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Intel's Research on Shape-Shifting Human-Computer Interfaces

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:15:08 GMT

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Intel Research Projects Narrow Gap Between Humans and Robots

Intel's Jason Rattner gave the keynote at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2008 and shed some light on projects Intel researchers are working on. Rattner said that Intel's research labs are attempting to make significant changes in the human-machine interface.

One example of how Intel is looking at changing the human-computer interface is with computer systems that can be physically altered by the user depending on how the user needs the device to function.

Intel researchers are looking at methods to make tiny micro-robots -- called catoms -- that could be built into materials able to change shape at the will of the user. Using catoms Intel reports that the case, keyboard, and display of a computer would be able to change from an earpiece when used as a phone, to a large and flat screen and keyboard for web surfing.

The catoms would be less than a millimeter across and would combine computational and mechanical components.

Tags: intel, technology, human-computer interface, input device, catoms, nanotechnology

Man-Computer Symbiosis (by JCR Licklider, 1960)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:47:51 GMT

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Clip Source: groups.csail.mit.edu

Man-Computer Symbiosis

J. C. R. Licklider
IRE Transactions on Human Factors in Electronics,
volume HFE-1, pages 4-11, March 1960

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Man-Computer Symbiosis by J C R Licklider (01 Mar 1960)

Article URL: http://sloan.stanford.edu/mousesite/Secondary/Licklider.pdf

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Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider (March 11, 1915 – June 26, 1990), known simply as J.C.R. or "Lick" was an American computer scientist, considered one of the most important figures in computer science and general computing history. ^[1]

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"Man-Computer Symbiosis" is a key speculative paper published in 1960 by psychologist/computer scientist J.C.R. Licklider, which envisions that mutually-interdependent, "living together", tightly-coupled human brains and computing machines would prove to complement each other's strengths to a high degree:

In Licklider's vision, many of the pure artificial intelligence systems envisioned at the time by over-optimistic researchers would prove unnecessary.

Tags: licklider, cyberspace, history, future, literature, toread, technology, symbiosis, cybernetics, computers

Fastest Supercomputer Mimics Human Brain Function

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:53:13 GMT

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Roadrunner Supercomputer Mimics Brain Function, Sets New Speed Record

Not even a week after the new Roadrunner supercomputer was juiced up and put to work, scientists are hard at work trying to push the machine to its limits.

Los Alamos researchers are putting this power to work with a program dubbed PetaVision. The program was created to model neuron and synapse interaction in the visual cortex of the human brain.

Supercomputers like Roadrunner bring new possibilities for modeling human recognition systems

The researchers used PetaVision to set a processing record with Roadrunner, spinning up to an astonishing 1.144 petaflop/s.

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PetaVision models the human visual system—mimicking more than 1 billion visual neurons and trillions of synapses. Neurons are nerve cells that process information in the brain. Neurons communicate with each other using synaptic connections, analogous to what transistors are in modern computer chips. Synapses store memories and play a vital role in learning.

Tags: computers, computer, roadrunner, technology, neuroscience, petavision, los alamos, neurology

Psychology in Human-Computer Interaction

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:30:00 GMT

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Clip Source: videolectures.net

Psychology in Human-Computer Interaction

This course is intended to give newcomers enough backgroundin the field of HCI to make their conference experience muchmore meaningful. It provides a framework to understand how thevarious topics are related to research and practice. It is a tried-andtrue introduction and has become a CHI conference tradition.

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Part 1 0:37:01

Part 2 0:20:49

author: David Kieras, University of Michigan

The Real Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:24:18 GMT

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...But I would much rather talk about future possibilities, and so I wrote a few historical notes to provide some context for the 1975 paper, and now can try to discuss some of the more important, and mostly hidden, gifts that personal computing networked together around the world can bring to humanity.
[...]
Our thought was: but if we can get the children to learn the real thing then in a few generations the big change will happen. 32 years later the technologies that our research community invented are in general use by more than a billion people, and we have gradually learned how to teach children the real thing. But it looks as though the actual revolution will take longer than our optimism suggested, largely because the commercial and educational interests in the old media and modes of thought have frozen personal computing pretty much at the “imitation of paper, recordings, film and TV” level.

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The Real Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet

"32 years ago in 1975 I was one of several lucky Americans who were invited to Pisa to help celebrate 20 years of computer science in Italy. I presented a paper on the first fruits of our attempts to invent personal computing at Xerox PARC. Over the years I somehow lost that paper, but Porfessor Attardi, who was more organized than I, was able to locate his copy and it has been republished as part of our cderemonies today. It is tempting in this talk to go through that paper and see how this past work influenced today." (Alan Kay - VRI)

Tags: computers, future, revolution, paper, pdf, article, alan kay, computing, technology, history

Blogging Practices: An Analytical Framework

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:33:38 GMT

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Clip Source: jcmc.indiana.edu

Blogging Practices: An Analytical Framework

Abstract

This article proposes a general model to analyze and compare different uses of the blog format. Based on ideas from sociological structuration theory, as well as on existing blog research, it argues that individual usage episodes are framed by three structural dimensions of rules, relations, and code, which in turn are constantly (re)produced in social action. As a result, "communities of blogging practices" emerge—that is, groups of people who share certain routines and expectations about the use of blogs as a tool for information, identity, and relationship management. This analytical framework can be the basis for systematic comparative and longitudinal studies that will further understanding of similarities and differences in blogging practices.

Schmidt, J. (2007). Blogging practices: An analytical framework. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12(4), article 13. http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue4/schmidt.html

Tags: blogging, communication, article, internet, framework, computer, technology, information

Simple Turing machine shown capable of solving any computational problem

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:27:02 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More on A New Kind of Science:
Free Ebook
Lecture

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Simple Turing machine shown capable of solving any computational problem

A proof made public today illustrates that Stephen Wolfram's 2,3 Turing machine number 596440 is a universal Turing machine, and it has netted a University of Birmingham undergraduate $25,000. In 1936, mathematician Alan Turing proposed a machine that was the original idealized computer. A small subset of these Turing machines are known as Universal Turing machines; they are capable of solving any computational problem known. In May, mathematician Stephen Wolfram put forth the challenge to amateur and professional mathematicians alike to determine if one of the Turing machines listed in his book, "A New Kind of Science," was indeed universal.

Tags: turing, technology, mathematics, science, wolfram, a new kind of science, award, computers, computing, computer science

Human Computer Interaction in Science Fiction Movies

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:51:01 GMT

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Human Computer Interaction in Science Fiction Movies

Science Fiction movies have been a source for speculation about the future of technology and human computer interaction. This paper presents a survey of different kinds of interaction designs in movies during the past decades and relates the techniques of the films to existing technologies and prototypes where possible. The interactions will be categorized with respect to their domain of real-life applications and also evaluated in regard to results of current research in human computer interaction.

1.		Introduction
2.		Factors of interaction designs in movies
3.		Movies without concepts
4.		Visionary movies (realistic vs idealistic)
	4.1	"Neuro technology"
	4.2	Identification
	4.3	Speech recognition
		Intelligent assistants / Avatars
	4.4	Displays
	4.5	Other I/O technologies
5.		Satiric movie scenes
6.		Conclusion
7.		References

Tags: scifi, technology, computers, interaction, article, literature

Direct Brain-to-Game Interface Worries Some Scientists

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:50:00 GMT

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Direct Brain-to-Game Interface Worries Scientists

Your brain might be your next videogame controller.

That might sound pretty awesome, but the prospect of brain-controlled virtual joysticks has some scientists worried that games might end up controlling our brains.

Several makers of brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs -- devices that facilitate operating a computer by thought alone -- claim the technology is poised to jump from the medical sector into the consumer gaming world in 2008.

For example, the devices sometimes force users to slow down their brain waves. Afterward, users have reported trouble focusing their attention.

when it's used for sheer entertainment, scientists worry that gamers will experience the effects of neurofeedback -- a technique used to heighten awareness and control of brain waves by providing a real-time graphic representation of the user's brain wave activity.

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some doubt the technology would offer the same levels of playability as traditional computer games.

Tags: brain, game, interface, science, entertainment, computers, bci, technology, gaming, neurofeedback

Varying Environments Can Speed Up Evolution

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:05:02 GMT

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From the Abstract said:

Using computer simulations, we find that evolution toward goals that change over time can, in certain cases, dramatically speed up evolution compared with evolution toward a fixed goal. The highest speedup is found under modularly varying goals, in which goals change over time such that each new goal shares some of the subproblems with the previous goal. The speedup increases with the complexity of the goal: the harder the problem, the larger the speedup. Modularly varying goals seem to push populations away from local fitness maxima, and guide them toward evolvable and modular solutions. This study suggests that varying environments might significantly contribute to the speed of natural evolution.

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Computer Simulation Shows How Evolution May Have Speeded Up

Is heading straight for a goal the quickest way there” If the name of the game is evolution, suggests new research at the Weizmann Institute of Science, the pace might speed up if the goals themselves change continuously.

Evolution takes place under changing environmental conditions, forcing organisms to continually readapt. Intuitively, this would slow things down even further, as successive generations must switch tack again and again in the struggle to survive. But when Kashtan, Noor and Alon created a simulation in which the goals changed repeatedly, they found that its evolution actually speeded up. They even found that the more complex the goal — i.e., the more generations needed reach it under fixed conditions — the faster evolution accelerated in response to changes in that goal.

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Evolution
Varying environments can speed up evolution

Nadav Kashtan, Elad Noor, and Uri Alon *

Tags: evolution, environment, speed, complexity, simulation, computers, technology, modular, biology, science

The Simulated Universe

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:45:46 GMT

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... In this article, I provide an exposition of the Simulated Universe argument and explain why some philosophers believe that there is a high possibility that we exist in a simulation. I will then discuss the type of evidence that we would need to determine whether we exist in a simulation. Finally, I will describe two objections to the argument before concluding that while interesting, we should reject the Simulated Universe argument.

This article is a critique on Nick Bostroms article Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?

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THE SIMULATED UNIVERSE

By BRENT SILBY

The Simulated Universe argument puts forward the possibility that we exist inside an elaborate emulation of the real universe. Everything, including people, animals, plants, and bacteria are part of the simulation. This also extends further than Earth. The argument suggests that all the planets, asteroids, comets, stars, galaxies, black holes, and nebula are also part of the simulation. In fact the entire Universe is a simulation running inside of an extremely advanced computer system designed by a super intelligent species that live in a parent universe.

Tags: universe, simulation, silby, bostrom, solipsism, matrix, transhumanism, future, philosophy, literature

Exercise while stuck at your desk

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:53:14 GMT

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Exercise while stuck at your desk

Now, I know what you're thinking, "EXERCISE?! That means I have to get up and walk away from the computer! Are you crazy?!" While it's true that many of the most beneficial exercises require you to step away from your PC (i.e. riding your bike, walking, jogging, etc.), there are still plenty of workouts that can be done from your chair (or a nearby wall) that will help get you in better shape.

Desktop Yoga

Exercise at your desk

How to do basic deskercise

Office exercise

Five quick exercises you can do at your desk -

Tags: exercise, work, desk, computer, health

The Information Machine (1958)

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:49:28 GMT

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[Video]

Eames' information machine

a short animated film written, produced & directed by Charles & Ray Eames for the IBM Pavilion for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. the movie topic is the computer in the context of human development, more specifically it traces the history of storing & analyzing information from the days of the cavemen to today's age of electronic brains.

Tags: computers, computer, technology, world fair, brussels, 1958, earnes, ibm, information machine

Tools For Thought - On the Rise of Personal Computing (dd 1986)

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:43:56 GMT

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Clip Source: www.rheingold.com

Tools For Thought

by Howard Rheingold

Chapter One: The Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet
Chapter Two: The First Programmer Was a Lady
Chapter Three: The First Hacker and his Imaginary Machine
Chapter Four: Johnny Builds Bombs and Johnny Builds Brains
Chapter Five: Ex-Prodigies and Antiaircraft Guns
Chapter Six: Inside Information
Chapter Seven: Machines to Think With
Chapter Eight: Witness to History: The Mascot of Project Mac
Chapter Nine: The Loneliness of a Long-Distance Thinker
Chapter Ten: The New Old Boys from the ARPAnet
Chapter Eleven: The Birth of the Fantasy Amplifier
Chapter Twelve: Brenda and the Future Squad
Chapter Thirteen: Knowledge Engineers and Epistemological Entrepreneurs
Chapter Fourteen: Xanadu, Network Culture, and Beyond
Footnotes

Tools for Thought is an exercise in retrospective futurism; that is, I wrote it in the early 1980s, attempting to look at what the mid 1990s would be like.

Tags: howard rheingold, pc, computer, technology, future, article, book, literature

Microsoft patents the mother of all adware systems

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:38:08 GMT

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Microsoft patents the mother of all adware systems

It's such a tremendously bad idea that it's almost bound to succeed. Microsoft has filed another patent, this one for an "advertising framework" that uses "context data" from your hard drive to show you advertisements and "apportion and credit advertising revenue" to ad suppliers in real time. Yes, Redmond wants to own the patent on the mother of all adware.

The application, filed in 2006, describes a multi-faceted, robust ad-delivering system that lives on a "user computer, whether it's part of the OS, an application or integrated within applications."

The adware framework would leave almost no data untouched in its quest to sell you stuff. It would inspect "user document files, user e-mail files, user music files, downloaded podcasts, computer settings, computer status messages (e.g., a low memory status or low printer ink)," and more. How could we have been so blind as to not see the marketing value in computer status messages?

Tags: microsoft, advertising, adware, ads, patent, windows, privacy, technology

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Intel's Research on Shape-Shifting Human-Computer Interfaces

Man-Computer Symbiosis (by JCR Licklider, 1960)

Fastest Supercomputer Mimics Human Brain Function

Psychology in Human-Computer Interaction

Psychology in Human-Computer Interaction

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Varying Environments Can Speed Up Evolution

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The Information Machine (1958)

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Tools For Thought - On the Rise of Personal Computing (dd 1986)

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Microsoft patents the mother of all adware systems

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Intel's Research on Shape-Shifting Human-Computer Interfaces

Man-Computer Symbiosis (by JCR Licklider, 1960)

Fastest Supercomputer Mimics Human Brain Function

Psychology in Human-Computer Interaction

Psychology in Human-Computer Interaction

Watch videos: (click on thumbnail to launch)

Related content

The Real Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet

The Real Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet

Blogging Practices: An Analytical Framework

Simple Turing machine shown capable of solving any computational problem

Simple Turing machine shown capable of solving any computational problem

Human Computer Interaction in Science Fiction Movies

Human Computer Interaction in Science Fiction Movies

Contents

Direct Brain-to-Game Interface Worries Some Scientists

Direct Brain-to-Game Interface Worries Scientists

Varying Environments Can Speed Up Evolution

Computer Simulation Shows How Evolution May Have Speeded Up

Evolution Varying environments can speed up evolution

The Simulated Universe

Exercise while stuck at your desk

Exercise while stuck at your desk

The Information Machine (1958)

Eames' information machine

Tools For Thought - On the Rise of Personal Computing (dd 1986)

Microsoft patents the mother of all adware systems

Microsoft patents the mother of all adware systems

Evolution
Varying environments can speed up evolution