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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 The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Ontario Celebration of Women in Computing
Just in case I wasn't attending enough Women in Computing events (see posts on this year's Grace Hopper), I registered for the Ontario Celebration of Women in Computing...
From Computational Complexity
Beno
Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line.
From Wild WebMink
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Split JCP: a compromise proposal Stephen Colebourne articulates what I am sure has been on many people’s minds – that it’s time for an independent JCP, and that...
From Schneier on Security
Fingerprinting Telephone Calls
This is clever: The tool is called PinDr0p, and works by analysing the various characteristic noise artifacts left in audio by the different types of voice network...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 18 October 2010
Well things are heating up with the Imagine Cup. Last week was the round one entry for the fall round of the game and Software Development invitational. Lots of...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smart Grid as Wikinomics
The Smart Grid is Wikinomics on a Macro Scale from Voices - HarvardBusiness.org by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. WilliamsAlexander Graham Bell would not recognize...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Exploring Computer Science Website Arrives!
Exploring Computer Science is a K-12/University partnership committed to democratizing computer science. Our mission is to increase and enhance the computer science...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Reusable Baggage Tags
Baggage tags were a long time potential application for RFID .. here is a new example.Reusable Electronic Baggage Tag Powered by RFIDVanguard ID Systems' View Tag...
From Wild WebMink
? Monopolies and patents
EU to push patent-free eGovernment The European Interoperability Framework (EIF) is still in play, and despite attempts by companies like Microsoft to "own" interoperability...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
FIRST Women in Science and Technology Forum (WIST) - November 5, 2010
FIRST, the people who bring us a whole range of robotics competitions and more, are once again hosting their annual FIRST Women in Science & Technology Forum. The...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2010-10-16
New Breed of Patent Claim Bedevils Product Makers A gold-rush for weekend vexatious litigants, and another example of why patent law needs reform (although not...
From Putting People First
Bill Moggridge audio interview
In this audio interview with Design Observer, Bill Moggridge, industrial and interaction designer, co-founder of design firm IDEO, and director of the Smithsonian...
From Putting People First
Interactions and sustainability at the RCA, London
Some great news from the RCA this week: Design Interactions Research The Design Interactions program at the Royal College of Art, led by Anthony Dunne and Fiona...
From Schneier on Security
Indian OS
India is writing its own operating system so it doesn't have to rely on Western technology: India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) wants...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Adverts in Your Head
A fairly good article in CNN on Neuromarketing. They quote Roger Dooley: "the biggest development that I hope we see is some solid research validating neuromarketing...
From Putting People First
Design for mobile and for public health
Two new articles in UX Magazine: Design for mobile by Juan Sanchez The Design For Mobile conference, which took place September 20-24 in Chicago, brought together...
From Putting People First
Innovative ways of appropriating mobile telephony in Africa
The French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have jointly published the report entitled “Innovative ways...
From Putting People First
UX design in open source development
Olli Savolainen has published a thesis entitled “User experience design in open source development: Approaches to usability work in the Moodle community” at the...
From Putting People First
Device Design Day videos
Kicker Studio organised on 20 August a Device Design Day in San Francisco, exploring the design of the next generation of products. Most videos are now online:...
From Putting People First