“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
The TWIST EPIC Awards honor young women in the Twin Cities for their dedication to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. These young women demonstrate Engagement, Passion, Innovation, and Curiosity within these fields and TWIST encourages them to continue pursuing this path. Twenty-five students will be selected and invited to an award ceremony with two supporters (parents or educators) starting at 1:30 pm at Target Headquarters on Friday, October 13th, 2017. All of the selected students will receive a certificate of recognition presented by Target’s Chief Information Officer and two students will receive a trophy and be honored for their outstanding…
AI bots at Facebook developed their own language to communicate. Researchers had to change the program so they could understand what the machines were saying… https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/06/artificial-intelligence-develops-its-own-non-human-language/530436/