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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
Rethinking the Funnel
A very good article on the innovation funnel. We actively used the concept in new business development efforts to think about work planned and underway. I like...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
About to Get Nutty Around Here
Things are about to get really nutty, and I expect I won't be able to post to the blog too much in the next 6-8 weeks (though I will still try to get some content...
From Schneier on Security
Skype Security Flaw
Just announced: The researchers found several properties of Skype that can track not only users' locations over time, but also their peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Getting Students to Think Beyond the Classroom in CS Ed Week
During CS Ed Week I thought I would find some things that may not be what I normally "teach" in CS. I thought I would find things that would make my students think...
From Computational Complexity
What is a Breakthrough?
The recent discussion on Matrix Mult inspires the general question of WHAT IS A BREAKTHROUGH? Last year I tried to get an intelligent discussion on this topic but...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Global Supply Chain Visibility
Video in CGT: How Amway achieved global supply chain visibility.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Temperature
So what does the concept of 'data temperature' mean? Summarized here, with links to more detail:- Hot = accessed all the time, or extremely important data requiring...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NY Times
If you haven’t already, be sure to check out the Science Times in yesterday’s
From Schneier on Security
Tagging People with Invisible Ink
In Montreal, police marked protesters with invisible ink to be able to identify them later. The next step is going to be a spray that marks people surreptitiously...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Could You Pass the AP Computer Science Exam?
There is an article in the Washington Post about a school board member who took a standardized test for 10th grade students. To say he didn’t do well would be an...
From Putting People First
Homesense final report
Homesense was a research project that looked at how we might design smart homes from the bottom up, in an environment of open innovation. Using open source tools...
From Putting People First
Homesense final report
Homesense was a research project that looked at how we might design smart homes from the bottom up, in an environment of open innovation. Using open source tools...
From Putting People First
Reporting on the Village Telco project in Kenya
Since September 2011, Niti Bhan, an emerging markets design strategist, has been wholly immersed in the cyber cafe industry in Sub Saharan Africa, specifically...
From Putting People First
Reporting on the Village Telco project in Kenya
Since September 2011, Niti Bhan, an emerging markets design strategist, has been wholly immersed in the cyber cafe industry in Sub Saharan Africa, specifically...
From Putting People First
Arup: The technology-enabled city is an untapped source of sustainable growth
Information Marketplaces: The new economics of cities Author: Arup, The Climate Group, Accenture and Horizon, University of Nottingham Publication date: 28 November...
From Putting People First
Arup: The technology-enabled city is an untapped source of sustainable growth
Information Marketplaces: The new economics of cities Author: Arup, The Climate Group, Accenture and Horizon, University of Nottingham Publication date: 28 November...
From Putting People First
Why service design is the next big thing in cultural innovation
Rohan Gunatillake, the lead producer of festivalslab (the Edinburgh Festival Innovations Lab) gives four reasons why new thinking and tools can produce better experiences...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Visual.ly Blog Launched
I see that the Visual.ly blog on data and design has been launched. I like their general approach, but am leary of the overuse of infographics. I like to see...
From The Eponymous Pickle