Lessons From Crowdsourcing The Boston Bombing Investigation
All it took was a couple of hours for high-school sophomore Salah Barhoum to have his entire world turned upside down. Up until that point, he was best known for being a... more
Why Your Next Phone Will Include Fingerprint, Facial, And Voice Recognition
In some ways, it’s a marvel that even half of consumers bother to lock their phones.
You would think the benefits would be obvious enough: by entering a few numbers, you... more
Yes, You Can Hack a Pacemaker (and Other Medical Devices Too)
Photo Credit: Bloomberg. Barnaby Jack demonstrates an insulin pump attack on a mannequin.
On Sunday’s episode of the Emmy award-winning show Homeland, the Vice... more
Nate Silver and Political Data: Every One of His State-level Presidential Predictions Proved True
For the last few months, the political pundit class has been at war with NYT/FiveThirtyEight blogger Nate Silver. Joe Scarborough of MSNBC called him a “joke,” while... more
Billboards and TVs Detect Your Face: Advertisers Salivate
To a computer, your face is a set of points and measurements between your features, but to advertisers, these data sets mean lucrative profits and a new way to connect... more
India To Biometrically Identify All Of Its 1.2 Billion Citizens
When you think of cutting-edge innovation, a massive bureaucracy might be the last thing that comes to mind. But in India, a massive experiment is underway to take a... more
