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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 Schneier on Security
Wanted: Skein Hardware Help
As part of NIST's SHA-3 selection process, people have been implementing the candidate hash functions on a variety of hardware and software platforms. Our team...
From Putting People First
Aesthetics of interaction
The latest issue of the International Journal of Design, eer-reviewed, open-access journal devoted to publishing research papers in all fields of design, is devoted...
From Putting People First
A weird way of thinking has prevailed worldwide
If a provocative new study is to be believed, the world lives in a situation where American undergraduates monopolize our knowledge of human nature, writes Anand...
From Putting People First
Digital dinosaurs and public gardens
Two new articles in UX Magazine: Don’t become a digital dinosaur by Samantha Starmer UX professionals can
From Putting People First
Technology aside, most people still decline to be located
Mostly the young are interested in letting others know their physical location. Others are reticent for safety reasons, or against providing too much information...
From Putting People First
Neighborly borrowing, over the online fence
The New York Times reports on how online start-ups are allowing people to rent out their belongings locally, for a small fee. “The Roomba was mine for only 24 hours...
From The Eponymous Pickle
K-Anonymity Privacy Models
In CACM: Privacy protection models for large databases. " ... The "K-anonymity" method of providing anonymity to large data sets has raised excitement in realms...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AisleBuyer on CNBC
Andrew Paradise has sent along a link about his Aislebuyer venture in the news on CNBC. A great example of in-store shopper convenience and engagement via smartphones...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hannaford's Site
In Progressive Grocer: Hannaford grocer revamps their site to include a number of mobile friendly ideas. Another example of mobile to retail plays. Expect to see...
From Putting People First
French ethnographic research on smartphone use
Le Monde newspaper published (Google translation) today a summary of an ethnographic research project on smartphone use by young adult, presented yesterday at a...
From Computational Complexity
Intelligent questions about the alleged P NE NP proof
People have asked me how much the alleged proof of P NE NP was discussed at Barriers II. Actually, nobody discussed the proof; however, we did discuss the aftermath...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-09-01
The End of OpenSolaris Patrick Finch with an informed view of what happened in the past and informed conjecture about the present and future. (tags: OpenSolaris...
From Schneier on Security
More Skein News
Skein is my new hash function. Well, "my" is an overstatement; I'm one of the eight designers. It was submitted to NIST for their SHA-3 competition, and oneselected...
From Putting People First
Dublin, Ireland to host Interaction 12
The City of Dublin and the Institute of Art, Design & Technology (IADT) will act as co-hosts for Interaction 12, the annual conference of the Interaction Design...
From Wild WebMink
On
Contributor agreements that aggregate the copyrights of open source code in favour of a single corporate sponsor are a sure sign of a community where one member...
From Schneier on Security
Eavesdropping on Smart Homes with Distributed Wireless Sensors
"Protecting your daily in-home activity information from a wireless snooping attack," by Vijay Srinivasan, John Stankovic, and Kamin Whitehouse: Abstract: In...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
New Developments in the Exploring Computer Science Curriculum
Many of you are familiar with the Exploring Computer Science (ECS) curriculum, developed in partnership with CSTA as part of an NSF grant. Though initially developed...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Yield Management of Knowledge
Mark Montgomery of KYield posts about Realizing the Theory: Yield Management of Knowledge. He defines it as: " ... Yield Management of Knowledge: The process by...
From The Eponymous Pickle