CSP Materials

(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 21:21
Blown To Bits: Reading  Description: Chapter from Blown to Bits comparing how information stored on a computer differs from information stored using other methods, and the benefits and risks these differences present.    
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 20:03
Blown to Bits: Reading  Description: How had the digital explosion affected consumer privacy? This chapter of Blown to Bits explores the many, sometimes disturbing ways consumers are tracked using modern technology.  
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 18:06
Blown to Bits: Reading  This chapter of Blown to Bits discusses elements of the recent explosion of computing in everyday life.    
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 20:00
Reading  Description: Before the early 2000's, processors became faster mostly by simply cranking the clock rate up. However, around 2003, processors hit the ceiling of the current technology. In order to keep increasing computing power,...
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 19:54
How Stuff Works: Reading  An explanation of the market and technological dynamics underpinning Moore's Law.  
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 18:26
YouTube: Interview Turing's Cathedral   This year, the "On the Same Page" (O.T.S.P.) programs' theme is The Dawn of the Computer Age. The theme centers around Alan Turing and his machine. University of California, Berkeley has gifted...
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 17:52
Reading  Article on an alternative approach to artificial intelligence tasks. While the standard approach to difficult AI problems is to write more sophisticated algorithms, it is sometimes more effective to embed the task into a video game...
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 18:01
Ted Talk: Kevin Slavin  In this TED Talk, Kevin Slavin argues that we're living in a world designed for -- and increasingly controlled by -- algorithms. He shows how these complex computer programs determine espionage tactics, stock prices...
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 17:46
Reading  November, 2010 Article from MSNBC about Microsoft's Kinect. Discusses what makes it special (software) and what lies in its future.    
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 17:49
WSJ Reading  Wall Street Journal: November, 2010 Article from the Wall Street Journal discussing the 2010 Supreme Court case on the constitutionality (and morality) of banning minors from purchasing violent video games.