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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Electric Dreams and Solid Light at the Tate Modern
Two current exhibitions at the Tate Modern in London that those interesting in technology and art may want to see are “Electric Dreams: Art and Technology before...
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My first Signs
Alexander Graham Bell was inspired by the deafness of his mother to develop new technologies to help. Lila Harrar, then a computer science student at Queen Mary...
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Join the crowd with swarm intelligence
Next time you are in a large crowd, look around you: all those people moving together, and mostly not bumping into each other. How does it happen? Flocks of birds...
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Nemisindo: breaking the sound barrier
Games are becoming ever more realistic. Now, thanks to the work of Joshua Reiss’s research team and their spinout company, Nemisindo, it’s not just the graphics...
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The logic piano
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London Victorian, William Stanley Jevons was born in Liverpool in 1835. He was famous in his day as an economist and his...
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Mike Lynch: serial success
By Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London Mike Lynch was one of Britain’s most successful entrepreneurs. An electrical engineer, he built his businesses around...
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Superhero Syllogisms
by Paul Curzon Queen Mary University of London, first appeared in A BIT of CS4FN 2 Superheroes don’t just have physical powers. Often they come out on top because...
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
2024 in Review: Milestones in Universal Acceptance Progress
Authors: Anil Kumar Jain, Chair, Universal Acceptance Steering Group Sarmad Hussain, Senior Director, IDN and UA Programs, ICANN As 2024 draws to a close, it is...
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Eating at Quonk: a tough puzzle?
by Paul Curzon Queen Mary University of London, from the archive The puzzle is based on one devised by psychologists as part of research into whether we humansContinue...
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From a handful of sand to a fistful of dollars – where computer chips come from
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London Sitting at the heart of your computer, mobile phone or DVD player is the microprocessor that makes it all work.Continue...
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To be (CEO) or not to be (CEO)
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London, based on an interview between Hamit Soyel and Queen Mary Innovations Just because you start a start-up doesn’tContinue...
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The Blue Planet?
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London How much should we change the world to make it easier for our machines to work? Plant scientists have spotted aContinue...
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Mixing Research with Entrepreneurship: Find a need and solve it
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London Becoming a successful entrepreneur often starts with seeing a need: a problem someone has that needs to be fixed...
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Avoiding loneliness with StudyBuddy
By Klara Brodahl, StudyBuddy and Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London University has always been a place where you make great friends for life. Social media...
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Why is your Internet so slow?
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London. This article was originally published on the CS4FN website. It was also published in our 2023 Advent Calendar.Continue...
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Global Entrepreneurship Week (18-24 Nov) – see our new Tech Entrepreneurship resource
It’s Global Entrepreneurship Week next week (18th to 24th November) and to celebrate we’ve put together a resource page (portal) on Tech Entrepreneurs to inspire...
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Wanna Be A Rock Star?
By Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London Updated from the archive of 2007 Want to make sure your life turns out the way you want? Want to trade this life...
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The illusion of good software design
By Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London When disasters involving technology occur, human error is often given as the reason, but even experts make mistakes...
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Marc Hannah and the graphics pipeline
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London What do a Nintendo games console and the films Jurassic Park, Beauty and the Beast and Terminator II have in common...
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group