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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 Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Time To Cut The Cake
I ran across a couple of cool Lego links yesterday. One of was this link to Robots for Everyone: Getting Kids Interested in Programming with Legos which talks about...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the July issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content, and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Innovation Excellence Site
Brought to my attention by former colleague Julie Anixter. Innovation Excellence. I have been invited to participate, will cross post and point to interesting...
From The Eponymous Pickle
NFC Technology at the Shelf Edge
Location based ideas at the shelf edge are increasing. Check in and out of your favorite aisle, category, brand. Obvious useful for retail and brand level loyalty...
From Putting People First
Creating human-to-human design
In the ever-changing and expanding world of the web, reaching the end user effectively is paramount in the minds of businesses, writes Stephanie Hamilton on Onextrapixel...
From The Eponymous Pickle
EZFace Mirror Kiosk
I mentioned a test of this idea in a limited number of Wal-Mart stores last year. A Virtual Mirror that allows you to see cosmetics, glasses, etc on your own face...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Stanford AI Course Goes Online
Today’s New York Times reports on a Stanford AI course that will be available online and has already attracted nearly 60,000 students.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kraft Using Emotional Profiling
Have looked at a number of related methods, see also Dan Hill's book: About Face, which I previously posted about. Should these higher level methods be combined...
From Schneier on Security
Search Redirection and the Illicit Online Prescription Drug Trade
Really interesting research. Search-redirection attacks combine several well-worn tactics from black-hat SEO and web security. First, an attacker identifies high...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NIH Calling for
Last week, the National Institutes of Health
From Putting People First
International Journal of Design Devoted to Service Design
The latest issue of the peer-reviewed research journal, International Journal of Design, is devoted to service design. It is edited by Birgit Mager of the Köln...
From My Biased Coin
SIGCOMM Webcast
Got a note from the ACM that SIGCOMM is being live Webcast the next few days. (I'm not in Toronto for it -- hello to everyone who is!) A simple click and I'm listening...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-08-16
Welcome to the Cloud – "Your Apple ID has been disabled." – Scott Hanselman By introducing remote control points we risk more and more of this. (tags: Apple Cloud...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Impressions of SIGGRAPH 2011
Last week I was in Vancouver for this year's SIGGRAPH conference - not presenting, but as a lab trip. As the website says, the "conference and exhibition is aJamie...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Windows Phone Development Training Online
SO you probably know that a new version of the Windows Phone software is coming very soon. If you are planning on teaching phone development you may also be thinking...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Designing for Collaboration and Mobility Plus Circles
Have recently seen several examples of companies handing out large numbers of tablets and phone Apps, without really thinking through the entire process. HereDesigning...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USACM Notes Concerns with Proposed SSA Online Authentication Process
Like many federal agencies, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is trying to provide more services in a time of limited resources. As part of its efforts to...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Better job ads
Before writing your next job ad, look at what companies who recruit talented engineers do. According to a recent Google job posting, here are the requirements to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Moves Toward Continual Marketing Analysis
This is the future, providing continuous analysis to key measures and making sure the right people get the data continually. Procter & Gamble is working withAdvertising...
From The Eponymous Pickle