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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
Online Learning Resources
A good list of online learning resources from Mashable. The Web continues to be a good resource for learning. Here several things I have not heard of. These...
From Putting People First
Low2No project wins Holcim acknowledgement prize
The Low2No design team of Sauerbruch-Hutton, ARUP and Epxperientia has won an acknowledgment prize in the Holcim award for sustainable construction for the design...
From Putting People First
Book: In Studio
In Studio: Recipes for Systemic Change by Bryan Boyer, Justin W. Cook, Marco Steinberg Helsinki Design Lab (HDL) / Sitra 2011, 337 pages > Free download > Blog...
From Putting People First
How tech is changing the museum experience
Museums are exploring digital and mobile technologies to enhance visitor experience. Initiatives go beyond technology within exhibits and installations, but also...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
PCAST Reviews Health IT Progress
Rounding out a busy Friday in Washington, the President
From The Eponymous Pickle
Crowd Influencing Storytelling
Can crowds do this effectively? Or is it much better for markets to do it? Content selection perhaps, but will it destroy the creativity of storytelling?" ......
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-09-17
Sony asks gamers to sign new terms or face PSN ban Sony demonstrates it still has no respect for its customers. This is the same company that installed an exploitable...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Jumping the Shark
I had not known the origin of the term 'jumping the shark', a perceived instantaneous loss of significance, which has been increasingly used of late. Discovered...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Four Dimensional Tic Tac Toe
Back in my college days we had a computer program that played three-dimensional tic tac toe. The game was played in a four space by four space four level cube.There...
From Schneier on Security
Identifying Speakers in Encrypted Voice Communication
I've already written how it is possible to detect words and phrases in encrypted VoIP calls. Turns out it's possible to detect speakers as well: Abstract: Most...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New World of Vending
In USA Today: Good overview look at how vending is changing with the increasing use of alternative methods of payment beyond coins and bills. Broad phone-as-wallet...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
The Hardest Thing I've Ever Done
On our vacation to Canada's maritime provinces, my husband and I embarked on a four day journey which has since become known as The Hardest Thing We've Ever Done...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Blogs Bringing in Investors and Clients
There has been some writing about how blogging is dead. I disagree, I often read company or analyst blogs to better understand their methods and directions. It...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
White House Launches
(This post has been updated; please scroll down for the latest.) Moments ago at the White House,
From Wild WebMink
? Government In Action
Facebook and Cisco back IT skills drive for kids RIM has started up BlackBerry Hands-On Workshops, in which students will take apart BlackBerry smartphones to see...
From My Biased Coin
Travels and Teaching
I'll be at the Beyond Worst Case Analysis workshop next week, and Allerton the week after. For each, I'll have to miss a class. I also have some other travels...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-09-16
Facebook and Cisco back IT skills drive for kids "RIM has started up BlackBerry Hands-On Workshops, in which students will take apart BlackBerry smartphones to...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog