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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 Eponymous Pickle
Over versus Underpackaging
A talk I gave this week in Chicago alerted me again to the issues involved in packaging products. I recall we were called in to look at how people reacted to packaging...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Perception of Time
On the brain's perception of time. We examined this as part of how people shop. How does it change the dwell time in front of a shelf?
From The Eponymous Pickle
Digital Gastronomy
This week I gave a presentation in Chicago and mentioned the idea of manufacturing food and beverage remotely, giving as examples the Coke Freestyle machine and...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Beautiful Squid Drawings
From Italy. As before, use the comments to this post to write about and discuss security stories that don't have their own post.
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Knowing That Order Matters
The start of a new year puts me once again in front of a second semester class, using as text the pdf of my book that is about to appear (shameless advertising)...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Game Papers at SIGGRAPH 2011 (Part 2 of 2)
A previous post talked about two game paper presentations I saw at SIGGRAPH 2011. Here is part two with a summary of the second two talks.Evaluating gesture-based...
From Apophenia
Exciting News: Me @ Microsoft Research + New York University
When I was finishing my PhD and starting to think about post-school plans, I made a list of my favorite university departments. At the top of the list was New York...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smartphones for Checking Out in Retail
Michael Koploy posts a great article on using smartphones for retail checkout. It is a topic I have talked to many retailers about. It is a key issue for retailers...
From Computational Complexity
Guest Post on Conference Locations
(Samir Khuller Guest Post.) On Conference Locations: I recently looked at Orbitz for fares to Japan for SODA 2012 in Jan. The round trip fare from DC to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM Predictive Perspectives
I will be at the IBM Predictive Perspectives Innovative Ideas for Analytics next Tuesday, September 13 in Cincinnati (Actually in Covington KY). Want to meet...
From The Eponymous Pickle
DemandTec Promotes Retail Challenge
I have been a long time promoter of getting all students started early in Technology, Math and Science. It is hard to fill in the gaps later. Just got this note...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google to do Dart
Google is introducing a new structured Web programming language called Dart.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Driving Levels of Interaction
Gamification can get people minimally involved, but how can it lead to deeper levels of interaction? Some thoughts.
From Putting People First
Design ethnography field guide by Helsinki Design Lab
An essential part of any design activity is understanding the context one is working in, particularly the social context. Eventually when proposals are made, these...
From Wild WebMink
? How Many Foundations Do We Need?
One of the sessions at Transfer Summit concerned open source foundations. I made a comment during the Q & A that some people wanted recorded, so here it is! ? Imagine...
From Putting People First
Marko Ahtisaari: Patterns of Human Interaction (the Nokia N9 design video)
Marko Ahtisaari is the global head of Nokia’s design unit, and he is responsible for Nokia
From Putting People First
What Does it Mean to Design Public Services?
Design thinking and techniques can help create radical innovations needed to meet the challenges facing local communities and services, says Philip Colligan, executive...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
NFTE World Series of Innovation
Innovation! What is is and how can we teach it to children? Big questions today as many of us believe that innovation in many forms is absolutely critical to success...
From The Eponymous Pickle