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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
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
links for 2011-05-25
Product Notification: Skype for Asterisk – end of sale – July 26, 2011 Unless Microsoft are going to surprise us all by releasing the Asterisk modules as open source...
From Wild WebMink
? A liberating betrayal?
Having suspended disbelief for as long as I could, my ability to take Microsoft at their word over Skype was shattered today by the announcement by Digium, sponsors...
From The Eponymous Pickle
More Digital Directions with QR Codes
More QR code use. I am seeing more every day. I have asked several non technical friends about them, and they understand their use. Once smart phone based scanners...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Gamification of Education
http://blog.3rdsense.com/2011/05/social-gaming-giants-zynga-weigh-in-on-the-gamification-of-education/
From The Eponymous Pickle
Using Neuroscience to Understand Shopper Decisions
The work described in this piece will also use the technologies developed by Sands Research for mobile brain scanning. Another step forward for the retailing use...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Never Underestimate a 13-Year Old With a Computer and a Dream
Now I taught middle school during the longest year of my life. And I do guest talks at middle schools all the time. But honestly I do not have the knack for doing...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Recapping the US Ignite Gigabit Applications Workshop
What would you do with a 1 Gbps, layer 2, programmable, sliceable network? That
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Smaller Class Sizes Can Matter
My Introduction to Computers for Arts and Social Sciences course usually has several hundred students when taught in the fall and winter (when I'm not teaching)...
From Putting People First
Low2No Camp
Low2No Camp is a strategic design workshop curated by think tank Demos Helsinki. In Low2No Camp thirty carefully chosen urbanists come together to create groundbreaking...
From Putting People First
Designing Connectivity notebook available
On 15 March 2011 the DeST Research Unit of the INDACO Department of the Milan Politechnic together with the British Consulate General organised Designing Connectivity...
From Putting People First
Book: New Media Technologies and User Empowerment
New Media Technologies and User Empowerment Jo Pierson, Enid Mante-Meijer and Eug
From Wild WebMink