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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 Michael Nielsen
Survey notes on fermi algebras and the Jordan-Wigner transform now on GitHub
Continuing the theme of my last post, I’ve now put my old survey notes on fermi algebras and the Jordan-Wigner transform up on GitHub. The Jordan-Wigner transform...
From Putting People First
Usability testing with children: a lesson from Piaget
In this post, Sabina Idler, information designer at Usabilla (The Netherlands), introduces Piaget
From Putting People First
Gestural interfaces: a step backwards in usability
Donald A. Norman and Jakob Nielsen of the Nielsen Norman group argue that today
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
How Computation Has Transformed Practically Everything
As we’ve noted in this space before, MIT — as part of its 150th anniversary celebration — recently sponsored a series of
From Putting People First
City as a platform
Two talks from the 2011 PSFK conference caught my attention: City as a platform (video) In her role as Chief Digital Officer for the City of New York, Rachel Sterne...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ford Moves into Mobile Healthcare
An interview this is an increasing trend as we carry more of our information and sensors with us.
From Putting People First
Why can
The number of times that Google has failed at delivering a successful
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
US Teams in the Worldwide Imagine Cup Finals 2011
The Worldwide finalists for all categories of the Imagine Cup are out and you can read all of the amazing projects at the Imagine Cup Blog. There are 124 teams...
From Putting People First
Ford Motor Co moving into mobile healthcare
With the help of medical technology companies WellDoc, Medtronic and SDI, the motor giant last Wednesday set out to prove that it’s concerned not only with the...
From Putting People First
Study: people with access to power meter data reduce energy use
The simplest way to cut down on energy use isn’t to build millions of brand-new LEED-certified buildings; it’s to convince people to make changes themselves. And...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ads Used to Change Memories
In Wired: interesting examples. Is this ethical? At what point would it not be considered ethical? Human memory is a very fragile phenomena.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Correlate
Google Correlate let's you see how your data relates to search queries. We experimented with trends in searches for epidemic inference:" ... A while back, Google...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Final Reminder: Applications for 2011-12 CIFellowships Due Tuesday
A final reminder that the
From My Biased Coin
Annual Facing the Reviews
Teaching reviews for spring (Algorithms and Data Structures) came in today; time to face the music once again.Actually, this year, my numbers were up substantially...
From Schneier on Security
Blackhole Exploit Kit
It's now available as a free download: A free version of the Blackhole exploit kit has appeared online in a development that radically reduces the entry-level...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Storytelling in Education and Games
Imagine bringing the magic of storytelling into your classroom. But not just any classroom - in your math classroom.Storytelling @ Thurdays by kodomutIf that sounds...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Nielsen to Acquire Neurofocus
Nielsen to acquire the part of Neurofocus it does not yet have. A another step forward in the commercial application of Neuromarketing. Will it end up as a typical...
From Wild WebMink