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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
Creativity Centers
The Power Of Design IDEO redefined good design by creating experiences, not just products. Now it's changing the way companies innovate ... Also here about creativity...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Network Science & Engineering Research Agenda
At this week’s GENI Engineering Conference in Seattle, Ellen Zegura rolled out the Network Science & Engineering (NetSE) Research Agenda, an extensive effort of...
From Putting People First
Visions of Europe in 2030
The age of globalization is over. The coming 30 years will be shaped by the logic of scarcity, resulting in a turn away from global trade and the creation of self...
From Wild WebMink
America Needs Open Source
Today sees the launch of a new coalition of businesses (large and small), organizations and individuals to speak up for Free and open source software in Washington...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Summer Learning for Teachers
Many people believe that teachers have it easy in the summer since they have summers off. But, many teachers have very busy summers. Some teachers need to work...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Neuroscience of Emotion
Interesting Google tech talk on the topic, a talk by Phillipe Goldin
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Stick
I see that there is now a 256GB USB memory stick. Expensive, but things like this will drive the price of others down. Will allow us to lose increasing amounts...
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...
From Putting People First
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)...
From Putting People First
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...
From Putting People First
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...
From Putting People First
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...
From The Eponymous Pickle
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