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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
Brands, Games and Phones
In Adweek, good overview about how brands can be integrated into games on phones. This is something we examined starting a number of years ago. How do you take...
From Putting People First
Elsevier announces the
According to an Elsevier press release, the ew article prototype introduces non-linear structure, enhanced graphical navigation, and integrated multimedia. “Elsevier...
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Touch me! An article on tactile experience
In this article Jessica Ching, Laura Henneberry and Shally Lee share the findings of a collaborative project between the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD)...
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Mobile Internet user experience is miserable: Study
While most people see mobile as the answer to so many problems, research from Nielsen Norman Group sees it as another problem on the list. “The key finding showed...
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Storytelling and interaction design
The urge to describe experiences by telling a story runs throughout human history. From pictograms to hieroglyphs to the songs of the wandering bard, argues Ben...
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We
Ross Mayfield (blog), a leading social software entrepreneur and founder of Socialtext, talks on Nokia’s IdeasProject site about a major transformation in the way...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Objects Hit Jupiter
Also not in the usual realm of this blog, but I am in a space mood tonight. It is clear that this kind of thing occurs more often than we thought. It also is an...
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How Powerful were the Apollo Computers?
With the anniversary underway, its fun to consider the power of the guidance and systems computers during the Apollo days. Very primitive indeed. My phone is far...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of July 20
July 21 Hearing: The Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship of the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on changes to employment...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Computer Science Certification-Why We Need to Care
First, I would like to encourage all of you to read the CSTA publication: Ensuring Exemplary Teaching in an Essential Discipline: Addressing the Crisis in Computer...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neuro Revolution Book
From the Lucid Systems blog, a short look at new book by Zack Lynch and Byron Laursen called The Neuro Revolution. To be released on July 21. Looks to be interesting...
From CERIAS Blog
Beware SQL injections due to missing prepared statement support in libraries
Just because your library allows you to specify an SQL query and the data separately, doesn't mean that it's safe. Imagine this scenario. You read that prepared...
From CERIAS Blog
Beware SQL injections due to fake prepared statement support
So, you read that prepared statements are a good way to avoid SQL injection, because the database is told explicitly and separately what is the code and what is...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cloned Dogs
Although a bit off the usual topic here, I find this interesting. Dogs cloned from trained dogs are being used in a drug sniffing test. If successful, this would...
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Social Networks Spill Your Secrets
Interesting piece on the security of social networks. And the full paper, Google authors.
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Self Service Wine Kiosks
In Storefronbacktalk: Pennsylvania looks at self service wine kiosks with face recognition and integrated breathalyzer. I like trying new integrated kiosk sensors...
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Keeping Track of Your Knowledge
Just took another look at TheBrain, a graphical means of storing and manipulating your knowledge. A form of mind-map. Jerry Michalski introduced me to it. Explored...
From Putting People First