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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
Ivory Soap is on Facebook
My first in-depth plant tour was to see Ivory Soap being made. There were aspects of it that had not changed since the 19th century. Its history is also interesting...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AisleBuyer Enables in Aisle Scanning
I have mentioned Aislebuyer here a number of times, established to empower shoppers in the retail aisle, Now an item that says they are working with the Big-Y...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Code Blocked
I love coding. Once I get started, I get lost in the groove very easily. I love thinking about the best way to organize objects and design my UI. It feels good...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Successful Challenges & Visions Track a Centerpiece of SSRR 2011
The Computing Community Consortium’s (CCC) latest Challenges & Visions track was held Nov. 3 at the 9th
From The Eponymous Pickle
Computer Controls Yeast
The article overplays this as a Cyborg, but the example is interesting. A computer causes a yeast to produce a protein via a flashing light, then measures it's...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Watson and Medical Knowledge
IBM selling medical knowledge via Watson. Selling knowledge via interaction, or as a means to teach?
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Python, Visual Studio and Kinect
Python is rapidly growing in popularity in academia. Last week Microsoft announced Python Tools for Visual Studio
From My Biased Coin
A Tale of Talks
A bunch of talks today.Carla Gomes gave a talk at CRCS (Harvard's Center for Research on Computation and Society) to talk about her work on computational sustainability...
From The Eponymous Pickle
DemandTec Connects Weather and Planning
I have followed the idea of connecting accurate weather forecasts to planning and forecasting for some time. We watched as Wal-Mart did some early work to include...
From Schneier on Security
Cutting Wallets Out of Drunks' Pockets on New York City Subways
It's a crime with finesse: But he is actually a middle-aged or older man who has been doing this for a very long time. And he is a fading breed. "It's like a...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Embracing Marketing
A good AdAge piece on Google and Marketing. I think Google has always interested in marketing, perhaps not the more formal kind, but search is a new form of marketing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Real Time Streaming Geo Data
I have been following GeoIQ for some time for applications that deal with analytics with mobile retail data. Now more: GeoIQ Releases Real-Time Streaming Social...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Picture Me In Computing Day
As the tenth of November approaches (111011), we are again preparing for Picture Me in Computing Day. Picture Me in Computing Day, also referred to as "picmecomp"...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Choices at the Drug Store
How does a consumer make a choice when confronted with headache remedies? In the enterprise we used 'knowledge mapping' techniques to understand the complexity...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 7 November 2011
Andrew Parsons has written an amazingly complete blog post about Create and publish your own Tower Defense game for Windows Phone 7. It you want one place to send...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 7 November 2011
Andrew Parsons has written an amazingly complete blog post about Create and publish your own Tower Defense game for Windows Phone 7. It you want one place to send...
From Computational Complexity
The Annual Fall Jobs Post
For these looking for an academic job in computer science next year, best to start on the jobs pages of the CRA and the ACM. Both lists seem long this year, perhaps...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
First-Ever Leadership in Science Policy Institute Kicks Off
Moments ago in downtown Washington, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) convened its inaugural Leadership in Science Policy Institute (LiSPI), a daylong workshop...
From Schneier on Security
Fake Documents that Alarm if Opened
This sort of thing seems like a decent approach, but it has a lot of practical problems: In the wake of Wikileaks, the Department of Defense has stepped up its...
From The Eponymous Pickle