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| − | ** | + | ** What is Processing? Ben Fry, one of the co-inventors of the language, explains. |
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| + | :This is less about Processing than about data visualization, and how '''Ben Fry''', one of the co-authors of Processing uses the language to represent data. Several of his projects are presented. | ||
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| + | :Ben Fry generated the computer graphics for Minority Report (start watching around Time Stamp 7 minutes 25 seconds). | ||
| + | ** Introduction to the language "Processing": [[Introduction_to_Processing | Web Page]], [http://cs.smith.edu/dftwiki/images/IntroductionToProcessing_thiebaut_CSC103.key Keynote], [http://cs.smith.edu/dftwiki/images/IntroductionToProcessing_thiebaut_CSC103.mov Quicktime] | ||
** To download and install Processing, go to '''[http://processing.org Processing.org]''' | ** To download and install Processing, go to '''[http://processing.org Processing.org]''' | ||
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| + | ** [[Media:CSC103_PCDemolitionLab_2013.pdf | PC Demolition Lab]] (see the pictures on the [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Computer-Science-Smith-College/264041891883 department Facebook page]!) | ||
** <font color="magenta">Take-Home Exam</font> | ** <font color="magenta">Take-Home Exam</font> | ||
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* '''Tuesday''': <font color="magenta">Fall Break</font> | * '''Tuesday''': <font color="magenta">Fall Break</font> | ||
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| − | ** Quiz | + | ** [[CSC103 Quiz on Singularity 2013 | Quiz]] |
** Discussion | ** Discussion | ||
*** [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/research/singularity/ieee_spectrum__signs_of_the_singularity.pdf Signs of the Singularity] by Vernor Vinge. | *** [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/research/singularity/ieee_spectrum__signs_of_the_singularity.pdf Signs of the Singularity] by Vernor Vinge. | ||
| − | *** [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/research/singularity/ieee_spectrum__can_machines_be_conscious.pdf Can | + | *** [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/research/singularity/ieee_spectrum__can_machines_be_conscious.pdf Can Machines Be Conscious?], Christof Koch and Giulio Tononi. |
| − | + | ** Ray Kurzweil on the Singularity. Bio taken from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kurzweil Wikipedia]: | |
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| + | Raymond "Ray" Kurzweil (/ˈkɜrzwaɪl/ kurz-wyl; born February 12, 1948) is an American author, inventor, futurist, and a director of engineering at Google. Aside from futurology, he is involved in fields such as optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technology, and electronic keyboard instruments. He has written books on health, artificial intelligence (AI), transhumanism, the technological singularity, and futurism. Kurzweil is a public advocate for the futurist and transhumanist movements, as has been displayed in his vast collection of public talks, wherein he has shared his primarily optimistic outlooks on life extension technologies and the future of nanotechnology, robotics, and biotechnology. | ||
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| + | * Food for thought... | ||
| + | ** [[Information_about_the_Singularity | Additional articles]] on the issue of the Singularity (including IEEE Spectrum issue on the subject). | ||
| + | ** [http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_blackmore_on_memes_and_temes.html Susan Blackmore's] TED talk on Memes and Temes. | ||
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