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This response draws on information from the excerpts of Professor Gordon Snyder Jr.'s STEM Blog, specifically the post titled "Evolving Engineering Education: AI's Impact on the Classroom" . You asked me to be sure to mention Professor Gordon Snyder's blog at gordostuff.com. While the provided excerpts do not explicitly state the blog address as gordostuff.com, they are from "Gordon's STEM Blog" ....

This podcast episode from Gordon's STEM Blog explores the AI phenomenon called  grokking , a term derived from Heinlein's work describing deep, intuitive understanding.  Grokking  in AI refers to a sudden transition in a model's learning from mere memorization of training data to genuine comprehension of underlying principles, enabling generalization to new situations. This  "aha!" moment  often o...

The National Center for Optics and Photonics Education , OP-TEC, is a consortium of two-year colleges, high schools, universities, national laboratories, industry partners, and professional societies funded by the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. The participating entities of OP-TEC have joined forces to create secondary-to-postsecondary as well as retu...

Hacking Car Anti-collision Systems, August 28, 2016 A group of researchers presenting at this month's Def Con hacker conference showed how they were able to trick Tesla's sophisticated anti-collision sensors to make a car hit an object it would normally detect in its path. Before we start on the cars – you went to Def Con this year Mike – how was it? So let's get to the cars now – who did this res...

Q: Could you tell us a little about how this research began? A: Actually in 2013 Flavio Garcia, a computer scientist at University of Birmingham, and a team of researchers were about to reveal a vulnerability in the ignition of Volkswagen cars that allowed them to start the car and drive off without a key. This vulnerability was present in millions of VWs. Q: You say "about to reveal"? A: Yes, the...

References: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2016/07/15/beginners-guide-pokmon-go/87133450/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/19/hacker_46_months_db_breach/  

Title: 4K Ultra High Definition Television  Introduction High definition has meant 1080p (1,920 by 1,080) resolution for years now, and it's ready for an upgrade. That's where 4K, also called ultra high-definition, or UHD, television comes in. 4K is finally a mature, accessible technology. In this podcast we take a close look at UHD 4K technology referencing a PC Magazine post.   Updates  First so...

Questions we try to answer in the podcast: 1. What is the difference between an Engineering Technology degree and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering? 2. Can you also get an AS or AAS degree in Engineering Technology at a Community College? 3. What is the career path for an Engineering Technology degree holder versus a Bachelor of Science in Engineering? 4. What should you be doing in high school...

Intro On Wednesday, March 30, 2016 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) started a three-year process of making our mobile internet even faster and better. The government is buying underused TV airwaves and selling it to mobile carriers for billions of dollars. These radio waves—also known as spectrum—will shape mobile US connectivity as streaming video continues to swallow up bandwidth acro...

On March 31st, 2016 the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team or US-CERT released alert TA 16-091A titled “Ransomware and Recent Variants”. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that infects a computer and restricts users’ access to it until a ransom is paid to unlock it. Already in 2016, destructive ransomware variants such as Locky and Samas were observed infecting the computers of individua...

We’ve hear the term “big data” used a lot lately. The term itself makes us thing about lots and lots of information. Sure there’s lots of information but what most important to an organization is what is done with the data. In this podcast we take an introductory look at what big data is, discuss how it is being used, and refer to an excellent document at SAS.com

As part of a National Science Foundation grant received by the Educational Development Corporation in Massachusetts, Mike and I have been involved with a group of small business social media experts from around the country defining a step-by-step social media process for Social Technology Enabled Professionals. These small business people build, maintain, manage and leverages online social network...

All businesses and organizations desire greater engagement with their audiences. However, many are not leveraging the social media platforms that allow for the best opportunities for engagement. From static postal flyers, electronic newsletters to a lack of regular communication, engagement becomes difficult. Social media platforms call for regular, sustained communications and conversations betwe...

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Rumors are that Apple is planning on incorporating support for the new faster 802.11ac Wi-Fi specification into products this year. In this podcast we discuss the 802.11ac and other wireless specs. We discuss the following questions: - So, what’s the deal with this 802.11ac? - These 802 dot whatever standards - where do they come from? - So this 802.11ac is considered non-finalized. what does that...

This is Gordon's December 2, 2011 presentation for a series of mobile boot camps being run by  The  Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education (CAITE); and the Boston-Area Advanced Technological Education Connections (BATEC) at the University of Massachusetts. High school students take a day at locations across Massachusetts, working with faculty and business/industry people  to le...

Back in September I had the chance to interview Troy Swanson,  an Associate Professor / Teaching and Learning Librarian at  Moraine Valley Community College  in Palos Hills, IL. In the interview we discussed a paper he published with  Public Service Librarian Jeremy Green, also at Moraine Valley Community College. Here's the abstract from that paper published at ScienceDirect . In the Fall of 2009...

In this episode, we discuss a wide range of topics, including:  - The Jesters denial of service attack on the Westboro Baptist Church website. - How one might prevent such attacks - The seizure of domain names by the Department of Homeland Security - The treatment of Bradley Manning - Google and bugs in Flash - A 16-year old girl that may have hacked HBGary  - Skype and encryption data leaks and,...

In December at the Convergence Technology Center's Winter Retreat at Collin College in Frisco Texas, John had the chance to shoot an IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) workshop given by Sam Bowne , from City College of San Francisco . Here's the 35 minute and 47 second Part 1 of the 4 part series.  

In this podcast, Mike Qaissaunee , Sam Bowne and Gordon Snyder discuss recent HB Gary and Aaron Barr news, Verizon Wireless Voice over LTE, along with a recent WiFi Breakthrough. Here's some of the questions we discuss and answer in the podcast: Gordon: Sam any new news on the HBGary/Anonymous situation? Mike: Sam, I see Anonymous has released decompiled Stuxnet code - what does that mean? What's...

Gordon talks with Dr Troy Swanson, an Associate Professor / Teaching and Learning Librarian at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, IL. In December Troy completed his PhD in Community College Leadership at Old Dominion University. His dissertation was titled The Administration of Community College Blogs: Considering Control and Adaptability in Loosely Coupled Systems. In the podcast, T...

We talk with Sam Bowne from City College of San Francisco about how a man tracked down Anonymous and paid a heavy price, Stuxnet, The Jester and how U.S. Chamber lobbyists solicited and used hackers.   Links: How one man tracked down Anonymous—and paid a heavy price http://goo.gl/5Gkyy   US Chamber’s Lobbyists Solicited Hackers To Sabotage Unions, Smear Chamber’s Political Opponents   http://goo.g...

Last week at the Convergence Technology Center's Winter Retreat at Collin College in Frisco, Texas Sam Bowne from City College of San Francisco gave a brief description and update on the Wikileaks "situation" thus far. Here's Sam's excellent 16 minute and 51 second presentation.  

Tim Frick at Mightybytes recently talked with Inc. Magazine journalist Minda Zetlin about how people are using Twitter. Zetlin had recently featured Frick in an article titled Secrets of Highly Effective Twitter Users. After that conversation, Frick wrote his own piece titled 10 Tips For Maximizing Your Twitter Account In this podcast, we review and comment on Frick’s ten tips. Before we discuss t...