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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
Predictive Modeling at Transaction Level
Well done - " ... a case study of a simple
From My Biased Coin
Conference Reviews
I promised at some point to get back to discussing the reviewing process for two conferences I am currently on the PC for, NSDI and LATIN. Since I happily just...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Muscle Interface
A 3D pointing interface without any mouse, using EMG sensors. Another attempt at using something other than a dongled mouse for interaction. I tested a foot-mouse...
From Schneier on Security
Detecting Terrorists by Smelling Fear
Really: The technology relies on recognising a pheromone - or scent signal - produced in sweat when a person is scared. Researchers hope the ''fear detector''...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2009-11-03
Google Redefines Disruption: The “Less Than Free” Business Model Important to understand how this model works as it will be at the core of theGoogle...
From Putting People First
The Times
The New York Times interactive group creates an online encyclopedia of all their stunning inventions, reports Cliff Kuang on Fast Company. “The Times interactive...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IT is not just Overhead
I remember well the Peter Drucker article about corporate overhead mentioned below. I was lucky to have worked at Procter & Gamble under several CIOs that strongly...
From CERIAS Blog
Are We All Aware Yet?
So, here we are, in November already. We've finished up with National Cyber Security Awareness Month
From Putting People First
Student projects explore innovative cellphone uses in developing world
MIT News reports on how MIT students are exploring innovative cellphone uses in the developing world. “Several startup business ventures spawned by MIT students...
From Putting People First
Augmented Reality is overblown
Chris Dannen writes in Fast Company that Augmented Reality is overblown, and doesn’t expect apps like Layar to drastically change the way we live our everyday lives...
From Putting People First
As products become more interactive, the focus shifts to the psychological
“As products become more interactive, the focus shifts to the psychological,” argues Gentry Underwood, who focuses on social media and collaborative software at...
From The Eponymous Pickle
DVR Users Don't Skip
In the NYT. Some fascinating results from the set-top clickstream. Including that a surprising number (46% in 18-49) of people do not fast forward over ads. It...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of November 2
November 4 Markup: The Technology and Innovation Subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee will review the Cybersecurity Coordination and Awareness...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Active Wallpaper
We can use flat surfaces at home or work as a display or or changeable view. Even talked to an office environment manufacturer that was looking at embedding this...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2009-11-02
BBC NEWS | Health | Depression link to processed food "Eating a diet high in processed food increases the risk of depression, research suggests...
From My Biased Coin
ICS Papers Announced
As pointed out many places, the paper for the (strangely named) new theory conference Innovations in Computer Science are out, with the list here and list withsurvey...
From Schneier on Security
The FBI and Wiretaps
To aid their Wall Street investigations, the FBI used DCSNet, their massive surveillance system. Prosecutors are using the FBI's massive surveillance system, DCSNet...
From The Eponymous Pickle
When Customers Negotiate
Attended a most interesting talk at UC this past week on negotiation models. Readers will recall that I previously covered auction analysis here. A simplified model...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Coin Toss Depends on Starting Point
In the Freakonomics blog: Is the common arbiter of binary decisions not so random? Short article points to resources that say it may depend on its original position...
From Computational Complexity