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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 Eponymous Pickle
Augmenting and Virtualizing the World
In Gigantico, a series of videos being produced by Chris Grayson on this topic. The link here points to the first video, which specifically talks about augmented...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
What is a good University?
Seth Godin wrote a devastating post on the future of higher education. Unlike Godin, I fail to see an imminent crash of high education. But then, I failed to predict...
From The Eponymous Pickle
World's Fair Sparks the Future
Wired article on the technology inspirations of the 1939 World's Fair. The WP post is also interesting. Was before my time, but I was inspired by the 1964/1965,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Thank God for Out-of-Stocks
I was at a training meeting at a major manufacturer this week that emphasized retail design to decrease out of stocks. Herb Sorensen sees it differently.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Enormous Promise of Location
Good piece in GigaOm, on the enormous promise of location. Good as an introductory piece to forward. I have been involved in a number of mapping, Geographical and...
From Putting People First
A special report on television
This week’s Economist contains a special report on television. The leader article presents television as the great survivor, which has coped well with technological...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - April 2010 (Vol. 53, No. 4)
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the April issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content, and...
From Schneier on Security
Hypersonic Cruise Missiles
The U.S. is developing a weapon capable of striking anywhere on the planet within an hour. The article talks about the possibility of modifying Trident missiles...
From The Eponymous Pickle
ZapThink on KYield
I mention Kyield again, with which I am involved. The IT consulting firm Zapthink just did an overview of Kyield. Mark Montgomery, CEO of Kyield gives a detailed...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Consumer Loyalty with Foursquare
In the NYT, comments from FMI, another example of location-based loyalty: " ... Companies including PepsiCo and Starbucks are using the location-based Foursquare...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
NJ Students Protest Budget Cuts
On April 20, 2010, the school budget in my township was PASSED. In an average year, approximately 70% of school budgets in NJ are approved. On April 20, 2010, close...
From Computational Complexity
STOC/CCC/EC/THEORYDAY/GRANTS
Announcements: STOC Early Registration closes on April 30. STOC itself is June 6,7,8. CCC Early Registration closes May 3. CCC itself is June 9,10,11. EC Early...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Checking in to Objects
I have mentioned the concept before, 'checking in' to objects rather than locations. Adage mentions it in a recent post. The Stickybits App is one of the first...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smell Sensors
The idea is not new, creating a smell profile and using sensors to find it. Some new directions.
From Wild WebMink
? Boosters and Detractors 2.0
Web 2.0 gives with one hand and takes away with the other.
From Schneier on Security
Frank Furedi on Worst-Case Thinking
Nice essay by sociologist Frank Furedi on worse-case thinking, exemplified by our reaction to the Icelandic volcano: I am not a natural scientist, and I claim...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
CRA-W Grad Cohort: Finding a Research Topic
What makes a topic appropriate for a PhD dissertation? What is and isn't computer science research? What should you do when you're stuck? All these questions and...
From Putting People First
The data-driven life
Gary Wolf reflects in the upcoming New York Times Magazine on what happens when technology can analyze “every quotidian thing that happened to you today.” “Numbers...
From Putting People First