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DoE, ONR Announce Materials Genome Solicitations
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

DoE, ONR Announce Materials Genome Solicitations

Back in June, the Administration announced a $500 million Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) to stimulate the development of new technologies

P&G Sets up Virtual Stores
From The Eponymous Pickle

P&G Sets up Virtual Stores

P&G has set up a number of augmented reality, smartphone-enabled virtual stores in the Prague subways. In AdWeek.  Not unique, but a creative effort.  Going where...

Twenty Year Look at fMRI
From The Eponymous Pickle

Twenty Year Look at fMRI

A view of the only twenty year history of fMIRI scanning of the brain.

<i>The Economist</i> on Lying
From Schneier on Security

The Economist on Lying

Two articles. And this is the cited work.

What To Tell Students About Computer Science
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

What To Tell Students About Computer Science

Last Friday I drove down to Cape Cod. Just over the Cape Cod canal via the Bourne Bridge is Upper Cape Tech. They have an outstanding culinary arts program andKinect...

Robots are Taking Mid-Level Jobs
From The Eponymous Pickle

Robots are Taking Mid-Level Jobs

Article suggests that many mid-level jobs are being taken by computing and robotics.  Rapidly changing the economy.  Technical jobs, though, should remain common...

Upcoming Healthcare Distruptive Meetup
From The Eponymous Pickle

Upcoming Healthcare Distruptive Meetup

An upcoming Continuous Web Meetup on disruptive healthcare innovation.  " ... This month we're going to showcase a few founders that are disrupting the healthcare...

Neuromarketing Standards Draft
From The Eponymous Pickle

Neuromarketing Standards Draft

Sendt along by Ron Wright of Sands Research:  Thank you for attending the Advertising Week NeuroMarketing Forum!As promised, we are sending you the ARF's whitedraft...

RecSys 2011 Tutorial: Recommendations as a Conversation with the User
From The Noisy Channel

RecSys 2011 Tutorial: Recommendations as a Conversation with the User

  Last week, I had the privilege to present a tutorial at the 5th ACM International Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys 2011). Given my passion for HCIR and...

Getting Ready for CS Ed Week
From Computer Science Teachers Association

Getting Ready for CS Ed Week

CS Ed Week is just around the corner, December 4 through 10, and now is the time to prepare for this week in celebration of Computer Science education and the impact...

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of October 31
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of October 31

November 3 Hearing: The Research and Science Education Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on STEM (science, technology...

Cell Phone Surveillance System
From Schneier on Security

Cell Phone Surveillance System

I was not surprised that police forces are buying this system, but at its capabilities. Britain's largest police force is operating covert surveillance technology...

Book tour
From Michael Nielsen

Book tour

Click through for event details. I’ve included a few private events at organizations where it’s possible some readers work. The Tech Museum (Bay Area) November...

Neuromarketing Still Raises Questions
From The Eponymous Pickle

Neuromarketing Still Raises Questions

Good thoughts in the AdAge Blog:  Which pushes the Neurostandards Collaboration Project.  Only some 20% of advertising succeeds.  Everyone wants to understand non...

? Eddi Reader this Thursday
From Wild WebMink

? Eddi Reader this Thursday

I just picked up tickets to go see Eddi Reader in Southampton this Thursday, November 3rd. You may remember her as the heart of the band Fairground Attraction back...

George Dyson on Innovation and Decisions
From The Eponymous Pickle

George Dyson on Innovation and Decisions

Walter Riker sends along a link.  An interview with technology historian and philospher George Dyson on evolution and innovation. " ...  Dyson: I think that we...

Have an Augmented Sundae at McDonalds
From The Eponymous Pickle

Have an Augmented Sundae at McDonalds

In the Junaio blog:  The use of augmented reality on a smartphone for merchandising in fast food.   " ... McDonald

(Some) garbage in, gold out
From Michael Nielsen

(Some) garbage in, gold out

During a recent talk David Weinberger asked me (paraphrasing) whether and how the nature of scientific knowledge will change when it’s produced by large networked...

Business Intelligence and Social Networking
From The Eponymous Pickle

Business Intelligence and Social Networking

New models using social networking.   In Information Management.  While I agree that social netoworking can be useful in delivering and  managing BI work, I think...

Designing Drugs with Augmented Reality
From The Eponymous Pickle

Designing Drugs with Augmented Reality

From Fastcodesign: How 3-D Printing And Augmented Reality Can Help Design Better Drugs.   Clever idea,  The idea of using the third dimension to augment design...
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