I hope that some of my students are reading this and remember to be careful online…https://www.wired.com/story/iran-hackers-social-engineering-mia-ash

“We took a network that was designed to be resilient to nuclear war and made it vulnerable to toasters.” -Eben Upton

Another amazing and slightly scary technology is here as well. Since I have gone through airport security about 12 times in the last two weeks, the application for security and surveillance jumps out at me. http://spectrum.ieee.org/video/robotics/robotics-software/robots-learn-to-speak-body-language

This is truly amazing. We live in an age where we can know so much about ourselves, but also have to be so careful with what we share… https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608313/a-dna-app-store-is-here-but-proceed-with-caution

Watch hackers take over a Segway while someone is riding it! https://www.wired.com/story/segway-minipro-hack/

The US house has just approved legislation that would not require pre-market approval for new autonomous car features. Can’t wait to buy my first self-driving flame-thrower! www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-selfdriving-idUSKBN1A41UK

How about we value potential employees based on what they can actually do, rather than what they can put on their resume? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/28/technology/tech-jobs-skills-college-degree.html

http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/hands-on/how-i-built-an-ai-to-sort-2-tons-of-lego-pieces

It’s time to do this in Minnesota! https://medium.com/@codeorg/nevada-passes-bill-to-bring-computer-science-to-every-school-ed2d3b7224cd

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