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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
Computer Science at the Microsoft Global Forum
This week Microsoft is hosting over 700 innovative teachers from around the world in Washington DC at the Microsoft Partners in Learning Global Forum. Unfortunately...
From Schneier on Security
Unlocking any iPad2 using a Smart Cover
This security bug is just plain weird.
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Sharpens R&D Focus
It makes sense for this evolution. Jeffrey Phillips of OVO Innovation points to this as part of a broader post. " ... do you want to innovate for the technology...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Requirements for Next Gen Marketers
In Adage: Very true. Agility, Digital, Data. Mostly it is about analytical methods and how to apply them in multiple analytical layers to support important management...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Playing Virtual Games as Serious Business
Useful findings. We have seen these repeatedly in experiments. People are drawn by meaningless rewards, useless free offers, irrational propositions. But is tricking...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Agencies Seek Input on Public Access to Scientific Data
Yesterday, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ivory Soap is on Facebook
My first in-depth plant tour was to see Ivory Soap being made. There were aspects of it that had not changed since the 19th century. Its history is also interesting...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AisleBuyer Enables in Aisle Scanning
I have mentioned Aislebuyer here a number of times, established to empower shoppers in the retail aisle, Now an item that says they are working with the Big-Y...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Code Blocked
I love coding. Once I get started, I get lost in the groove very easily. I love thinking about the best way to organize objects and design my UI. It feels good...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Successful Challenges & Visions Track a Centerpiece of SSRR 2011
The Computing Community Consortium’s (CCC) latest Challenges & Visions track was held Nov. 3 at the 9th
From The Eponymous Pickle
Computer Controls Yeast
The article overplays this as a Cyborg, but the example is interesting. A computer causes a yeast to produce a protein via a flashing light, then measures it's...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Watson and Medical Knowledge
IBM selling medical knowledge via Watson. Selling knowledge via interaction, or as a means to teach?
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Python, Visual Studio and Kinect
Python is rapidly growing in popularity in academia. Last week Microsoft announced Python Tools for Visual Studio
From My Biased Coin
A Tale of Talks
A bunch of talks today.Carla Gomes gave a talk at CRCS (Harvard's Center for Research on Computation and Society) to talk about her work on computational sustainability...
From The Eponymous Pickle
DemandTec Connects Weather and Planning
I have followed the idea of connecting accurate weather forecasts to planning and forecasting for some time. We watched as Wal-Mart did some early work to include...
From Schneier on Security
Cutting Wallets Out of Drunks' Pockets on New York City Subways
It's a crime with finesse: But he is actually a middle-aged or older man who has been doing this for a very long time. And he is a fading breed. "It's like a...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Embracing Marketing
A good AdAge piece on Google and Marketing. I think Google has always interested in marketing, perhaps not the more formal kind, but search is a new form of marketing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Real Time Streaming Geo Data
I have been following GeoIQ for some time for applications that deal with analytics with mobile retail data. Now more: GeoIQ Releases Real-Time Streaming Social...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Picture Me In Computing Day
As the tenth of November approaches (111011), we are again preparing for Picture Me in Computing Day. Picture Me in Computing Day, also referred to as "picmecomp"...
From The Eponymous Pickle