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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
Tamagotchi to Re Hatch in 2014
Hard to believe it was over seventeen years ago, then we examined the Tamagotchi by Bandai 'pets' as a means to connect with consumers. They were a true craze...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
FTC Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Patent Assertion Entity Study
The Federal Trade Commission has extended the deadline for public comments on its proposed study of patent assertion entities (PAEs) until Monday, December 16,...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
New Federal Regulations Require Accessible Airline Websites and Kiosks
New federal regulations by the U.S. Department of Transportation require airlines to make their websites and airport kiosks more accessible for people with disabilities...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Getting and Keeping Computer Science Teachers in K-12
With the recent publication of the new CSTA report Bugs in the System: Computer Science Teacher Certification in the U.S. CSTA has shone another white hot spotlight...
From Geeking with Greg
Game Maven: Learn to code by writing games
I just launched Game Maven from Crunchzilla. It’s a new interactive tutorial -- part of the series that includes Code Monster and Code Maven -- that is a step-by...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Finding Things at Lowe's
Not a new thing. Using an App to find things in a complex space like Retail. We examined this, starting with kiosk systems. But I like the implication that things...
From The Eponymous Pickle
International Institute for Analytics
Brought to my attention by Joe Sunderman, who I had the pleasure to talk to yesterday about my view of analytics. The International Institute for Analytics. ...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Introductory Computer Science is Second Most Popular Course at Harvard
On November, 26, 2013, Michael Farrell writes in The Boston Globe about the great change which is occurring on Harvard University’s campus, with regard to Computer...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Innovation Request: Food Monitoring
A client has asked me to provide this link more publicity, from Ideaconnection, which connects innovations to product needs: " ... Technology Wanted: Consumer...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On A/B Testing and Better Experimental Design
In Wired: On the well known method of A/B testing. It is one of the simplest experimental designs, but is sometimes not good enough. A example of the model...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Inexpensive 3D Scanning
In Engadget: Relatively inexpensive, portable 3D scanning to capture a description of an object up to ten by ten feet. " ... If the product is indeed what 3D...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Computer Science Response to “The STEM Crisis: Reality or Myth?”
On November 11, 2013, The Chronicle for Higher Education published an article titled “The STEM Crisis: Reality or Myth?” which stated that many researchers do in...
From Schneier on Security
Tor Appliance
Safeplug is an easy-to-use Tor appliance. I like that it can also act as a Tor exit node.![[Report] Leading Business by Design](/system/assets/0000/1953/030209_Vanderbeeken_Mark_250.small_square.jpg?1476779420&1260281963)
From Putting People First
[Report] Leading Business by Design
Design is now firmly on the business agenda. No longer the cherry on the cake for high-end goods and luxury brands, over the past decade it has gained relevance...
From Putting People First
Melinda Gates on the power of human-centered design
Interesting quote from a Wired interview with Melinda Gates and Paul Farmer: WIRED: What innovation do you think is changing the most lives in the developing world...
From Putting People First
[Report] Next generation working life
How will work be organized in the Networked Society? Fundamental changes are taking place. Cultural changes and rapid technological development are changing the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hadoop and a Pending Metadata Mess
An intriguing point about the tool and its use, and general documentation of data, its origins and measurements (metadata) : " ... Why is Hadoop so popular? There...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Nano satellites Powered by a Smartphone
In CWorld: I like the modular simplicity. " .... Fleet of CubeSat nanosatellites now orbiting earth, sending back data CubeSats built by NASA and various colleges...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Python Displacing R?
Interesting suggestion. But no real data is given. They are different beasts, Python is a general purpose computer language, while R is designed to work with...
From The Eponymous Pickle