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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 Schneier on Security
Man-in-the-Middle Attack Against the MCAT Exam
In Applied Cryptography, I wrote about the "Chess Grandmaster Problem," a man-in-the-middle attack. Basically, Alice plays chess remotely with two grandmasters...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Crowd Sourced Eyetracking
A look at YouEye ... An interesting concept that is likely very cheap. But what will the quality be like? Tracks using your own camera for user interface design...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Touchscreen vs Heavy Lifting OS
A look at touchscreen as an interface versus full operating systems. Praises an early look at Windows 8, but says it cannot match the simplicity of an iPad. But...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ford's Cars to Talk to Each Other
GigaOm report on development of technology by Ford to allow cars to talk to each other and avoid crashes and otherwise cooperate. Cooperative autonomy is interesting...
From The Eponymous Pickle
MindBox
Met today with Jeff Dyck of Mindbox Studios. They have done some very interesting things, including some intriguing work with nonprofits. Emphasis on symbolic...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Take Virtual Chef Training
Be a virtual Top Chef. Take the basic training. An example of entertainment based online games. Not particularly engaging to me, though I am a foodie, but this...
From My Biased Coin
Justin's Poster at FCRC
Justin Thaler, a student I'm advising (or, quite arguably, the other way around), will be at the poster session for STOC, ready to talk about a bunch of his currently...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF Seeking Proposals With
The NSF’s CISE and Biological Sciences (BIO) directorates have joined forces to seek interdisciplinary proposals that further the frontiers of both fields. In a...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
So You Want To Teach Your Kids To Program?
In all honestly I tend to avoid Slashdot. Oh I scan it for the news from time to time but I work hard at avoiding the comments and avoid the Q&A forums. Why? The...
From Putting People First
Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces conference
DPPI 11, the 5th conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces, will take place in Milan at the end of this month, with Experientia partner Mark Vanderbeeken...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
ICT in Abu Dhabi
I am lucky enough to be situated in a school in the Abu Dhabi emirate (in a town called Al Ain) for 12 weeks. Although I work as a Math advisor, I talk to a number...
From Schneier on Security
Three-Volume History of Counterintelligence
CI Reader: An American Revolution Into the New Millennium, Volumes I, II, and III is published by the U.S. Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Make Every e-Book a Social Network
Thoughts about turning an e-book into a social reading network. Makes sense, though I wonder how often people will interact in this way. Comments on the books...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Magazines Rush to the Pads
Is it based on Insanity and Fear? And will it take decades to complete? An AdAge interview looks at the implications. I think there will be dual channels for...
From Computational Complexity
RaTLoCC (Ramsey Theory in...)
I was at RatLoCC last week which stands for Ramsey Theory in Logic, Combinatorics and Complexity. The idea was to bring in researchers for all three areas (actually...
From Schneier on Security
The U.S. Seems to Have a Secret Stealth Helicopter
That's what the U.S. destroyed after a malfunction in Pakistan during the Bin Laden assassination. (For helicopters, "stealth" is less concerned with radar signatures...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of May 31
UPDATE (June 1) – The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing scheduled for June 1 has been postponed. While the Senate is not in session this week...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Random Hacks of Kindness June 2011
Are you interesting in public service, of using you computer science, web development, information technology and other
From The Eponymous Pickle
Greenbook on Mobile Market Research
Their section on Mobile, an increasingly important area, as mobile devices become data gathering and sensor devices. At an event recently I gave an impromptu...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson