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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
Get Your Terrorist Alerts on Facebook and Twitter
Colors are so last decade: The U.S. government's new system to replace the five color-coded terror alerts will have two levels of warnings
From The Eponymous Pickle
Sleepless Elite
A friend sends me this WSJ article on the Sleepless Elite. As a night owl myself I find this intriguing, can we make more use of our time this way, or is it...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Oscilloscope on an IPhone
Another example of a sensor connected to a smartphone. Here a multiple signal Oscilloscope. A device which was an early introduction of mine to electronics. Used...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-04-08
OSI Board reponds to FCO Questionaire concerning CPTN Transaction | Open Source Initiative The OSI Board was asked by the German cartel authority for further comment...
From Schneier on Security
Pinpointing a Computer to Within 690 Meters
This is impressive, and scary: Every computer connected to the web has an internet protocol (IP) address, but there is no simple way to map this to a physical...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Movies for Computer Science Students
I had some email yesterday with a link to a post titled "The Top 10 Movies for Computer Science Students." It is an interesting list and I have seen most of these...
From Michael Nielsen
Open science
The following talk gives a short introduction to open science, and an explanation of why I believe it’s so important for our society. The talk is intended for a...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Data Struts It's Stuff
Data Struts It's Stuff in the NY Times. Nice article, the content of which many of us know already, yet it is good to see in a more popular space. I agree to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Human Error Identification
In the latest issue of IEEE Intelligent Systems: Automatically analyzing Facial-Feature Movement to Identify Human Errors, by Maria Jabon, Sun Jao Ahn and Jeremy...
From Wild WebMink
? Distracting Reading
The end of OpenID? Very interesting analysis on LWN suggesting that OpenID’s big problem is it leaves users in too much control and thus is no use to web sites...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC to Hold First-Ever Leadership in Science Policy Institute
As part of its mission to help nurture a next generation of computing research leaders, the
From Schneier on Security
Detecting Cheaters
Our brains are specially designed to deal with cheating in social exchanges. The evolutionary psychology explanation is that we evolved brain heuristics formodus...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Art of Listening Online
In Fastcompany: Quick thoughts on the art of listening online. Makes sense.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Computer Science Curricula In Flux
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From The Noisy Channel
Guest Blog: Data 2.0 Conference Report
Note: This post was written by Scott Nicholson, a Senior Data Scientist at LinkedIn. Scott is data and modeling geek with a passion for startups, product and user...
From Computational Complexity
The Mathematics of Huging my great Niece Jordan
I have already blogged about (trying to) teach me Nephew Jason math here and my Great Nephew Justin math here. Now its my Great Niece Jordan's turn. I was at...
From Putting People First
Apps to keep America from getting fatter
Tom Dair, CEO of Smart Design, speaks with Dave Cronin, Smart Design
From Putting People First
Book: Sentient City
Sentient City: Ubiquitous Computing, Architecture, and the Future of Urban Space Edited by Mark Shepard Paperback, 200 pages, 2011 MIT Press in copublication with...
From Putting People First
Experientia presentation at Fuorisalone, Milan
Irene Cassarino, Experientia’s senior open innovation expert, will be speaking on Designing for Sustainable Change at the Hub Milan on Friday, as part of the Hub’s...
From The Eponymous Pickle