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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
People-focused innovation in healthcare
Philips Design has published a downloadable paper on how it uses qualitative research and design thinking to support development of solutions for the ever-changing...
From The Noisy Channel
The War on Attention Poverty: Measuring Twitter Authority
I gave this presentation today at AT&T Labs, hosted by Stephen North of Graphviz fame.
From Schneier on Security
Hemingway Authentication Scheme
From 1955, intended as humor: In the future when I should ever call on the telephone to make a request or issue an order I will identify myself as follows: This...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Math Book
The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics by Clifford A. Pickover. Just found this recently published...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Field Agent Crowd Sources Retail Discovery
I was recently pointed to the Field Agent IPhone App. It implemented an idea which was discussed a number of times in the enterprise before the emergence of Apps...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Dominos Credits Social Media
Dominos is crediting social media for increases in profits. Good case study. Via Paul Gillin. See also his blog.
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
General Versus Domain Intelligence
Our brains come with hard-wired algorithms. Cats can catch birds or mice without thinking about it. I can grab and eat a strawberry without thinking. The Savanna...
From Schneier on Security
The Chaocipher
The Chaocipher is a mechanical encryption algorithm invented in 1918. No one was able to reverse-engineer the algorithm, given sets of plaintexts and ciphertexts...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Microsoft Research Illuminates Mars in 3-D With WorldWide Telescope
Cool stuff for us space nuts. It
From The Eponymous Pickle
Crisis of Choice Online
Intriguing project and link to video.In CACM: Solving the Crisis of Choice OnlineThe MyMedia Project Content is everywhere these days, forcing consumers to make...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Delivering Exceptional Customer Experience
This eCommerce Times article reminded me how difficult this is to do. And how it has become necessary for companies, large and small to manage a number of channels...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Insurance Companies Build Games
Insurance companies build games to engage consumers and educate them. In a startup I worked for we examined simple games to bring people in, you had to win in a...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
ACM Washington Update, Vol. 14.4 (July 9, 2010)
CONTENTS [1] Newsletter Highlights [2] USACM and ACM's Education Policy Committee Offer Support for COMPETES [3] USACM Releases Issue Brief on Internet Voting ...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
My Favourite Grace Hopper Memories
My fellow Grace Hopper Communities Committee members wanted to share our favourite Grace Hopper memories over the next few days, and we hope you'll do the same!...
From Schneier on Security
Serial Killers Are Now Terrorists
Try to keep up: Leslie Van Houten, a one-time member of Charles Manson's infamous 'family' is up for parole for the 17th time today.... "These are serial killers...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of July 12
July 14 Markup: The House Science and Technology Committee will markup pending legislation 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn Building July 15 Hearing: The Technology and...
From Putting People First
Worries about over-sharing location from mobiles
Experiments like ‘Please Rob Me’ indicate that what people reveal via location-sharing apps could potentially be harmful to them – and survey finds concerns among...
From Putting People First
Most smartphones are underused
As smartphones increasingly penetrate the market, with nearly a quarter of mobile users owning one, data consumption is becoming more stratified: the heaviest users...
From Putting People First
Smart gadgets may anticipate our needs
Devices could monitor people’s health and step in when needed to help them get better, experts say. “Within a decade or two, researchers at Silicon Valley companies...
From The Eponymous Pickle