Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
A paper was posted on the Internet by Satoshi Nakamoto in November 2008, “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”. The paper described a system where Bitcoin, a digital currency, can be used to buy and sell goods and services or to just buy and hold the Bitcoin. Currencies such as the U.S. dollar, the Canadian […]
Making Voting Easy is Scaring the Life Out of Security Experts
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight which landed the first two humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module, Eagle, on July 20, 1969. Armstrong became the first person to step onto the lunar surface six hours later, and Aldrin joined him 19 minutes later. The two astronauts spent about two and a quarter hours […]
Robot Attitude in Sun and Surf
Get a small glimpse of my upcoming book, Robot Attitude: How Robots and AI Will Make Our Lives Better in the April issue of Sun and Surf Magazine. This is my third article in an issue of Sun and Surf. Click here to enjoy the entire magazine, and flip to page 18 to see my […]
Finding a Security Flaw in Internet Voting is a Good Thing
Swiss law guarantees that every Swiss citizen has the right to vote, whether or not they currently live in the country. Overseas citizens have previously pushed for e-voting, arguing that postal methods are frequently delayed, making them unreliable. Votes are also a much more common occurrence in Switzerland, whose system of direct democracy calls for […]
The Library 100
One of my affiliations is as a board member at OCLC Inc. in Dublin, OH. I am very proud of the work OCLC does as a global library cooperative. The organization supports thousands of libraries in making information more accessible and more useful to people around the world. OCLC provides shared technology services, original research, […]
