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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 Schneier on Security
Security Systems as a Marker for High-Value Targets
If something is protected by heavy security, it's obviously worth stealing. Here's an example from the insect world: Maize plants, like many others, protect themselves...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
DARPA May Pursue Crowdsourced Software Testing
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA)
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neuromarketing Grows in China
Steve Sands of SandsResearch reports on neuromarketing activity in China. The link below constains considerable detail: It's the fastest growing market and neuromarketing's...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Visualizing Lots of Data Artfully
I like doing things artfully, but I always prioritize being able to objectively understand and interact with data first beyond sheer 'Form'. Nevertheless the following...
From Wild WebMink
Koha Shows We Need Foundations
Apache has been criticised for preventing new Incubator projects using Git. In its defence, some have claimed this is a criticism of the idea of the Foundation....
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Gamifying College
Gamification is certainly a hot topic these days. Jesse Schell opened Pandora's Box with his Visions of the Gamepocalypse talk. Sebastian Deterding discussedpromises...
From Schneier on Security
Shopper Surveillance Using Cell Phones
Electronic surveillance is becoming so easy that even marketers can do it: The cellphone tracking technology, called Footpath, is made by Path Intelligence Ltd...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Know What Your Customers Want
The power of knowing what your customers want before they do.
From Putting People First
On the Value of Social Proof (Informal Social Influence)
Aileen Lee, partner at venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, believes that the best way to cost-effectively attract valuable users is harnessing a concept...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
12th Annual Computer Science & Information Technology Conference.
The Computer Science Teachers Association runs what I consider the single best and most important professional development events of the year for computer science...
From The Eponymous Pickle
iPads in Marketing
Keith Weed, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of Unilever writes:
From The Eponymous Pickle
Aetna Sponsors an RFP Challenge
The Speaker is BJ Fogg head of Stanford's Persuasive Technology lab who we used in several projects in the enterprise: Aetna sponsors a Challenge: " ... Seniors...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Towards a Taxonomy of All Things
Towards a taxonomy of all things. Which would be a very useful thing but turns out to be quite difficult.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Guy Kawasaki Visits Cincinnati and P&G
Innovative Guy Kawasaki visits Cincinnati and P&G and takes pictures of the background and industrial processes. I did something like this years ago but they didn't...
From Geeking with Greg
What mobile location data looks like to Google
A recent paper out of Google, "Extracting Patterns From Location History" (PDF), is interesting not only for confirming that Google is studying using location data...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Seeing Computer Science Everywhere
I'm the type of person who really does see computers and computer science everywhere. I can turn any situation or location into a discussion or eye-opening opportunity...
From Apophenia
Social Science PhD Internships at Microsoft Research New England (Spring & Summer 2012)
Microsoft Research New England (MSRNE) is looking for PhD interns to join the social media collective for Spring and Summer 2012. For these positions, we are looking...
From Schneier on Security
Spider Webs Contain Ant Poison
Shichang Zhang, Teck Hui Koh, Wee Khee Seah, Yee Hing Lai, Mark A. Elgar, and Daiqin Li (2011), "A Novel Property of Spider Silk: Chemical Defence Against Ants,"...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog