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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
3D Printer Startups Video
Makerbot and other low cost 3D Printer companies are examined in a Netflix video exclusive. Called 'Print the Legend'. A familiar look at the atmosphere of startups...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mercedes Self Driving 18 Wheeler
In CWorld: Concept Vehicle. Impressive design. This should have considerable influence on supply chain efficiency. Good detail in the article." ... Mercedes-Benz...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Newspaper Goes to Virtual Reality
A curious example of how newspapers are looking at using virtual reality. Look at the tag link belong for examples about how we experimented with this. I have...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
NITRD Agencies To Develop National Privacy Research Strategy
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has asked a steering group in the Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NIH awards initial $46 million for BRAIN Initiative
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced its first wave of investments totaling $46 million to support the goals of the Brain Research through Advancing...
From Computational Complexity
Dagstuhl on Algebra in Computational Complexity
(Reminder- Theory day at UMCP: here is the link. ) There was a Dagstuhl on Algebra in Computational Complexity Sept 22-26. I learned stuff in the talks, over meals...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
U.S. Copyright Office Invites Petitions for 2015 DMCA Rulemaking
The U.S. Copyright Office is accepting petitions for the triennial rulemaking proceedings to determine exemptions to the anti-circumvention prohibitions under the...
From Putting People First
Domestic abuse and the law
OCAD‘s Super Ordinary Lab in Toronto, Canada also just started an unusual social design project that is worth sharing. Domestic Abuse and the Law: Confronting Systemic...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Research Transformation
Sounds very familiar. Creating a research transformation agenda for 2015The two most powerful concepts in marketing research — trends and norms — are also the biggest...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cheap Gesture Detection in Smartphones
In Technology Review: Another one of our research areas. In particular how you might use it for consumer interaction in retail. " .... A research project at...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Transforming Healthcare Delivery
Former Computing Community Consortium (CCC) CI Fellow, Dr. Suchi Saria, now an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University, emphasizes the important role that...
From Putting People First
Great resource on design research methods
Last week I was at Toronto’s OCADU (Ontario College of Art and Design – University), where Suzanne Stein showed me around in her Super Ordinary lab. One hidden...
From Putting People First
High tech psyche
If you want to be free in a digital age, must you switch off your computer, ask two new books, The End of Absence and The Glass Cage. The End of Absence: Reclaiming...
From Putting People First
Using HCD to make mobile money relevant
Earlier in 2014, two consecutive Mondato Insights examined the role of Human Centered Design (HCD) in enhancing the user experience and closing the gap between...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Computer Science Principles: Getting Started
After attending the CS Principles Summit in July, I was convinced that I needed to get this course started at my school site. The Summit was so informative and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Book Launch: A Whole New Engineer
Long time correspondent Dave Goldberg has a book coming out, and there is a party. I plan to read and review here.Google On Air Hangout to Celebrate Launch ofA...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Steven Pinker on Academic Writing
He complains about the quality of academic writing. As usual, he writes well. An example: " .... The other major contributor to academese is a cognitive blind...
From Putting People First
Reflecting on EPIC 2014
Simon Roberts – now of Stripe Partners – was the organizer of last year’s EPIC (Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference) in London. He did a truly excellent...
From Writing
Node.js vs Play Framework
Here's the showdown you've been waiting for: Node.js vs Play Framework. Both are popular open source web frameworks that are built for developer productivity, asynchronous...
From Writing