User:Vtaylor/CIS2 12M/Group D

CIS2 - Computers and Society SUMMER 2012 Final Project Group D

Members: Jianqi Wang &amp; Karrie Liu

Introductions

 * The Modern History of Computing: The term "computing machine" was frequently used after 1920s, which refers to "any machine that does the work of a human[[Image:Historyofcomputer.jpeg|right|180px]]computer". Near 100 years have passed, rather than just computing, computers become more functional. The Modern History of Computing introduces famous figures such as Charles Babbage and Turing, early mordel of computer like ENIAC and EDVAC and other important event in computing histoy. This site, from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, gives a comprehensive history of the development of computer, which is resourceful and educational. Students can be an expert of computing history after read this site.
 * Computer, Walk With Me: Gentry Underwood walks us through three of the greatest stages of computers and technology in society. He describes what each stage meant to society. In the "Smartphone" section, he discusses how smartphones have influenced us in categories such as visualization, design and experience.

Privacy and Freedom of Speech

 * Privacy Rights Clearinghouse What are your rights to medical privacy? The privacy rights clearing house helps users find the answer to this question. It is a[[Image:Freedomofspeech.jpeg|right|180px]] California nonprofit corporation that posts latest news about privacy problem to inform the public and advocates the public to fight for the rights of privacy. It provides fact sheets, transcripts of PRC speeches and testimony, FAQ and index by topic, stories of consumers' experiences, and more. This site is very useful and educational for those who are interested in privacy.
 * The Web's New Gold Mine: Your Secrets: According to this article, "one of the fastest-growing business on the Internet is the business of spying on Internet users". Many websites contains many types of tacking technologies such as cookies that monitor visitors' online activities with no prompt to the visitors. These information are collected overtime to create robust profiles of various online users. These profiles are then sold on the market for marketing purposes.

Intellectual Property

 * A brief intro to copyright: Many people do not kown much about copyright but it is important and relevent to everyone. Copyright also becomes more complicated when related to the Internet. This article introduces basic kownlege about copyright, including the legal basics of copyright, definition of creative work, and answers to several sensitive questions.
 * The Case For Piracy: We picked this article because here is an interesting opinion that argues for piracy. This article takes on a different perspective because most cases are against piracy. Nick Ross brings up very good points about the music and movie industries and the harsh litigations and punishments on copyright infringement.

Crime

 * How to become a hacker: This educational article teaches the basic skills for hacking, hacking attitudes and hacking culture. Accoring to the author, there two kind of hackers: real hackers and fake hackers, or crackers. The basic difference is that hackers build things while crackers break them. This article aims to teach real hackers to do the right things.
 * How To Fool A GPS: This TED talk by Todd Humphreys gives a really interesting story about a victim who was helpless from a stalker who had planted a GPS "dot" to track her. Although there is a technology that can derail stalkers, this technology may create signal jams and potential traffic accidents. We found this video very interesting because Humphreys presents a conflict between privacy and a clean radio spectrum that is essential for regulating air traffic.

Employment, Education and Entertainment

 * Learning in a Digital World: The Role of Technology as a Catalyst for Change: This article gives different examples of how we can learn through using computers. It also lists the advantages of learning by the computer and the Internet rather than the traditional ways. According to this article, “Computer and information technologies encourage the development of problem solving, analytical, and research skills and enable us to communicate with each other wherever we live”. Thus, computers can improved the developments of the world, and also be a powerful tool for us to understand the world.
 * Half Of New Graduates Are Jobless or Underemployed: This article talks about today's growing problem of college graduates with bachelor's degrees being underemployed. Students with college majors such as art history, zoology, anthropology, and philosophy are among those who are least likely to find careers "appropriate to their education level". Besides the problems of being unemployed or underemployed, students are also facing the issue of having higher debts due to tuition increases.

Midterm - Millennium Development Goals

 * The Hunger Site: The hungersite is part of the 'GreatGood' network. The staple food funded by clicks at The Hunger Site is paid for by site sponsors and distributed[[Image:Africahun.jpeg|right|180px]] to those in need by Mercy Corps, Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest), and Millennium Promise. 100 percent of the sponsor advertising fees goes to our charitable partners. Funds are split between these organizations, which go on to relieve hunger in over 74 countries, including Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America.
 * Top 10 Ways To Fight Poverty In America: A list of actions we, as citizens, can take to fight poverty in America. The article also gives lots of examples and statistics on poverty by including links to other articles, organizations, and much more.

Evaluating and Controlling Technology

 * Machine Intelligence Part I: The Turing Test and Loebner Prizeand Machine Intelligence Part II: From Bumper Cars to Electronic Minds: This article gives the[[Image:Aiforcis2.jpeg|left|100px]] history of early Machine Intelligence and its pioneers, which is very educational and resourceful. It provides a clear and deep overview of the history of Machine Intelligence, asks questions about the key to the robots, and answers the concerns about Machine Intelligence.
 * Erie Library Seeks To Bridge Digital Divide: We picked this article because some places, such as the library, may not be as outdated as we thought. Many people do not go to the libraries for e-books simply becacuse they do not know that traditional public libraries now offer them. In attempting to bridge the digital divide, libraries are downloading digital copies of more popular best-sellers and giving free classes on how to download e-books to devices such as the Nook or the Kindle. Now that e-books are available at the library, users can also download books at the comfort of their own homes too.

Risks, Failures and Responsibilities

 * Computer Reliability Report 2012: Does your computer have strong security? The computer reliablility report will tell you the answer. This is a report of computer reliability from the RESCUECOM, a data analysis company. After a “factual”, and “unbiased” review of personal computers in the market, the report shows that Lenovo/IBM is the most reliable computer while Apple's Mac only gets the fourth. In addition, Samsung also preformed well and may become competitive in future. Check the report and see if your computer is reliable.
 * Professionalism: Social Media Mishaps: According to this article, even professionals are capable of embarassing themselves. Physicians and doctors should examine the content they upload on social media and think twice before posting. In one extreme example, some doctors even posted pictures of their naked patients. As it is becoming increasingly common for employers to monitor our activities on social media, we should really use common sense and present ourselves appropriately on the Internet.

Anytime, Anywhere

 * What's in Your Wallet? Implications for Global E-Wallet Design: Wallets normally contain cards, coins, and cash that allow their bearers to get transactional work done. Researchers surveyed in London, Tokyo and LA to find a way to design a functional E- Wallet that is comparable to the real one. This paper suggests that future e-wallets should be able to capitalize on these existing patterns, solve some of the existing problems, and encounter new challenges. It gives a nice future prospect for mobile transaction.
 * First-of-its-kind Technology To Consult On Stroke Cases Anytime, From Anywhere: A newly created mobile phone software technology called i-Stroke System will help doctors to consult their patients and stroke cases from anywhere in the world. This technology sends results such as CT scans and MRIs straight to physicians' smartphones so they can make the correct assessments. Since stroke patients has a small window of opportunity for the right cure, immediate delivery of the diagnosis and care is crucial.

Technology Advances, Social Trends
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 * The thrilling potential of sixth sense technology: Pranav Mistry, a MIT student, shows several tools that can help the physical world interact with the world[[Image:3dfoodprinter.jpeg|right|220px]] of data. People can control all the devices, including cellphone, camera and laptop by SixthSense and bring them everywhere. With SixthSense devices, people can freely shift between a laptop, a cellphone and a piece of paper. They even allow people make phone calls without a real phone. Mistry says he will make the SixthSense software open-source to allow everyone access. Mistry's idea could become a technology revolution to the industry.
 * Will 3D Printing Change The World?: We picked 3D printing because of the huge impact it could make on society. 3D printing could lower the cost of creating parts, notjust for business owners but also the disabled. For instance, for those who lost limbs during military service who could not afford expensive artificial replacements, 3Dprinting can print cheap yet completely functional parts. In addition, a 3D printer is also capable of creating itself. The possibilities are endless.

Karrie Liu
Week 1: Introductions "" Week 2: Privacy and Freedom of Speech Week 3: Intellectual Property Week 4: Crime Week 5: Employment, Education &amp; Entertainment Week 6: Millennium Development Goals Week 7: Evaluating &amp; Controlling Technology Week 8: Risks, Failures &amp; Responsibilities Week 9: Anytime, Anywhere Week 10: Technology Advances, Social Trends
 * Cloud Computing History And Benefits: Katie Williams discusses the origins and idea behind cloud computing. She also goes into details on how cloud computing works--in a model through five layers.
 * Computer, Walk With Me: Gentry Underwood walks us through some of the greatest moments of computers in society. In the "smartphone" section, he describes some important impacts and changes, such as visualization, design and experience.
 * It's Not Your Father's Library: This article argues that libraries will not become obsolete. Instead, libraries are becoming community centers.
 * Top 5 iPhone Health Apps to Keep You Live Longer: With the development of smartphones and mobile apps, we can do anything. This technology is now integrated into our lives. This article talks about the top iPhone apps that help us with health issues such as losing weight and creating a personalized fitness program.
 * History of the Internet: This is a short video on the history of the Internet, showing how we got to the Internet that we have today.
 * 7 Things the First Amendment Doesn't Protect: While the First Amendment gives you freedom of speech, it does not protect you from everything that you say. This article gives specific examples of things you may want to consider before you speak.
 * Unintended Consequences: The FTC is revising and updating some of the rules of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). One example of these changes is limiting the amount of information being collected for the purpose of marketing. This article breaks down some of the good and bad consequences of the potential law change.
 * Illinoise Becomes Third State to Pass Social Media Privacy Law: Illinoise just passed a law that keeps employers from accessing their employees' and job applicants' social media accounts. California may be the next state to pass a similar law.
 * Laws Help Protect Online Harassers: Even after three years, Carla Franklin is still pursuing her case against Google to provide the information of her imposter on the Facebook and YouTube. Legal efforts to keep stalkers off the Internet is tremendous and costly.
 * The Web's New Gold Mine: Your Secrets: According to this article, "one of the fastest-growing business on the Internet is the business of spying on Internet users". Many websites contains many types of tacking technologies such as cookies that monitor visitors' online activities with no prompt to the visitors. These information collected are then sold on the market for marketing purposes.
 * Copyright Infringement: 7 Costly Blogging Myths: Test your copyright knowledge and see if you can figure out whether these myths are true. This article also provides excellent explanations to each myth.
 * US Government Using Copyright Infringement To Take Over: Is our government's takeover of MegaUpload justified? Or is our government abusing copyright infringement laws? RTAmerica covers the MegaUpload scandal.
 * US "Six Strikes" Anti-Piracy Scheme Will Roll Out Gradually: The MPAA and RIAA has an agreement with major U.S. Internet providers stating that ISPs' consumers have at least five or six warnings on their pirating behaviors until ISPs are allowed to take "repressive measures" such as temporarily disabling connections. This agreement may allow the MPAA and RIAA to "request personal details of repeat infringers for legal actions".
 * Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.: Apple sues Samsung for infringing Apple's intellectual property such as patents, trademarks, user interface and style. This is one of the biggest lawsuits on infringement; they have on-going cases in different countries such as Korea, Japan, Germany and Australia.
 * The Case For Piracy: Nick Ross presents arguments for piracy. This article brings up some good points on the music and movie industries and harsh litigations on copyright infringement.
 * 4 Ways In Which Internet Piracy Can Be A Good Thing: Here is another argument for piracy. For instance, in some countries like Siberia, television shows such as Breaking Bad are not available via legal online streaming or inacessible because no shipper would ship legal DVDs to your country. Piracy is a great way to access the inaccessible.
 * Police: Internet Providers Must Keep User Logs: Law enforcement representatives are looking into proposing a federal law that requires ISPs to keep their customers' Internet activities for up to 18 months. The National Sheriffs' Association endorses this plan, claiming this will help the police catch unwanted activities online such as sexual harassment and cyberbullying.
 * Facebook Investigating MLB Hacking: This story shows how every website, including Facebook and Twitter, can be hacked. Although some jokes were funny, some jokes, such as accusing someone as a sex offender, were not.
 * How To Fool A GPS: This TED talk by Todd Humphreys gives a really interesting story about a victim who was helpless from a stalker who had planted a GPS "dot" to track her. Currently, in the U.S., there is no law to protect a civilian from being tracked by another civilian (not the police).
 * Stomp Out Bullying: Parents should talk to their children about cyberbulling. This is a great website for kids and teens. It talks about what it is, how you should respond if you become a victim, what you can do to help, etc.
 * How Vulnerable Are We To Online Stalking?: Greg Voakes talks about the types of information that could be very useful for stalkers, such as YouTube videos taken inside and outside our homes and LinkedIn profiles about current and previous jobs. These types of information makes us very vulnerable to online stalkers.
 * Open-source Learning: Richard Baraniuk talks about how open-source learning system called Connexions will greatly benefit students around the world. After digitalizing these textbooks, by making them open-source, any volunteer can change, alter or add on to them. Since these textbooks are digitalized, students can acquire them inexpensively and these books can be shared worldwide.
 * Employers Increasingly Monitor Employee Online Activities: Employees should become aware of their social image online on websites such as Facebook and Twitter. According to this article, by 2015, 60 percent of companies will monitor how their employees use social media. Therefore, we should sometimes reconsider the statuses, pictures or tweets we put up online.
 * Half Of New Graduates Are Jobless or Underemployed: This article talks about today's growing problem of college graduates with bachelor's degrees being underemployed. Students with college majors such as art history, zoology, anthropology, and philosophy are among those who are least likely to find careers "appropriate to their education level". Besides the problems of being unemployed or underemployed, students are also facing the issue of having higher debts due to tuition increases.
 * The 50 Best Children's Apps For Smartphones And Tablets: Kids can learn almost anywhere on smartphone devices. Here is a list of top educational apps for kids on the smartphone along with short descriptions.
 * When It Comes To Jobs, The Real Story Is Education, Occupation, And Geography: Richard Florida talks about three different causes that could lead to unemployment. For instance, higher education is correlated with a lower rate of unemployment and unemployment also depends on the type of occupation.
 * Can Online Gaming Be Educational?: Lewis Tachau, a homeschooled 13 year old online gamer, talks about the benefits of online gaming. He talks about how online gaming, contrary to belief, could help kids like him socialize, communicate, cooperate, and even mature while "having some genuine fun".
 * Millenium Development Goals for 2015: This is a very informational video on the MDGs set for 2015. This video talks about the many statistics that proved to be so problematic that we can no longer ignore these issues.
 * Tackling Youth Unemployment: This article talks about the success story of Umaru Kargbo who developed a disability since childhood but turned from a beggar to an entrepreneur. Through a UNDP-supported youth employment program, Kargbo learned to make shoes and ran his own business.
 * List of Countries by Human Development Index: The Human Development Index is a standard measure of well-being that considers the following: life expectancy, standards of living, education, and etc. This list of HDI by countries shows which areas need improvement in those categories.
 * Top 10 Ways To Fight Poverty In America: A list of actions we, as citizens, can take to fight poverty in America. The article also gives lots of examples and statistics on poverty by including links to other articles, organizations, and much more.
 * Ending World Hunger Is Possible: Duncan Green comments on some of challenges and issues that must be solved in order to end world hunger.
 * Automakers Get Serious About Self-Driving Cars: Other than Google, who is creating self-driving cars, other automakers are catching on to this technology. This article talks about some of the newest innovations these automakers are coming up with. With cars that are programmed to become aware of the road, many road accidents could be avoided.
 * The Need For More Complicated Authentication Methods: This article discusses the pros and cons of the current authentication methods that are used such as the two-factor system.
 * Erie Library Seeks To Bridge Digital Divide: Many people do not go to the libraries for e-books simply becacuse they do not know that traditional public libraries now offer them. In attempting to bridge the digital divide, libraries are downloading digital copies of more popular best-sellers and giving free classes on how to download e-books to devices such as the Nook or the Kindle.
 * How AI May Change How Agencies Recognize A Terrorist Attack: This article discusses the past, present and possible future of how machine intelligence was or is used at intelligence agencies.
 * Some PayPal Users Criticize Antifraud Measures: Sometimes, aggressive anti-fraud measures can be very bothersome. PayPal was upholding PreRace's money for "irregular" activities, which could have put out the business because it did not have the money to repay its loans.
 * Google Dependency Is Risky Business: Is it possible or desirable to avoid Google for your business? This article points out just how deep we are in regarding dependency on Google and contrary to some beliefs, Google may actually not benefit your business as it seems.
 * Antisocial Phone Tricks: Everything is more interesting when posted on social media. Renny Gleeson talks about how many social media and smartphone devices are making humans less "human".
 * Trash or Treasure?: When it comes to doing a research, writing a paper or completing school projects, evaluating your sources is very important. This website talks about the five criterias and different questions we should ask ourselves while testing your sources' reliability.
 * Professionalism: Social Media Mishaps: Physicians and doctors should examine the content they upload on social media and think twice before posting. In one extreme example, some doctors even posted pictures of naked patients. According to this article, even professionals are capable of embarassing themselves.
 * Tech Support Guy: This is a great source for help on issues related to the Internet, operating systems, software and hardware, and much more. Just post a question and start a thread.
 * 5 Things SMBs Should Know About Google Wallet: This article shares very good information about mobile payment. It also mentions some of the flaws and potential risks of the Google Wallet that small and midsize businesses should be aware of.
 * Top Ten Things to Know About PayPal: Here are some really great tips to know about PayPal, a faster, easier and safer way to pay online.
 * First-of-its-kind Technology To Consult On Stroke Cases Anytime, From Anywhere: A newly created mobile phone software technology called i-Stroke System will help doctors to consult their patients and stroke cases from anywhere in the world. Since stroke patients has a small window of opportunity for the right cure, immediate diagnosis and care is crucial. This technology helps send results such as CT scans and MRIs straight to physicians' smartphones so they can make the correct assessments.
 * Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Thinks Cloud Computing Will Be "Horrendous": Does making a purchase via cloud really allows you to own the digital content you buy? According to Apple App Store's Terms and Conditions, buyers of the content is merely permitted to use the content. Even Apple's Co-Founder Steve Wozniak opposes the idea of having content stored on the cloud because that may compromise owner's control of their content.
 * The Truth About The Remote-Work Trend: This article lists some problems and benefits about remote-working. For instance, it may reduce costs by eliminating gas mileage expenses to go to work. But remote-working may not be suitable for everyone; some people may not have "the discipline to focus on work at home".
 * Meet The Guy Whose Tech Will Transform Solar Power...And He's Giving It Away: An old concept, solar energy, meets new implementations and technology. Steve Nelson, the creator of a non-profit corporation called Zenman Energy, invented a steam engine generator that help others obtain low-cost solar energy. Nelson also gives away this technology and knowledge to open-source so that other technicians can learn and build improvements upon it.
 * Will 3D Printing Change The World?: 3D printing could lower the cost of creating parts. For instance, for those who lost limbs during military service who could not afford expensive artificial replacements, 3D printing can print cheap yet completely functional parts.
 * Eye Tracking Writing: There are many new technologies developed to help the disabled. Recently at CNRS, an eye-writing technology is used to help those who lost their arms and legs to write.
 * WE CARE Solar: Lauren Stachel and her husband created a device that captures solar energy and is small enough to fit into a suitcase. Benefiting from this compact technology, many medical facilities and clinics in areas where electricity is unreliable can now have a great source of light at night to proceed surgeries, deliver babies, and more.
 * Real-Time Language Translation With UK Devloper's Own Google-esque Augmented Reality: This article talks about Google's new invention Project Glass, which is essentially a pair of computerized glasses. One of the functions of these glasses is translating languages in real-time. This article also links to videos of other functions of the glasses.

Jianqi Wang
Week1: Introductions Week2: Privacy and Freedom of Speech Week3: Intellectual Property Week4: Crime Week5: Employment, Education and Entertainment Week6: Midterm - Millennium Development Goals Week7: Evaluating and Controlling Technology Week8: Risks, Failures and Responsibilities Week9: Anytime, Anywhere Week10: Technology Advances, Social Trends
 * The Modern History of Computing: This is a great source from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, this site gives a comprehensive history of the development of computer.
 * A Brief History of Human Computer Interaction Technology : This article provides a brief summary of the historical development of major advances in human-computer interaction technology, discussing the relationship between computer and human.
 * Computer shortcomings cited by dignitaries: Alan Kay and Andries van Dam, two expets of computer industry, talk about their concern about the problems of computers, about security, browsers, and system integration.
 * Advantages &amp; Disadvantages of Using Computer Technology in Decision Making: This aritcle lists both pros and cons of using computer to help human making decision.
 * Impact of Computer on Society: This article shows the ways computer impact our society, and compares both negative effect and positive effect on the society.
 * As Data Collecting Grows, Privacy Erodes: This article states that online service providers, such are social networks, search engines and blogs are collecting user's personal information. It threatens users' privacy. Some studies say that data collection should be forbidden.
 * Anonymous Defense of Free Speech Reacts to Internet Censorship Bill With Operation Blackout: This article talks about the importance of freedom of speech online, and government should stay out of the game. The article also includes several relevant videos inside.
 * The Cybersecurity Act was a surveillance bill in disguise: The Cybersecurity Act of 2012 did not get passed. Accoring to this article, that the bill was supposed to fight cyber threats, but it fell short of protecting users' privacy, thus it is resonalbe that it did not get passed.
 * Fact Sheet 18: Online Privacy:Using the Internet Safely: Empower consumers to take action to control their own personal information by providing practical tips on privacy protection.
 * Privacy Rights Clearinghouse is a California nonprofit corporation with 501(c)(3) tax exempt status pending. It has a two-part mission -- consumer information and consumer advocacy. It provides texts of all fact sheets, transcripts of PRC speeches and testimony, FAQ and index by topic, stories of consumers' experiences, and more.
 * Being open could close the door on Android: Open source, which helped Android to get it position today, seems to be limiting Android now, according to the article.
 * Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing and Copyright Infringement: Are You Vulnerable?: This article talks about the risk of the peer-to-peer file-sharing and its copyrights issue.
 * The Lure of the Other IP, Intellectual Philanthropy:The old intellectual philanthropy was all about exclusivity and rights, legal suits and court cases. But new form intellectual philanthropy was about the gift of knowledge.
 * A brief intro to copyright: Some people do not kown much about copyright, this article introduces detailed basic kownlege about copyright.
 * 10 Big Myths about copyright explained: This articl is trying to answer common myths about copyright seen on the net and cover issues related to copyright and USENET/Internet publication.
 * Top Five Computer Crimes &amp; How to Protect Yourself From Them: Every year billions of dollars are made in a number of different cyber crimes, the article lists five common computer crims including Malware,Identity Theft, Cyberstalking, Child Pornography and Spam.
 * Federal Computer Crime Laws: A academic paper which describes the major US federal legislation that has been enacted to deal specifically with the problem of computer crime.
 * How I’d Hack Your Weak Passwords: This article lists popular passwords, analysis their weakness, and teaches readers to improve the safety of their passwords.
 * How to become a hacker: A educational article teaches the basic skills fo hack, hack attitudes and hack culture.
 * The Computer Crime Research Center: The Computer Crime Research Center(CCRC) is a non-profit, non-governmental and scientific research organization. It post computer crime news, perform analysis of results of scientific practical research in counteracting and preventing computer crimes.
 * Is distance learning for you : A well structured and informative article with lots of examples. It is very useful to help you determine if distance learn suit your need. Distance learning is a new way of learning which is shaped by the popularity of internet and helped more and more people to learn at their convenient time and location.
 * The ultimate distance learning: An interesting article with an attractive title, describes about 'Second life' education, which is worth tring.
 * Learning in a Digital World: The Role of Technology as a Catalyst for Change: This article gives different examples of using computer to learn. He also lists the advantages of learning by computer and Internet rather than traditional ways. According to him, that “Computer and information technologies encourage the development of problem solving, analytical, and research skills and enable us to communicate with each other wherever we live. ” Thus, computers can improved the developments of the world, but also can be a powerful tool for us to understand the world.
 * Yourhistoryclass: A very useful online learing source. Although it is called "history class" but this site actually has Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Geography, Mass Communication and all kinds of other classes available. Textbooks and outlines, summaries, review questions are free to access, if you use the “student preview” option.
 * Education And The Future of Technology: A video demonstrates the exponential changing of our world. It shows that the development of technology has impacted human in many ways. Technology is changing so fast that everything may be out of the date over night. The rapidly changing is forcing people to learn much and learn faster.
 * Goodsearch: A website that when you search, shop or dine through goodsearch.com, half of the referral bonus earned by the site is to your favorite cause. it has a sub site called goodshop.com
 * Feed America: The mission of this site is to feed America's hungry with through a nationwide network of member food banks. Feed America uses a route planning software called "Roadnet Transportation Suite" to reduce the cost of meal deliveries.
 * The Hunger Site: The hungersite is part of 'GreatGood' network. The staple food funded by clicks at The Hunger Site is paid for by site sponsors and distributed to those in need by Mercy Corps, Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest), and Millennium Promise. 100% of sponsor advertising fees goes to our charitable partners. Funds are split between these organizations and go to the aid of hungry people in over 74 countries, including those in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America.
 * The Guerrilla Girls is a group of anonymous group of feminists devoted to fighting against sexism within the visual fine art world internationally.
 * volunteermatch is a site to find a volunteer opportunity or to find people volunteering for your good idea. You can use your facebook account to login this site and find if your friends are doing the same
 * How artificial intelligence will shape our lives: This article talks about the influence of artificial intelligence on the human life and provides a prediction about the future of artificial intelligence.
 * Machine Intelligence Part I: The Turing Test and Loebner Prize and Machine Intelligence Part II: From Bumper Cars to Electronic Minds: This article gives the early history of Machine Intelligence and its pioneers, which is very academic and resourceful. It provides a clear and deep overview of the history of Machine Intelligence, and also ask the question about the key to the robots and lift the concern about Machine Intelligence.
 * The Necessity of Mind Uploading and Machine intelligence: Accoring to this article, that "Mind Uploading" is realized in our daily life when you written/typed words collected in books, which means you feel the same way as the writer feel, or when programmers are programming, they are "uploading" their mind and make computer do what they want.
 * What is the Future of Artificial Intelligence?: This video discusses the possibility of that if smart computer is going to take over the world one day. Although computers can calculate faster than human and remember more than human, but they are still weaker than human in making conclusion, changing planes and understanding their place in the environment. Thus the video draws a conclusion that smart computers still have a long way to go to be really "intelligent".
 * How to Judge the Reliability of Internet Information: When we are searching online, we need to give some thought to where we found it, whether the person who put it on the Internet is a reliable authority on the subject. This article lists the way of judging the reliability of information find on the Internet.
 * Computers in medicine: Computers and the Internet allow doctors work with each other beyond the geological restraint. Computers may replace human doctors in future since computers can do diagnostics and surgeries more accurately.
 * Computer Reliability Report 2012: This is a report of computer reliability from the RESCUECOM, a data analysis company. After a “factual”, and “Unbiased” review of personal computers in the market, the report shows that Lenovo/IBM is the most reliable computer while Apple only gets the fourth. In addition, Samsung also preformed well and may be competitive in future.
 * 2 troubling examples of Google's conflicts: Google is setting up conflicts of interest across multiple areas. The Google Product Search, which is used to compare product prices at retailers across the Web, may violate the interests of some company. In addition, although Google indicates that they are not paid inclusion since the results are labeled as "sponsored," but nowadays, it is getting harder for users to distinguish useful information from those junks.
 * National Cyber Security Awareness Month in October to Focus on Shared Responsibility for All Digital Citizens in Securing the Internet: The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) emphasizes that everyone has the responsibility to securing the environment of the Internet, including the myriad of devices, such as smart phones and tablets, and the networks they use. It sends a message --“STOP. THINK. CONNECT” -- to remind all digital citizens stay safer and more secure online.
 * Life-and-Death Computer: Computers now can provide more accurate probability of dying, based on accurate input of data. But people high probability of dying should still get help.
 * Cloud Computing 101: The Basics: Educational information about cloud computing for beginners.
 * The Real Problems With Cloud Computing: Although a cloud computing provider will likely better secure the servers, it is highly questionable as to whether than can secure your information better than you can.
 * What's in Your Wallet? Implications for Global E-Wallet Design: This paper suggest that future e-wallets should be able to capitalize on these existing patterns, solve some of the existing problems, and encounter new challenges.
 * Open source won: Open source has occupied the majority of the market and it deserved, this article gievs a new definition of winning --“No enemy has been vanquished, but open source is now mainstream and a new norm.”
 * Open source Chaos Monkey brings order to cloud: This article shows the disadvantage of open source with real story, predicts the future relationship of open source and Netflix
 * The thrilling potential of sixth sense technology: This video talks about controlling all the devices, including cellphone, camera and other stuff by sixth sense and bring them everywhere.
 * 3D printer: This is a website about 3D printer. 3D printer is working like a normal print at home, but it can print everything in 3D model. It is believed that 3D printers will someday be in everyone’s homes, and will revolutionize the manufacturing process. The theory and technology of the 3D printer can not only be used for 3D modeling, but also used to help the disables.
 * socialmediatoday: An independent, online community. They post latest news about social media to help understanding of social media, also provides marketing, advertising about social media.
 * 32 Innovations That Will Change Your Tomorrow: New York Times predicts the technology trends in different area, including home, play, health, work, and etc.
 * The Future of Computers: Computers in future will be more light, fancy, have larger memory and easier to use. This article shows a pratical prediction of the computers in future 20 years.