Skip to main content

Home/ Groups/ ITGS @ ECA
Rss Feed
Sort By: Most Recent | Popular Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
1More

Cloud Computing Pros and Cons for End Users - 4 views

www.informit.com/...article.aspx
shared by Ben Feigert on 07 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Ben Feigert on 07 Sep 11
     
    From informit, a slightly more technical source. Worth looking at in combination with the NBC piece.
1More

London riots: BlackBerry to help police probe Messenger looting 'role' - 3 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...s-blackberry-messenger-looting 1.7_surveillance 2.6_politics_and_government 3.2_software 3.5_personal_and_public_communications
shared by Ben Feigert on 23 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Ben Feigert on 23 Aug 11
     
    Did the encrypted (and difficult to surveil) BB Messenger service allow recent riots in England to grow out of control? What role should government play in tracking communications technology, during normal or extraordinary times? To what extent should private companies assist in government investigations, and is it justifiable under the laws of one country, but not in another?
1More

U.S. robots aid Japanese relief efforts - CNN.com - 3 views

edition.cnn.com/...index.html 1.11_people_machines
shared by Susy Q Turner on 25 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Susy Q Turner on 25 Mar 11
     
    yippiee skippiee :)
1More

Cloud Computing 101: Learning the Basics - 2 views

www.cnbc.com/...puting_101_Learning_the_Basics
shared by Ben Feigert on 07 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Ben Feigert on 07 Sep 11
     
    From NBC, not a very technical source, but this article introduces some of the key terms and concepts.
1More

Sharper Surveillance and NATO Coordination Aided Rebel Advance - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...22nato.html security government 1.7 surveilliance
shared by Bettina Fisman on 24 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Bettina Fisman on 24 Aug 11
     
    They talk about the help that is giving survelliance and the NATO coordination to the rebels in Lybia. With airplanes it saw which rebels were in danger and helped them.
1More

Separating You and Me? 4.74 Degrees - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...n-you-and-me-4-74-degrees.html 1.3_privacy_and_anonymity 1.8_globalization
shared by Ben Feigert on 22 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Ben Feigert on 22 Nov 11
     
    Adding a new chapter to the research that cemented the phrase "six degrees of separation" into the language, scientists at and the University of Milan reported on Monday that the average number of acquaintances separating any two people in the world was not six but 4.74.
1More

Software to Rate How Drastically Photos Are Retouched - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...ally-photos-are-retouched.html 3.2_software 3.6_multimedia_digital_media 1.11_people_and_machines
shared by Ben Feigert on 29 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Ben Feigert on 29 Nov 11
     
    The photographs of celebrities and models in fashion advertisements and magazines are routinely buffed with a helping of digital polish. The retouching can be slight - colors brightened, a stray hair put in place, a pimple healed.
1More

Dave deBronkart: Meet e-Patient Dave | Video on TED.com - 1 views

www.ted.com/...nkart_meet_e_patient_dave.html 1.8_globalization_cultural_diversity 2.4_health 3.3_networks 3.4_internet 3.5_per_public_com
shared by Nigel Robinson on 28 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Nigel Robinson on 28 Oct 11
     
    "When Dave deBronkart learned he had a rare and terminal cancer, he turned to a group of fellow patients online -- and found the medical treatment that saved his life. Now he calls on all patients to talk with one another, know their own health data, and make health care better one e-Patient at a time." - TED.com
1More

BBC News - Wikileaks defectors to launch Openleaks alternative - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-11981301 wiki wikileaks journalism hacktivist whistle-blower
shared by Nigel Robinson on 23 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Nigel Robinson on 23 Mar 11
     
    whistle-blower
1More

Obama in the Valley - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...blow-obama-in-the-valley.html robotics
shared by Ben Feigert on 20 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Ben Feigert on 20 Aug 11
     
    For later, when we do robotics: an opinion article connecting US President Obama to Masahiro Mori's idea of the "uncanny valley" dividing the real from the almost-real.
1More

Robots Used as Therapists - ABC News - 0 views

abcnews.go.com/...video robot health Japan
shared by Nigel Robinson on 23 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Nigel Robinson on 23 Mar 11
     
    Robots Used as Therapists Japanese use robots in innovative ways, including as therapy for the elderly.
1More

A cordless future for electricity? - CNN.com - 0 views

edition.cnn.com/...index.html witricity wireless electricity environment
shared by Nigel Robinson on 23 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Nigel Robinson on 23 Mar 11
     
    By John D. Sutter
1More

Thinking Machine 4: Chess game - 0 views

turbulence.org/...chess.html 3.8_modelling_simulations 3.11_robotics_AI_exp_sys
shared by Nidhi Baweja on 05 Apr 11 - Cached
  • Nidhi Baweja on 05 Apr 11
     
    Artificial Intelligence Chess game
1More

Operation Payback fails to take down Amazon in WikiLeaks revenge attack | Media | guard... - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...on-payback-wikileaks-anonymous wikileaks hacktivist hacker cybercrime dos_attack
shared by Nigel Robinson on 23 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Nigel Robinson on 23 Mar 11
     
    Hacktivist
1More

A Push to Redefine Knowledge at Wikipedia - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...ne-knowledge-at-wikipedia.html education internet
shared by Ben Feigert on 17 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Ben Feigert on 17 Aug 11
     
    Kind of a TOK topic: how do we know what we know? Wikipedia usually requires third-party citation in support of claims. But for traditional cultures, or for topics where no citation is available, Wikipedia is now considering allowing other kinds of support: audio, video, personal testimony.
1 - 20 Next › Last »
Showing 20▼ items per page