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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 Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Teacher as Opportunity Activator
Yesterday I tried out a little web site called Name Tag Analyzer that looks at your LinkedIn information (this assumes you have a Linked In Account of course)Rob...
From Schneier on Security
Google's Authentication Research
Google is working on non-password authentication techniques. But for Google's password-liberation plan to really take off, they’re going to need other websites...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Augmented Reality Potty Training
Metaio reports on Kimberly Clark's Pull-ups potty training via an Augmented reality App. To Celebrate the First Flush. Clever idea here. Descriptive Video."...
From My Biased Coin
Auernheimer Speaks
Auernheimer -- who as I've discussed on this blog was convicted of a felony by accessing AT&T servers -- put out a statement yesterday.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Quality Dimensions
From Malcolm Chisholm: Rethinking the Dimensions of Data Quality. An important issue. Consider that data supports analytics, and analytics drives decision making...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Internet of Things
In Information Week: A video about a visit to the Internet of Things Consortium at CES. The trend that continues to develop. With many concerns and increasing...
From Wild WebMink
Thaw
Icicles, originally uploaded by webmink. The thaw in the Deep South is in full swing; even these icicles have dripped away from the office window now.
From Schneier on Security
Thinking About Obscurity
This essay is worth reading: Obscurity is the idea that when information is hard to obtain or understand, it is, to some degree, safe. Safety, here, doesn't mean...
From My Biased Coin
Here Comes Another One
And yet another security story -- this one titled find a bug, get expelled or something close to that in various places. I'm going to have to find out where I send...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Facial Analysis and the Brand
In Mediapost: A good example of a non conscious detection of brand engagement i.e. 'neuromarketing' capability. Here using the analysis of faces during stimulus...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Is learning useless stuff good for you?
We often require all students to learn things they may never need like latin, calculus, advanced trigonometry and classical literature. The implicit assumption...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tablet Adoption in the Enterprise
A broad overview of rising adoption of iPad's in the enterprise. Interesting stats. I do not like the use of the slide show format for this kind of information...
From Schneier on Security
TSA Removing Rapiscan Full-Body Scanners from U.S. Airports
This is big news: The U.S. Transportation Security Administration will remove airport body scanners that privacy advocates likened to strip searches after OSItwo...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Too Many Patents
In Hoover. I have seen a great deal of junk and arbitrary thoughts patented. With the hope of bullying money from companies. There is much need for reform. Some...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links Post 21 January 2013
One week until I face a new group of students. Unlike classroom visits in recent years these students are “mine” full time for a semester. Excited to say the least...
From Wild WebMink
Governance Lessons from Vert.x
The open discussion that the Vert.x community ended up having because of Tim Fox’s original announcement and the ripples it caused has produced fruit, in the shape...
From The Eponymous Pickle
True Impact Neuromarketing
Recently connected with Diana Lucaci of True Impact Marketing in Toronto. A Canadian firm that does neuromarketing studies. I was impressed with their list of...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Vint Cerf appointed to National Science Board by President Obama
On January 16, President Obama announced his intention to appoint Vint Cerf – Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google – to the National Science Board...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
PCAST releases new assessment of Networking and Information Technology Research and Development
In 2010, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) conducted a major review of the Federal government’s $4B multi-agency research and...
From The Eponymous Pickle