by Leroy Hurt | Dec 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via NY Times: The Darpa event has been described as a grand challenge to open the way for an era in which a generation of mobile robots will aid in disaster situations, traveling and working where humans cannot. The research agency is trying to develop systems that...
by Leroy Hurt | Dec 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Instapundit and Washington Post: This year’s National Security Agency revelations have created a firestorm of reports and debates about the state of U.S. surveillance technology and intelligence policy. It set off a brief international manhunt. Entire...
by Leroy Hurt | Dec 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via The Atlantic: Under pressure to turn out more students, more quickly and for less money, and to tie graduates’ skills to workforce needs, higher-education institutions and policy makers have been busy reducing the number of required credits, giving credit for life...
by Leroy Hurt | Dec 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via The Guardian: It’s nothing new, this fear that there is someone out there watching my every move, knowing my inmost thoughts. It used to be a fear of God. Now it’s a fear of Google, the NSA and GCHQ. In other words, we have invented a secular form of...
by Leroy Hurt | Dec 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Wired.com: Because the very concept of professional gaming is so unusual to most — “people get paid to play games?” — terminology tends to unduly dominate discussion about eSports: organized video game competitions that pit world class players against each other...
