How Two Guys Hacked a Jeep
A few months ago, researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek hacked a car. Yes, hacked a Jeep, to be precise— as a guy (Andy Greenberg) was driving down the interstate at 70 mph. A few minutes later,...
What Are You Really Paying for When You Buy a Laptop?
When looking for a new computer, choosing among the various options can be overwhelming. Should you get the new $1,300 MacBook or perhaps try a $90 Symple PC? And what do all the specs about “2.5GHz...
Defining “Normal”
Fighting Crime and Saving the Environment through Anomaly Detection A few years ago, if someone stole your credit card information, you might not know about it until you noticed that your bill was $200,000...
HackPrinceton Spring ’15
A weekend of innovation, learning, and some of the best hacks yet. There are two fish in a tank. One turns to the other and says: “So, how do I drive this thing?” Joseph Bolling ’15 coaxes a fish to...
The Science behind Touchscreens
And Why the Special Gloves? It’s a cold winter day; you’re on your way to class when all of a sudden you get a text. You take out your phone, but with your gloves on, the phone’s touchscreen won’t...
Changing the Political Landscape with Machine Learning
Public policy. State legislation. Court jurisdiction. Upon hearing these words, some associations that may pop up are perhaps the hours spent trying to digest the dense language of political documents for a...