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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 Computational Complexity
A non rigorous proof technique
As a grad student (1980's) I found a book in the library that claimed to solve Fermat's Last Theorem using elementary methods. (This was before Wiles had shownhere...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neuromarketing and Politics
In today's Fast Company, a good article about how neuromarketing is being used to improve political traction. Makes perfect sense. In a emotionally laden context...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-11-04
UK Copyright Law To Be Revised "The founders of Google have said they could never have started their company in Britain. … Over there, they have what are called...
From Schneier on Security
The Business of Botnets
It can be lucrative: Avanesov allegedly rented and sold part of his botnet, a common business model for those who run the networks. Other cybercriminals can rent...
From Putting People First
Four year ethnographic study of Global Voices
How would a newsroom look if we could build it from scratch, current technologies in hand? A 4 year ethnograhic study of Global Voices brought Lokman Tsui, an Assistant...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Holographic Videoconferencing?
Long suggested, but still not here. Some steps in the right direction described in Technology Review. Is it really required to do rich communications? I have...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Shop Saavy Scanning App Update
I just took a quick look at the ShopSavvy barcode scanning app on my IPhone 4. I had reviewed it previously versus RedLaser. The new update and user interface...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Self-Scanning at Carrefour
Carrefour in Belgium is offering a self-scan personal scanner device for shoppers in Beligium. First I have seen Caffefour do this. I still think that the future...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Where Augmented Reality is Going
An interesting and informative piece on the direction of augmented reality ideas. I do see this as a kind of application, especially in retail, that we will see...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Passion and Problem Solving
There's a new theme over at Comp Sci Woman about what we love, and I wrote the first post for it: There are two things I love the most about computer science:rest...
From Schneier on Security
Did the FBI Invent the D.C. Bomb Plot?
Last week the police arrested Farooque Ahmed for plotting a terrorist attack on the D.C. Metro system. However, it's not clear how much of the plot was his idea...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-11-03
FSF position on GPLv2 and current App Store terms "To summarize: * The App Store terms apply to GPLed software in the App Store. * Those terms force strict Usage...
From Putting People First
Computational objects with information shadows
Mike Kuniavsky, writer, designer, researcher and entrepreneur and co-founder of both ThingM, an electronic hardware design, development and manufacturing company...
From Wild WebMink
DRM Essay
My essay explaining why DRM (Digital Restriction Measures) are toxic to culture is now available in the Essays section.
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Buying Brain
The Buying Brain: Secrets for Selling to the Subconscious Mind, by A. K. Pradeep, Pradeep is the CEO of probably the best known neuromarketing companyNeurofocus...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Paul Debevec wins Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Engineering Award
Congratulations to Paul Debevec — Research Associate Professor & Associate Director of Graphics Research at the University of Southern California’s Institute for...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Making a Robot Dance
In the IEEE Spectrum. An insightful article about how to make a humanoid robot dance. I am not sure the goal of any robot should be to make a robot more human...
From Putting People First
IDEA 2010, an information architecture conference
Last month the Information Architecture Institute, a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to advancing and promoting information architecture, held its yearly...
From Computer Science Teachers Association