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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
Sharing Massive Data
In BBC Technology: How do game companies readily share very large 50GB plus files? This interested me because I recently had to do this for an analytics project...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Interdisciplinary Computing and Computer Science
Had an interesting conversation with Lisa C. Kaczmarczyk See her Interdisciplinary Computing Blog :" ... Computing and people who work with computers are not the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Software Agents
In Computing Now: Long time since I heard about this topic, we experimented broadly in the supply chain area, with some success. " .... Emphasis on autonomous...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Connected Kitchens
We explored the kitchen in the smart home in detail because we believed that the kitchen was the nexus of the home. Connecting it as one of the nodes in an internet...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Useful Mystery of Light Harvesting
In Technology: New to me, always fascinating when there is activity in nature that we cannot explain by physics and chemistry. And certainly one that could point...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Worm Discovered
This squid-like worm -- Teuthidodrilus samae -- is new to science. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mobile Rules Wal-Mart
In VentureBeat: " ... Mobile rules Walmart: Accounted for 53% of Thanksgiving traffic, new mobile customers up 3X ... "
From Putting People First
Design your way to better public services
Innovative design-based approaches to public service management can rapidly enhance user experience whilst driving effective and efficient policymaking, explains...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
How is Computer Science NOT a 21st Century Skill
I had to do this. I really did. I am so tired of schools claiming that they are teaching 21st century skills (what ever that means) but not offering a computer...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Total Quality Mangagement
Another topic that has seen less talk lately: Total quality Management. Here in the Smart KPIs Blog. "... Total Quality Management – a means for improvement ....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smart Textiles
In ComputingNow: A topic we explored, being a garment care industry, but have not heard much about recently:" ... Current technology supports only special-purpose...
From Schneier on Security
More on Stuxnet
Ralph Langer has written the definitive analysis of Stuxnet: short, popular version, and long, technical version. Stuxnet is not really one weapon, but two. The...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Are regular folks doomed?
I have been telling all my colleagues about Cowen’s latest book: The average is over. I really enjoyed the book. Cowen goes on in his new book to explain that regular...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Improving Mobile Marketing
In Mashable: Thoughtful piece about the behavior of the consumer while mobile. What more data do we need to gather to do useful analytics? " ... When it comes...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ford and the Internet of Everything
Good piece from the Cisco Blog on how Ford is working with the Internet of Everything. Good explanation because we are all acquainted with the context of our use...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Survival Analysis
A method I rarely had cause to use in my career, but good to know about. Peter Flom does a good job of explaining. " ... when the dependent variable is time Straightforward...
From Putting People First