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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 Computing Community Consortium Blog
Watson Outpaces Jeopardy Wizards in Sneak Preview
“What is Jericho?” Those were the first words from “Watson,” the IBM supercomputer system that’s taking on Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter — the two winningest players...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Social Media Field Guide
I see that former colleague Krista Neher's new book: The Social Media Field Guide, is now out. Much more here and ordering information. Also see her excellent...
From Schneier on Security
Stealing SIM Cards from Traffic Lights
Johannesburg installed hundreds of networked traffic lights on its streets. The lights use a cellular modem and a SIM card to communicate. Those lights introduced...
From Computational Complexity
Are you a Ringer? A Reverse Ringer?
A ringer is an impostor, especially one whose pretense is intended to gain an advantage in a competition. This definition is from Wikipedia and agrees with what...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Locating and Engaging the In-Store Shopper
Newly alerted to ZuluTime, they have an online video that is worth looking at, more exploration and comments to follow: " ... Locate and Engage the In-Store Shopper...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Tools for Understanding the Brain
In Science Daily via Stan Dyck: " ... UCLA neuroscientists have now collaborated with physicists to develop a non-invasive, ultra-high-speed microscope that can...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smart Fabrics are Now Washable
Baseline article on the washability of smart fabrics. This had always been a barrier for the broader us of this technology.
From Schneier on Security
The Security Threat of Forged Law-Enforcement Credentials
Here's a U.S. Army threat assessment of forged law-enforcement credentials. The authors bought a bunch of fake badges: Between November 2009 and March 2010, undercover...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Registration now open for the Microsoft bliink Web Design Competition
I told you it was coming. Yes, Bliink the web design competition is now open across the US. With registration now open for the Microsoft bliink Web Design Competition...
From Putting People First
UX design in the financial services industry
Harald Felgner alerts us to a presentation by Amir Dotan of LAB49 where he shares his experiences working as a user experience architect in the financial services...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Innovation Speed Dating at Kimberly Clark
In Consumer Goods Technology (CGT): A major competitor of my former enterprise is doing some intriguing innovative work: " ... Kimberly-Clark recently used an...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Exploring Intersections Between Semantics and the Cloud
Forging an interesting relationship between an SAP supported research institute and semantic data management and search. How the Cloud is specifically brought...
From Michael Nielsen
What should a reasonable person believe about the Singularity?
In 1993, the science fiction author Vernor Vinge wrote a short essay proposing what he called the Technological Singularity. Here’s the sequence of events Vinge...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Why Experience Matters
A recent Dilbert cartoon had a man saying
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Leroy Hood wins NAE Fritz J. and Delores H. Russ Prize
Leroy Hood, President of Seattle
From Wild WebMink
? Google, Chrome and H.264
When Google announced yesterday that they were withdrawing from their Chrome browser embedded support in the HTML5 <video> tag for the H.264 encoding standard,...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
A Joint Call for Research Why Computer Science Education is Important for K-12
A joint blog post by Chris Stephenson of CSTA, Alfred Thompson of Microsoft, and Mark Guzdial of Georgia Tech As much as we believe and try to make the case that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Retail and Smartphones
Short local piece on the increasing use of linking smartphone Apps and coupons in retail. Nothing new here, except that people and the press are starting to take...
From Wild WebMink