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Author: ieeessit
Is Big Data the New “God” on Earth?
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Surfing in the ocean. S. PILEGGI This evening I sat down to reflect on some significant happenings in the… Read More
Smart Toys that are the Stuff of Nightmares
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles
At the top of some children’s Christmas present wish list in 2015 would have been the new Hello Barbie doll… Read More
Crafting an Ethical Global Society
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
At the 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS’15), SSIT was greatly honored with an opening address to… Read More
Militarized Zones: The Thinking Machine, the Occupying Machine, the Intensive Machine
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Throughout history, technological advances have had significant effects on military command, control, and logistics. In turn, military establishments — and… Read More
Sex Robot Matters: Slavery, the Prostituted, and the Rights of Machines
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Ethics, Human Impacts, Societal Impact
Slavery is the coercive and controlled use of another human. Contrary to the belief that the practice ended in the… Read More
Uber Is Built on Trust
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Ethics, Magazine Articles
Uber isn’t in the taxi business. It’s not really in the dispatch business, or even in the tech business. It’s… Read More
Toyota: Not So Fast, Guys
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Case Studies, Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Magazine Articles
The automotive industry has furnished the field of engineering ethics with more than one “paradigm” case that generations of budding… Read More
GM Ignition Switch Recall: Too Little Too Late?
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Ethics, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
How much stuff do you carry on your keyring? Besides keys, I mean. Some minimalists like my wife carry car… Read More
When Smart Is Not: Technology and Michio Kaku’s The Future of the Mind
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Leading Edge, Magazine Articles, Robotics, Societal Impact
In his new book, The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower Mind, theoretical physicist… Read More
How Not to Network a Nation
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Book Reviews, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
The Uneasy History of the Soviet Internet. By Benjamin Peters. M.I.T. Press, 2016, 312 pages. Reviewed by Loren Graham. … Read More
Nanotechnology: Ethical and Social Implications
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Book Reviews, Ethics, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
By Ahmed S. Khan. CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), 2012. Reviewed by Karl D. Stephan Anyone who doesn’t know… Read More
Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Book Reviews, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
By W. Bernard Carlson, Princeton University Press, 2013, 520 pages. Reviewed by Eric P. Wenaas. W. Bernard Carlson points… Read More
Geosocial Intelligence
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Communication Technology, Human Impacts, Leading Edge, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology
Social media, driven by the explosive uptake of mobile computing, has caused a systematic shift in the structure of personal… Read More
Appropriate Technologies in the Globalized World: FAQs
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Commentary, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
Technological innovation over the past century has revolutionized our society’s ability to solve problems. A byproduct of this movement is… Read More
The Reinvention of Social Capital for Socio-Technical Systems
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Communication Technology, Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles
Social capital has been defined by Ostrom and Ahn [1] as “an attribute of individuals that enhances their ability to… Read More
Smart Cities and Their Smart Decisions: Ethical Considerations
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Ethics, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
In many respects, information and communication technologies (ICTs) pose new challenges to society. It is worth recognizing what ICTs represent… Read More
Remotely Piloted Airborne Vehicles
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Magazine Articles, News and Notes, Societal Impact
This article is a summary report on the Eighth Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security Series. This year’s… Read More
Recommendations for Future Development of Artificial Agents
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Ethics, Magazine Articles, Robotics, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
A set of technologies, loosely referred to as “artificial agents,” is becoming more pervasive and more powerful in the current… Read More
Channeling Digital Convergence in Education for Societal Benefit
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Commentary, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
The advent of the information revolution has led to the digitalization of society, affecting virtually all of its concerns. The… Read More