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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
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Purity Test
I didn't know this: A Squid is a motorcycle rider who, experienced or not, rides outside his abilities and sets poor examples by attire, propriety, and general...
From Schneier on Security
Homeopathic Bomb
This is funny: The world has been placed on a heightened security alert following reports that New Age terrorists have harnessed the power of homeopathy for evil...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cuddle Hormone
Does the 'Cuddle Hormone' make men more empathetic? And where do such focused solutions end up? " ... "This study is the latest of several that suggest that intranasal...
From Putting People First
Towards a Finnish user needs based service economy
Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund [disclaimer: and Experientia client] has launched a new book, After the Crisis, and a report, Finland: Wellsprings for a Vital...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How Procter is Luring Back Customers
A WSJ piece about how P&G is luring back customers in tough times.-
From My Biased Coin
Should There Be a "PostDoc Registration" Rate?
Most every computer science conference has (at least) two rates for registration: students and other. Ostensibly, this is because we want to encourage student...
From Computational Complexity
The Base of Computational Complexity
In the April CACM, George V. Neville-Neil wrote a column on a question about the foundations of computer science:In most areas of science there are a few basicdiscussion...
From Schneier on Security
Fun with Secret Questions
Ally Bank wants its customers to invent their own personal secret questions and answers; the idea is that an operator will read the question over the phone andSome...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
CRA-W Grad Cohort: Tips For Finishing Your PhD
What does finishing a PhD mean and what will it take? Prof. Padma Raghavan, Pennsylvania State University, gave us a fun and informative session on taking it from...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-04-30
Digital Economy Bill – UK Election Digital Debate Hear Brown, Cameron & Clegg in their own words on the Digital Economy Act. Brown says it needs scrutiny, although...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Augmenting and Virtualizing the World
In Gigantico, a series of videos being produced by Chris Grayson on this topic. The link here points to the first video, which specifically talks about augmented...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
What is a good University?
Seth Godin wrote a devastating post on the future of higher education. Unlike Godin, I fail to see an imminent crash of high education. But then, I failed to predict...
From The Eponymous Pickle
World's Fair Sparks the Future
Wired article on the technology inspirations of the 1939 World's Fair. The WP post is also interesting. Was before my time, but I was inspired by the 1964/1965,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Thank God for Out-of-Stocks
I was at a training meeting at a major manufacturer this week that emphasized retail design to decrease out of stocks. Herb Sorensen sees it differently.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Enormous Promise of Location
Good piece in GigaOm, on the enormous promise of location. Good as an introductory piece to forward. I have been involved in a number of mapping, Geographical and...
From Putting People First
A special report on television
This week’s Economist contains a special report on television. The leader article presents television as the great survivor, which has coped well with technological...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - April 2010 (Vol. 53, No. 4)
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the April issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content, and...
From Schneier on Security
Hypersonic Cruise Missiles
The U.S. is developing a weapon capable of striking anywhere on the planet within an hour. The article talks about the possibility of modifying Trident missiles...
From The Eponymous Pickle
ZapThink on KYield
I mention Kyield again, with which I am involved. The IT consulting firm Zapthink just did an overview of Kyield. Mark Montgomery, CEO of Kyield gives a detailed...
From The Eponymous Pickle