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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
Spritz: A New RC4-Like Stream Cipher
Last week, Ron Rivest gave a talk at MIT about Spritz, a new stream cipher by him and Jacob Schuldt. It's basically a redesign of RC4, given current cryptographic...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Haptic Handles
In CWorld:It's not quite the same as thumbing a ride, but a cylindrical gadget that nestles in your palm can get you where you want to go.Japanese mobile giant...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 27 October 2014
What a week. I teach at a private school and one of the things we do is have open houses for prospective students and parents. Last week we had two which meantWhy...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Data Retail Program
IBM Big Data & Analytics: Retail Business and Industry Leadership Program
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gartner Identifies Key Technology Trends
I don't usually like top ten lists. But in this list I do like the general descriptions. Top strategic technology trends. No big surprises, and the order is...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tracking the Value of Corporate Get-togethers
This week attending IBM's big conference on Big Data and Analytics called Insight2014. In progress all this week. A huge affair with thousands of participants...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Steganographic Malware
Network threats based on hidden malware. " .... Researchers at the Hungary-based Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security have uncovered Duqu, an unusual...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Galactic Shadows
My colleague Keith J Caserta has come out with a second book in his Kindle series called: Galactic Shadows. Science fiction about AI and how aliens are likely to...
From Putting People First
Creating user-friendlier environments
MIT News describes how Federico Casalegno of the MIT Mobile Experience Lab designs technology environments that keep human experience at the center of user experience...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fast Track Back to Kanban
It has been a considerable time since I have worked with Kanban, the lean, just in time manufacturing process. This InfoQ piece outlines what it is and a workshop...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Productivity Startups
We need more of these, in particular startups that deliver more efficient connections to each other, supplanting regular e-mail, focus data to value and have the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kroger Scan, Bag and Go
Got a chance today to use the Kroger in-aisle checkout method at the Middletown, Ohio Kroger today. This was a concept we tested with many alternatives in the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Business Strategy and Execution for CIO
In Future of CIO: Business strategy and execution challenges. " ... Many companies spend significant portion of time for formulating rock solid strategies, focuses...
From Geeking with Greg
At what point is an over-the-air TV antenna too long to be legal?
You can get over-the-air HDTV signals using an antenna. This antenna gets a better, stronger signal with less interference if it is direct line-of-sight and asrecently...
From Putting People First
Should more banks acquire UX design firms?
Underscoring the importance of a great customer experience, Capital One has acquired the San Francisco-based design and user experience firm, Adaptive Path. Is...
From Putting People First
Report outlines future of UK social design research
Social Design Futures: HEI Research and the AHRC By Armstrong, Leah, Jocelyn Bailey, Guy Julier, Lucy Kimbell University of Brighton and Victoria and Albert Museum...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Watson Cognitive Computing as Taught at Columbia
How is Watson cognitive technology being taught today in universities? Here is an example of how it is described in a curriculum at Columbia:" ... IBM Watson is...
From Putting People First
Experientia president to speak at User Friendly 2014 in China
Experientia president Michele Visciola is one of the keynote speakers at User Friendly 2014, the annual user experience conference of UXPA China, to be held in...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Many Worlds
Many Worlds is a 1950s idea that came out of physics. A result of the math that works very well predictively at the tiny, particle level, but for the real world...
From The Eponymous Pickle