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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 Noisy Channel
SIGIR 2009: Day 3, Industry Track: Vendor Panel
The last session of the SIGIR 2009 Industry Track was the enterprise search vendor panel. Originally, I’d hoped to have CTOs (or the equivalent) from Autonomy,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Quickline in Grocery
Always wondered why the 'Quick line' used for a long time in banks and elsewhere, had not been tried in grocery. Now Hannford Bros is trying it out. The obvious...
From Putting People First
Book: The myth of digital democracy
The Myth of Digital Democracy by Matthew Hindman Princeton University Press, 2008 Paperback, 198 pages Abstract: Is the Internet democratizing American politics...
From Putting People First
Learning from games: a language for designing emotion
Joe Lamantia, an Amsterdam based experience architect, discussed the role of emotion in game design. In his article, Lamantia draws heavily on the work by Nicole...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of August 3
August 6 Meeting: The President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology (PCAST) will hold its initial meeting (PDF) of the Obama Administration (continues...
From Putting People First
Technology will allow us to become digital nomads
Technology pundit Mike Elgan says on Nokia’s IdeasProject that we’re evolving a new paradigm for the workplace as technology makes it easier for white collar workers...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Samsung Smart Cameras
Samsung claims that it will soon revolutionize the way that people take pictures with their smart cameras, called tap and take, to be released later this month....
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM and Predictive Analytics
More on IBM's acquisition of SPSS. IBM has always been known for its analytics work. As early as the late 1960s we used IBM optimization software to improve the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
American Time Use Visualization
From Junk Charts ... a good example of visualization. Pointing to the NYT's visualization of US consumers use of time. ' ... (Apparently, thousands of people recalled...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Why I hardly ever blog about my ongoing research
When I started my blog in 2004, my goal was to blog about my research. It never happened. You may think that I am afraid a reader could steal my ideas, or that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Deeping in Deep Sea Fault Zones
Scientists Drill a Mile Into Active Deep Sea Fault Zone. Not for oil, but for science. Trying to understand subduction zones and earthquakes. Reminds me of project...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Interview with Eric von Hippel
The Open-Minded Professor - An Interview with Eric von Hippel, MIT
From The Eponymous Pickle