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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
IBM Services Innovation Lab
Services vs Hardware are increasingly important to IBM: IBM announced the creation of the Services Innovation Lab (SIL), a new global lab that will initially...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Measuring the Emotional Consumer
An insightful interview. I believe there is much to be learned from the non-consious consumer. I still do not believe we know as much as we think we do about...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: SQUIDS Game
It's coming to the iPhone and iPad, then to other platforms: In SQUIDS, players will command a small army of stretchy, springy sea creatures to protect an idyllic...
From Schneier on Security
The Efficacy of Post-9/11 Counterterrorism
This is an interesting article. The authors argue that the whole war-on-terror nonsense is useless -- that's not new -- but that the security establishment knows...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Defined Hours of Work
Now that I consulting after retirement (contact me for more information, column on the left) I am better understanding the issue of defined hours of work muchIn...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Complexity Science Blog
A new blog by Melanie Mitchell via the Santa Fe Institute that overs progress in the complexity sciences. Looks good so far. " ... The blog, whose full title...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Sony Personal 3D Headset
Actively discussed at an innovation lunch today. The personal headset, now being presented by Sony. Many potential collaboration and interaction applications...
From Computational Complexity
The Anti-Privacy Generation
A physicist I knew refused to fly on small commuter planes. He knew what could go wrong and he was sure they weren't safe. In fact flying even on small planes is...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cheaper Tablets
Computer World Reports that the market is opening for a number of cheaper tablets in the $200-300 range, in particular pointing to an upcoming Amazon tablet. ...
From Putting People First
Ethnographic analysis to better address challenges in developing countries
Dr. Kusum Gopal, an anthropologist who has served as a United Nations (UN) Expert and Technical Advisor to government agencies, speaks to The Chronicle on challenges...
From Schneier on Security
A Professional ATM Theft
Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS) lost $13M to an ATM theft earlier this year: KrebsOnSecurity recently discovered previously undisclosed details...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Readability in Programming Languages
I saw a side by side comparison of a bunch of scripting languages online recently. Scripting Languages: PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby My first, and second reaction was...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Awareness is the new Bottom Line
Paul D'Souza, who I just met, writes: That is what Gerhard Gschwandtner, Founder & CEO of the Selling Power Magazine says -- when interviewing me about my book...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Creative Computing with Scratch
I recently had the good fortune to participate in this year's Creative Computing workshop at MIT. The program, which ran from July 27-30, was organized by theScratchers...
From Schneier on Security
Unredacted U.S. Diplomatic WikiLeaks Cables Published
It looks as if the entire mass of U.S. diplomatic cables that WikiLeaks had is available online somewhere. How this came about is a good illustration of how security...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Learning Styles
Is there real evidence for clear differences in learning styles? I know many people who say they are visual rather than textual learners, is that a reasonable...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Data eBook Free Download
This looks to be interesting, checking it out now: " ... We've taken the wraps off of "Big Data Now," a free collection that brings together much of the data coverage...
From Schneier on Security
Forged Google Certificate
There's been a forged Google certificate out in the wild for the past month and a half. Whoever has it -- evidence points to the Iranian government -- can, if...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Private Character Editor
I get questions. Oh boy do I get questions. I don
From Putting People First