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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
Google Helping to Restore Bletchley Park
Google reports that they are contributing to the restoration of Bletchley Park, one of the birthplaces of both computing and code breaking. I am a long time follower...
From Schneier on Security
Zodiac Cipher Cracked
I admit I don't pay much attention to pencil-and-paper ciphers, so I knew nothing about the Zodiac cipher. Seems it has finally been broken: The Zodiac Killer...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Our First Ultrasound (Technology is Awesome!)
I got my first ultrasound on Wednesday. Baby was 20 weeks old. I think the grandparents-to-be were more excited about the baby itself; we just might have been...
From Apophenia
Designing for Social Norms (or How Not to Create Angry Mobs)
In his seminal book “Code”, Larry Lessig argued that social systems are regulated by four forces: 1) the market; 2) the law; 3) social norms; and 4) architecture...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Why Democracy Needs Computer Science Education
The following is a special contribution to this blog from Henry Kautz, Chair of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Rochester. His research...
From Schneier on Security
German Police Call Airport Full-Body Scanners Useless
I'm not surprised: The weekly Welt am Sonntag, quoting a police report, said 35 percent of the 730,000 passengers checked by the scanners set off the alarm more...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Feedback Method
We effectively used this method for personal feedback in the enterprise. Simple, easy to remember.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Education Leadership Day 2011
Leadership Day is a project started by Scott McLeod and is now in its fourth year. The idea is for people to “blog about whatever you like related to effectivePartners...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Layer Adding Object Recognition
In Fast Company. QR codes has received lots of positive press recently. But Augmented Reality had the potential of replacing QR codes by providing information...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Slogans vs Logos
Penn's always interesting language log blog has an interesting post about how while verbal slogans can be resisted as a form of meme, logos and graphical formsThe...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Sock Monkey and Computer Science Advocacy Specialists
The CSTA Computer Science Advocacy Specialists play a huge role in advocating for K-12 computer science education at the state and national level. Here is Sock...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Empower Media Marketing to Acquire MIG
I have mentioned Market Intelligence Group here a number of times. More companies should be using their analytical methods. Now they are being acquired by Empower...
From Schneier on Security
Hacking Lotteries
Two items on hacking lotteries. The first is about someone who figured out how to spot winner in a scratch-of tic-tac-toe style game, and a daily draw style game...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Gigabit in the Home
We’ve covered the US Ignite and Gig.U initiatives on this blog over the course of the past few months, and now we’ve been pointed to a great video that explains...
From The Eponymous Pickle