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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 Eponymous Pickle
Cheap e-Book Reading Devices
It's not unexpected, relatively inexpensive uni purpose e-book reading devices emerging. Not unlike the very inexpensive calculators that also emerged in the 1980s...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Do Contests Promote Computer Science?
I am just coming off the spring local programming contest circuit, as many of the nearby universities held their contest during their spring break. Unfortunately...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
OSTP proposes initiative for student-led innovations in broadband apps
The White House Office of Science & Technology Policy seeks comments on a proposed initiative for student-led innovations in broadband applications. In doing so...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Curriculum, Companies, Cooperation and Conflict
Where does curriculum come from? Where should it come from? What involvement should industry in general have in creating curriculum? These are all questions suggested...
From Schneier on Security
How to Become a Nuclear Power
Sarcastic, yet a bit too close to the truth.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Privacy in the Era of DIgital Glass Houses
In CACM: ' ... As the boundaries for privacy have been redrawn by the connected world, the social norms and legal support structure that we count on to preserve...
From Wild WebMink
? OSI Opposes BBC DRM
OSI joins the Open Rights Group in opposing the introduction of DRM to UK broadcast TV.
From Schneier on Security
Natural Language Shellcode
Nice: In this paper we revisit the assumption that shellcode need be fundamentally different in structure than non-executable data. Specifically, we elucidate...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Look at Metcalfe's Law
A look at long quoted Metcale'e law, about how value grows as networks grow. It has been the 'rule' of Web 2.0, in GigaOm:' ... Networks
From Wild WebMink
? Broken Democracy
Italian democracy, citizen surveillance, DRM from the BBC and even the BCS rejecting a petition. May I get depressed?
From Putting People First
Africa Calling: can mobile phones make a miracle?
Africa Calling: Can Mobile Phones Make a Miracle? is the title of a long article by Jenny C. Aker (Assistant Professor, The Fletcher School) and Isaac M. Mbiti...
From Putting People First
Book: Ubiquitous computing user experience design
At Lift France 09, Mike Kuniavsky spoke about Changing Things: Fab Labs, towards decentralized design and production of material products (link to 25 min. video)...
From Putting People First
Successful service design
Successful Service Design: Turning Innovation Into Practice is a website created by the UK’s Cabinet Office that provides a robust guide to service design. The...
From Computational Complexity
Laci Babai Turns 60
I'm at Ohio State for the Combinatorics, Groups, Algorithms, and Complexity Conference in honor of Laci Babai's 60th birthday. An incredible turn out with 74 talks...
From Putting People First
How social networks influence our behaviours
Are some behaviours more contagious than others? This is the question that Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler address in their book, Connected: The Surprising...
From Putting People First
Making design research less of a mystery
David Sherwin argues in his blog that there are a few eerie similarities between the plotting of mystery novels and how designers should document design research...
From Putting People First
Can you design a service?
Jeff Howard alerts us in his “Design for Service” blog to the publication “Can You Design a Service?” by the Danish agency 1508. “Six brief case studies showcase...
From The Eponymous Pickle
UK's Online Plan for Public Services
Online Plan for Public Services: ' ... Everyone in the country is to be given a personalised webpage for accessing Government services within a year as part of...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Searches in Local Shelf Inventory
In StorefrontBacktalk: " ... The capability for a search engine to have a current and comprehensive list of products (SKU and sub-SKU) for every retailer in a given...
From My Biased Coin