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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 Putting People First
The future of the TV experience
The second global edition of BLINK, a quarterly media industry magazine published by media agency MediaCom, looks into the future of TV. The 48 page magazine contains...
From Putting People First
Book: The Internet of Elsewhere
The Internet of Elsewhere: The Emergent Effects of a Wired World by Cyrus Farivar Rutgers University Press May 2011 Abstract Through the lens of culture, The Internet...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Making 3D Models from Photos
From Technology Review: Making 3D Models from multiple 2D photos: video. Features free Autodesk software. Worth a look. Done previously only using a laser scanner...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Chore Wars: An Alternate Reality Game
I am doing some research in the area of 'gamification' and the use of games to improve serious work processes. That and some emerging project work has led me to...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
The View of a Researcher:
As part of ScienceLives — an occasional NSF/LiveScience series that “puts scientists under the microscope to figure out what makes them tick” — CCC Council member...
From Schneier on Security
U.S. Presidential Limo Defeated by Steep-Grade Parking Ramp
It's not something I know anything about -- actually, it's not something many people know about -- but I've posted some links about the security features of the...
From Michael Nielsen
Survey notes on fermi algebras and the Jordan-Wigner transform now on GitHub
Continuing the theme of my last post, I’ve now put my old survey notes on fermi algebras and the Jordan-Wigner transform up on GitHub. The Jordan-Wigner transform...
From Putting People First
Usability testing with children: a lesson from Piaget
In this post, Sabina Idler, information designer at Usabilla (The Netherlands), introduces Piaget
From Putting People First
Gestural interfaces: a step backwards in usability
Donald A. Norman and Jakob Nielsen of the Nielsen Norman group argue that today
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
How Computation Has Transformed Practically Everything
As we’ve noted in this space before, MIT — as part of its 150th anniversary celebration — recently sponsored a series of
From Putting People First
City as a platform
Two talks from the 2011 PSFK conference caught my attention: City as a platform (video) In her role as Chief Digital Officer for the City of New York, Rachel Sterne...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ford Moves into Mobile Healthcare
An interview this is an increasing trend as we carry more of our information and sensors with us.
From Putting People First
Why can
The number of times that Google has failed at delivering a successful
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
US Teams in the Worldwide Imagine Cup Finals 2011
The Worldwide finalists for all categories of the Imagine Cup are out and you can read all of the amazing projects at the Imagine Cup Blog. There are 124 teams...
From Putting People First
Ford Motor Co moving into mobile healthcare
With the help of medical technology companies WellDoc, Medtronic and SDI, the motor giant last Wednesday set out to prove that it’s concerned not only with the...
From Putting People First
Study: people with access to power meter data reduce energy use
The simplest way to cut down on energy use isn’t to build millions of brand-new LEED-certified buildings; it’s to convince people to make changes themselves. And...
From The Eponymous Pickle