Beyond
In the WSJ: " ... High-tech implants will soon be commonplace enhancements under our skin and inside our skulls, making us stronger and smarter. Daniel H. Wilson...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Social Media and Customer Service
In Forbes: Simplistic, makes some large assumptions. But should be read by management that does not understand the power of social media.
From The Noisy Channel
Visual Search Startup Modista Is Back!
Long-time readers know that I’m a great fan of visual search startup
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Youtube for Books
Now in Beta, called Widbook, a YouTube like play for creating, reading and sharing books. " ... Book lovers and authors can share stories with others in their social...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Prezi Presentations Re-Examined
Another look at Prezi, the zooming interface. I see there is now an iPad viewer that lets it work outside of Flash. A little akin to 'dynamic' transitions inGood...
From Putting People First
New York Times Magazine
The annual Innovations Issue of the New York Times Magazine arrives this Sunday. Two highlights: 32 Innovations That Will Change Your Tomorrow An abridged guide...
From Putting People First
US Veterans Administration launches iPad patient study on tablet use
The US Veterans Administration has announced it has created an initiative aimed at studying the benefits associated with the use of mhealth apps and tablet devices...
From Putting People First
Interactions Magazine is (nearly) fully online, archives included
Somehow I hadn’t noticed but Interactions Magazine is now (nearly) fully online. As far as I could discover (nothing is explained, sic), only some of the current...
From Putting People First
MA thesis: Service Design in the Age of Collaboration
MA thesis by Veronica Bluguermann in collaboration with Nokia, presented as part of the graduation requirements of the Industrial and Strategic Design Programme...
From Computer Science Teachers Association