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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
Textbooks
I was reading through a couple of blog posts by Garth Flint earlier today. I
From Wild WebMink
? Java and Ubuntu
Despite a panic caused by a misleading headline, not only is Java not being removed from Ubuntu, but the Java reference implementation is actually a package in...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Help Shape the CSTA Annual Conference: Be a Proposal Reviewer
This is one of several recent
From The Eponymous Pickle
Material Properties Search
From MIT News: Thanks to a new online toolkit developed at MIT and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, any researcher who needs to find a material with...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Patients Want Links to Doctor's Notes
In InformationWeek: Ultimately not only to read, but to link with other sources of health expertise.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Innovation Tournament at P&G
A considerable description of how P&G used a tournament method to address this problem:Procter & Gamble CEO Bob McDonald is a man with a plan. Last year, he and...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
USPTO Seeking Text Recognition, Image Analysis Algorithms
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), together with the recently created
From The Eponymous Pickle
Silicon Halton
Chris Herbert of Mi6 Agency sends along this news article about Silicon Halton near Toronto. Startups via social connections. How can social connections be best...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Paywall Penalties
In GigaOm: A good piece on the increasing use of Paywalls on the Web. Should we be penalizing the loyalty of customers while we are exposing them to paying...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Business Intelligence Mind Map
A business intelligence mind map that covers most of the territory typically included in BI and its implications. Informative.
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM Big Data Bet, with Watson and More.
Another step forward for big and bigger data:" On the same day that IBM passed Microsoft in market cap, Big Blue showed how it will ride the growth of big data...
From Schneier on Security
Multiple Protocol Attacks
In 1997, I wrote about something called a chosen-protocol attack, where an attacker can use one protocol to break another. Here's an example of the same thing...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS AP Principles
A number of universities around the US are piloting courses to fit the proposed Advanced Placement CS Principles course. At the University of Washington Bothell...
From The Eponymous Pickle
10X Accelerator at Ohio State
Just brought to my attention: 10-xelerator or "10x" is the newest New Venture Accelerator in Columbus, Ohio. 10x is a mentorship-driven investment program designed...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Computers With Mind Control Soon
In IBM's A Smarterplanet Blog: They predict a number of expected things. One is that mind control will take over a number of computer interfaces such as cursor...
From The Eponymous Pickle
MIT Online
In GigaOM: A revision of their previous online course system. " ... Next spring, MIT will launch a pilot of MITx online-only courses geared to reach prospective...
From Schneier on Security
How to Open a Padlock with a Coke Can
A nice tutorial on making and using shims to open padlocks.
From Daniel Lemire's Blog