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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 Putting People First
Stanford U: Introduction to human-computer interaction design
Through Stanford University lectures and a project, coordinated by Scott Klemmer, learn the fundamentals of human-computer interaction and design thinking. The...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brandwashed Videos
A couple of videos sent to me that illustrate the topics in Martin Lindstrom's forthcoming book: Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links September 6 2011
Labor Day in the US means a three-day weekend and I took advantage of it. I’d like to make note of a couple of my recent posts that seem to have more in common...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Fundamentals of Information Management
Thoughtful piece, a great place to start thinking about why you should manage information at all:The Path to Information Management NirvanaSimilar to Maslow
From The Eponymous Pickle
Peer Index Marketing
In GigaOM. "Marketers have long believed that some customers have a disproportionate influence on others when it comes to purchase decisions, and they have tried...
From Schneier on Security
Optimizing Airport Security
New research: Adrian J. Lee and Sheldon H. Jacobson (2011), "The Impact of Aviation Checkpoint Queues on Optimizing Security Screening Effectiveness," Reliability...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
What Did You Do This Summer?
Well, it's back to school time and most of us have done some professional development over the summer to rejuvenate and enhance what we are doing in the classroom...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science is self-regulatory
Many systems are self-regulatory. For example, in a few market, prices will fluctuate until everyone gets a fair price. But free markets are a mathematical abstraction...
From Computational Complexity
Knowing some History is a good thing- Why?
(FOCS registration is open: here. Note that there are tutorials on Sat Oct 22 and the conference talks are Sun Oct 23-Tues Oct 25.) (Guest post by By Jeffery...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of September 6
Congress has returned from its August recess. The Fiscal Year 2012 budget should be high on the agenda, as that year starts October 1. September 7 Hearing The Senate...
From Schneier on Security
Where Are All the Terrorists?
From Foreign Policy: "Why Is It So Hard to Find a Suicide Bomber These Days?" And from Stratfor: "Why al Qaeda is Unlikely to Execute Another 9/11." Me from May...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Very Tiny GPS Receivers
An intriguing short post on how location tracking devices based on GPS are getting very small. Another example of the flexibility of small sensors. Medical and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Rise of Electronic Medicine
The rise of electronic medicine. Medicine today is a sea of paper and fax machines, privacy barriers, and unconnected data. The public is ready for a better system...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Techniques for Telling Nonlinear Stories
At the beginning of October, I'll be participating in a digital narrative workshop for the GRAND NCE called 'Experiencing Stories with/in Digital Games.' The following...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links September 6 2011
Labor Day in the US means a three-day weekend and I took advantage of it. That is why this post is a day late. Hope it didn’t ruin anyone’s day. I’d like to make...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Packaging that Glows
For a potential project I re-examined packaging work that we had looked at for shelf improving engagement. The use of electroluminescence. See a set of DuPont. ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Eyeborg
Document to eye, a documentary video. The future of an eye prosthetic?
From The Eponymous Pickle
Package Goods Volume Decreases
In AdAge: Price hikes and decreasing volume. Further opening the door to more private label offerings.
From The Eponymous Pickle