February 2012
120 posts
“An extended campaign in Nevada by Google has led to a new host of provisions...”
– Starting March 1st, A Red License Plate in Nevada Means the Driver is a Robot! | Singularity Hub
“A small company called ChamTech Operations based in Utah has developed a...”
– Spray-on Nanoparticle Mix Turns Trees Into Antennas - IEEE Spectrum
“GPS “spoofers” — devices that create false GPS signals to fool...”
– GPS ‘spoofers’ could be used for high-frequency financial trading fraud (Wired UK), via Aden D.
WatchGreek debt as per Xtranormal (Briefly front page on the Guardian)
“Before I talk about my own troubles, let me tell you about another book,...”
– How Bots Seized Control of My Pricing Strategy, via @topfife.
“In other news, this development naturally, this adds a layer of variability in...”
– The Latest Market Craze: Stock Trading Robots Reacting To Stories Written By… Robots | ZeroHedge
“Forbes has joined a group of 30 clients using Narrative Science software to...”
– Forbes Among 30 Clients Using Computer-Generated Stories Instead of Writers - GalleyCat
Narrative Science - - Forbes →
Auto-generated stories at Forbes.com.
“Moral of the story: the internet makes dumb people dumber and smart people...”
– The Internet is a Major Driver of the Growth of Cognitive Inequality | Mother Jones
“cognitive inequality”
“President Obama recently admitted to use of Predator drone strikes in Pakistan,...”
– The Era of Robotic Warfare Has Arrived – 30% of All US Military Aircraft are Drones | Singularity Hub
(Whole article worth a read, but I find that line particularly terrifying.)
““It was a very short flight. The shooters had hidden themselves in the...”
– The Mental Munition Factory: Update on hunters shooting down activist drone: on-board footage, lawsuits and more, via Dan W.
“Electrical network frequency (ENF) analysis is a forensic science technique for...”
– Electrical network frequency analysis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Using electrical mains hum to determine the precise time a recording was made. A robot listenable world.” - doingitwrong
“Digital analysts predict this will be the first election cycle in which Facebook...”
– Obama, Facebook and the power of friendship: the 2012 data election | World news | guardian.co.uk
“About a year after Pole created his pregnancy-prediction model, a man walked...”
– Charles Duhigg for the New York Times: How Companies Learn Your Secrets.
blech:
Algorithms that know your daughter is pregnant before you do, based on purchases of lotion, large purses, and vitamin pills. (This is the future. Maybe we got the one we deserved.)
“Could these be the toys that teach your children multiple languages, that help...”
– Ex-Pixar Geeks Building Siri-Style Line of Toys, via tda
