A look back at the first computer art contests from the ’60s: bullet ricochets and sine curve portraits
In any given issue, Computers and Automation devoted equal time to the latest methods of database storage and grand questions about the future of their “great instrument,” but the Computer Art Contest was soon a regular event.
July 13, 2015 at 01:54PM
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The Giant Cranes And Robots That Keep Civilization Running
With the advent of the shipping container came the invention of the giant cranes used to move them. Tom Scott takes us into the air for a closer look.
July 13, 2015 at 12:00PM
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Adam Savage And Astronaut Chris Hadfield Go Undercover At Comic-Con
Every year, Adam Savage walks the floor of Comic-Con incognito, hidden in plain sight. This year, he brought along Commander Chris Hadfield to cosplay as “2001: A Space Odyssey” astronauts, complete with working active water-cooling systems in their spacesuits.
July 13, 2015 at 09:47AM
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The Real Threat Posed By Powerful Computers
If the human race is at peril from killer robots, the problem is probably not artificial intelligence. It is more likely to be artificial stupidity.
July 13, 2015 at 09:29AM
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NASA Is About To Fly By Pluto For The First Time Ever, Here’s How
On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft will zip past Pluto and its five known moons. This will provide us with the best data on the dwarf planet in human history. The New York Times discusses the history of making this flyby happen.
July 13, 2015 at 08:33AM
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The Facebook News Feed Algorithm, Explained
How a controversial feature grew into one of the most influential products on the Internet.
July 13, 2015 at 03:45AM
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Paper-Based 3D Printing Used to Reconstruct Bust of 11th Century Cambodian King
To combat the loss of such artifacts, Eric Lemaresquier uses 3D scanning and printing technology expertise to restore such objects and make certain they’re not entirely lost to future generations.
July 13, 2015 at 01:42AM
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I taught a bot to write its own erotica. And you can too.
Two weeks ago, I went on a quest to find the best erotica e-books the internet has to offer. My goal wasn’t to curl up on a couch with my iPad, a candle and a bottle of wine. I wanted to show an algorithm what erotica was so that I could test whether it could learn to write its own. Yes, my smut-search was for science.
July 12, 2015 at 07:34PM
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Federal Agencies Have Trouble Hiring Experts Who Can Fend Off Hackers
The resignation of the head of the US Office of Personnel Management in the wake of a staggering cyber attack by hackers thought to be operating in China leaves deep-seated cyber security problems at the agency and across the federal government unsolved.
July 12, 2015 at 09:11AM
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The FBI Is Afraid of Your Encryption
Federal law enforcement officials voiced concerns over public safety amid an ongoing dispute with tech companies over consumer use of encryption, which renders data unreadable without a key. Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony on the subject in a session titled “Going Dark: Encryption, Technology and the Balance Between Public Safety and Privacy.”
July 12, 2015 at 01:36AM
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