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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 Michael Nielsen
Open Architecture Democracy
This is the text for some brief remarks I made about open architecture democracy at the beginning of a panel on the subject, moderated by Tad Homer-Dixon...
From Wild WebMink
? Accommodating Innovators
An excellent paper by Lawrence Lessig leads to the question why we are criminalizing the next generation in protection of the past.
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Elective Status Creates Chaos for Courses and Students
A recent experience brought to us by a school within our local CSTA chapter drives home some of the unusual difficulties we have in developing Computer Science...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Elective Status Creates Chaos for Courses and Students
A recent experience brought to us by a school within our local CSTA chapter drives home some of the unusual difficulties we have in developing Computer Science...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Japan Offers Smartphone Bar Code Scanner
I am informed that Big Japan is offering a free software developer kit (SDK) for their smartphone bar code scanner. Much more here. A number of Apps includingmy...
From My Biased Coin
Bursts -- a new Barabasi book
At the end of the month, Barabasi's new book, entitled Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do, will be released. Here's the pre-order Amazon link,a...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Medical Lab on a Chip for the Home
The idea of having a medical testing chip in every home reminds me of a number of ideas floated for a biometric toilet, floated by a number of Japanese firms in...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
CRA-W Grad Cohort 2010 Next Week
I'm very fortunate to be attending my second CRA-W Grad Cohort next week. I also went last year when it was held near San Francisco. This year it will be near...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ning Fails at Free
We looked at the free social networking service Ning, created by Marc Andreesen. Now is has gone to a pay service, though users can migrate to alternative networks...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Does Your Computer Lab Scare Away the Girls?
The Internet is as the same time one of the great distractions and great spontaneously learning environments in history. As I looked at my twitter stream I sawTEDxSeattle...
From Putting People First
Tales of Things
Tales of Things is a new tool that allows people to attach memories to their objects in the form of video, text or audio, thus “exploring the implications of The...
From Schneier on Security
Fake CCTV Cameras
CCTV cameras in Moscow have been accused of streaming prerecorded video instead of live images. What I can't figure out is why? To me, it seems easier for the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Business Intelligence in the Home
From the Spotfire blogging team. The number of devices in the home that now have an IP address. You are not alone. The implications? The new forms of data? Good...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Blogs Making a Small Business Grow
Walter Riker in Ease of Blogging points to a recent article on using blogs to make a small business grow. He continues to write well on bogging topics. Add it to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Open Source
E-Commerce Times on the benefits of Open Source. Good introduction. -
From Computational Complexity
The Pad
So I broke down and bought the iPad. Many people have asked whether the iPad is worth buying. The short answer: It will be.There are many many iPad reviews out...
From Wild WebMink
? Understanding Patent Absurdity
New FSF-promoted video on software patents, and more.
From Schneier on Security