Robots

Since we've been talking about replicants/robots you might find these statistics about current robot usage interesting.


http://singularityhub.com/2011/09/12/robotic-labor-taking-over-the-world-you-bet-here-are-the-details/

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

It looks like the penalties for computer crimes might increase dramatically.  See this discussion:
http://volokh.com/2011/09/11/poisoning-the-hamburger-helper/

This is an interesting video about identity:

Topics for week 3

What are interesting current events that you would like to see us talk about in week 3?

War on Terror effectiveness

Bruce Schneier talks about an article in The Atlantic that examines the effectiveness of the War on Terror spending

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/09/the_efficacy_of.html

How much and where should we be spending?  What are the trade-offs?

Digital Divide?

This story looks at the effectiveness of technology in the classroom.

http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/technology/technology-in-schools-faces-questions-on-value.html


How should we view technology spending in education?

Copyright Overview Video

Here is the video I mentioned in class