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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
NantMobile and Macy's
A former colleague of mine now runs NantMobile. In the press it is reported that they are working with Macy's Its interesting too that the company is owned"...
From Schneier on Security
CTX4000: NSA Exploit of the Day
Today's device -- this one isn't an implant -- from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: CTX4000 (TS//SI//REL TO USA,FVEY) The CTX4000...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Anticipatory Shipping
In TechCrunch, a quick look at Amazon's patent, and implementation of what is being called 'anticipatory sales'. Or shipping before you choose to buy. While...
From Computational Complexity
We don't care about Ballroom Dancing. Should we?
YOU got into your undergrad school because not only were you good at Math but you were on the Fencing Team and in the Latin Club (so you could taunt your opponents...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Experience Design
New book just brought to my attention. " ... Experience Design also serves as a reference tool for both designers and business leaders to help teams collaborate...
From Schneier on Security
DDOS Attacks Using NTP
This is new: The NTP method first began to appear late last year. To bring down a server such as one running "League of Legends," the attackers trick NTP servers...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 20 January 2014
It’s the calm before the storm for me. Tomorrow starts semester exams at my school and I’ll be busy this week grading semester projects. I’m a huge fan of end of...
From Writing
A thousand lives
The other day, I was going through some old files on my computer, and stumbled across a paper that blew my mind. It was a technical write up of an experiment with...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tricorder Scanner Meets the Paper Jam
A discussion with a nurse last week about health recording devices was interesting. Will the device of the future allow you to just wave it across the body tothere...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Deeper Learning
In Innovation Excellence: On the topic of deeper learning. References a video and a MOOC course to launch soon. worth a further look. Not the same thingthe machine...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Using Agile with BI
Was introduced to Agile methods last year. I like the approach, but not convinced of its generality. Connecting it to BI methods is worth a look.
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Making Learning Less Shattering
COLT deadline is Fri. Feb. 7 Columbia University source. Vladimir Vapnik is one of the founding visionaries of Computational Learning Theory. His papers in 1963...
From Geeking with Greg
Shouldn't wearable computing let you be super human?
Wearable computing so far seems to be going after mimicking a tablet, but I wonder if the real success will be in augmented perception. Current smartwatches are...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hershey and 3D Chocolate Printing
A good example of CPG delivery, here what we called late stage differentiation, a place where 3D printing can work. It can work even better when customers canHershey...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kahn Academy on Renting vs Buying a Home
Received from the Kahn Academy. " ... The math of renting vs. buying a home. Challenging the notion that it is always better to buy. ... ". Nicely done example...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Wonderlabs
I am always intrigued by innovation labs. Do they work? Certainly you do NOT need a place to innovate, it should be done anywhere, at all times. But a placeHere...
From Putting People First
New XD Magazine to be launched
XD is a quarterly print magazine, to be launched from Australia in April 2014, which showcases the work of experience design practitioners and researchers from...
From Putting People First
[Book] Junkyard Planet
Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade by Adam Minter Bloomsbury Publishing 2013, 304 pages [Amazon link - video] Abstract When you drop your...
From Putting People First
Why the resurgence of user-centred design matters for marketers
Marc Landsberg, CEO of socialdeviant, believes that marketing departments will increasingly invest in social platforms that are committed to users’ needs and interests...
From The Eponymous Pickle