Sheep Farmers do it better! :)

By, Uwe Paschen.   Sheep Farmers do it better! Or in this case Shepherding broth to the extreme. My Son send me a video attached to his e-mail. The question asked was, “can we do it better?” Well, after...

BS Detector: Spotting Spin in Speeches

Speech- and image- analysis software can detect and quantify minute deviations from "normal" communication patterns. This being an election year, these tools have been pointed towards the television to have a look at two particular speakers... I wonder who."Technology is here...

Peter Gabriel Launches Entertainment Aggregator

Recommendation engines, aggregators, filters, selectors, DJs, friends, and algorithms: all are tools to help us find more relevant, cool stuff, by selectively narrowing the infinite entertainment choices available...

Grammy For Math ... At The Wire :: Symblogogy

"Math algorithms aid our lives in many ways. Here at Symblogogy, we have highlighted the use of math and the reading of symbols with regards to: ** Barcodes for retail transactions and item tracking...

Algorithm Rates Trustworthiness of Wikipedia Pages

"Researchers at UCSC developed a tool that measures the trustworthiness of each Wikipedia page. Roughly speaking, the algorithm analyzes the entire 7-year user-editing-history and utilizes the longevity of the content to learn which contributors are the most reliable: If your...

Netflix $1mm Prize For Improving Their Recommendation Engine Still Up For Grabs

Crowd Sourcing their recommendation engine / algorithm (which frankly needs a lot more then 10% improvement) is a great idea, and well worth the $1mm USD Netflix is offering to the team or group that pulls it off.  I'm shocked they are struggling so much with this as...

Watching Birds on Webcams... No, Not Like That

No, this isn't porn; it's interactive birdwatching. Webcams set up to watch a given environment are nothing new (I'm a fan of ski-report webcams myself), but this is the first I've heard of that has a crowdsourcing element."Craig Newmark has set up a webcam on his rear deck...

Global Positioning “Goes To Ground” :: Symblogogy

"In a “complex technology made simple” scenario, one does not need specialized GPS Satellites and the systems that pick up their signals in order to determine a specific location in most cities in the United...

Don't use WEP! - German security researchers report.

"Researchers have discovered a faster way to crack the Wi-Fi security protocol The Wi-Fi security protocol WEP should not be relied on to protect sensitive material, according to three German security researchers who have discovered a faster way to crack it. They plan to...

Biometric Facial Recognition In Three Dimensions :: Symblogogy

"Not just a photo, or an algorithm analyzing a simple X, Y axis, or a PIN number process ... No, not for this Japanese company. What they were really looking for is a system that delivered a sort of "DNA" as in...

Auto ID > Symbology > Biometrics > Photo Pattern Recognition :: Symblogogy

"What is Photo Pattern Recognition (PPR)? PPR is the ability to render a still photograph into an algorithm discernable identification symbol that then can be used for all of the cellphone applications that are...

Microsoft Moves in on the JPEG

Ah, but then Microsoft would own the international photo standard. I can see why MS would want to push this, but I do not see this as a good thing. For example, the .doc standard, whilst not accepted as the international standard, is the most widely used, and is also insecure...

Nice Tool

This is a pretty rad tool that I just started using.  Check it out...it Google pageranks any page you visit.  very Cool

quantum computer solves problem without running

Quantum bits can be placed in superpositions of one and zero. The possibilities for computers in the future are amazing.

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