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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
Replacing Wi-Fi
LED lights can be flickered very quickly to transmit data. It could replace Wi-Fi under some conditions, though it does require line of sight or easily reflected situations...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Engaging in Public Service
The three men in the image on the right have something in common: Rush Holt, who
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Painted on Canal Narrowboat
Pretty. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USACM Summer Recap: Comments on NSTIC Governance
Often things slow down in the summer, but that’s not been the case for USACM this year. We’ve been busy commenting on various government proposals related to computing...
From Schneier on Security
Liars and Outliers Cover
My new book, Liars and Outliers, has a cover. Publication is still scheduled for the end of February -- in time for the RSA Conference -- assuming I finish the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Sands Research on Neuromarketing
Sand's most recent newsletter on neuroscience methods covers a number of interesting papers and articles on the topic. If you have not read about neuromarketing...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Summer Professional Development
This summer I was able to attend three Computer Science conferences this summer which were CS4HS: http://www.cs4hs.com/participating-schools-2011.html at two...
From Schneier on Security
Rat that Applies Poison to its Fur
The African crested rat applies tree poison to its fur to make itself more deadly. The researchers made their discovery after presenting a wild-caught crestedAcokanthera...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
UPDATE: Watson
A couple months ago, I blogged about David Ferrucci’s excellent
From The Eponymous Pickle
Personal Computer in the Executive Suite
I saw this post about IBM's first personal computer, not the consumer PC, but the IBM 5150. In 1981 we received a loaner from IBM. One ended up in our Chairman's...
From Schneier on Security
Counterfeit Pilot IDs and Uniforms Will Now Be Sufficient to Bypass Airport Security
This seems like a really bad idea: ...the Transportation Security Administration began a program Tuesday allowing pilots to skirt the security-screening process...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Made in China Spending
MJ Perry on US consumer spending on goods made in China. Less than 2%. Surprising that it is so low.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Shopping in 3D
Is it more fun to shop online in 3D rather than 2D? I experimented with this concept in the seminal virtual community Second Life, and found it less than satisfying...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amex Gives You Credit for Network
Interesting development I was late to: " ... Creating a social network is so last week. Today, American Express is unveiling a social media platform called "Link...
From The Eponymous Pickle
More on Wolfram CDF
Wolfram's blog has a long post on Computable Document Format (CDF) which explains it nicely. Now experimentally built into WolframAlpha. The idea of having a...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Seeking Ideas for
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has just announced a Request for Ideas (RFI) about Data Intensive Science: The increasing volume and complexity of scientific...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brandwashed
Just starting to read: Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade us to Buy by Martin Lindstrom. To be available September 20. Have...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the May issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content, and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Coming to a Mall Near You
The esteemed Mayo Clinic is opening a retail outlet at the Mall of America. In MJ Perry's blog.
From The Eponymous Pickle