by Leroy Hurt | Jul 21, 2013 | Issues.Innovation, Issues.Progress, Organizational.Functions.Technology, Sectors.SciTech.IT, Sectors.SciTech.Robotics
Via Wilson Quarterly: …technological advances have not reduced overall employment, though they have certainly cost many people their jobs. But now, with the advent of machines that are infinitely more intelligent and powerful than most people could have imagined a...
by Leroy Hurt | Jul 21, 2013 | Issues.Optimization, Sectors.Transportation
Via Nautilus: modeling the real world, with constraints like melting ice cream and idiosyncratic human behavior, is often where the real challenge lies. As mathematicians, operations research specialists, and corporate executives set out to mathematize and optimize...
by Leroy Hurt | Jul 21, 2013 | Issues.Optimization, Sectors.Transportation
Via Nautilus: modeling the real world, with constraints like melting ice cream and idiosyncratic human behavior, is often where the real challenge lies. As mathematicians, operations research specialists, and corporate executives set out to mathematize and optimize...
by Leroy Hurt | Jul 14, 2013 | Issues.Privacy, Issues.Surveillance, Sectors.SciTech.Online
Via Lifehacker: Refresh is an iOS app that’s currently in private beta, though you can get access by signing in with your LinkedIn account credentials. The premise is simple: connect your social accounts and Refresh will create a dossier of things you should...
by Leroy Hurt | Jul 14, 2013 | Issues.Privacy, Issues.Surveillance, Sectors.SciTech.Online
Via Lifehacker: Refresh is an iOS app that’s currently in private beta, though you can get access by signing in with your LinkedIn account credentials. The premise is simple: connect your social accounts and Refresh will create a dossier of things you should...