Riding roller coasters and being chased by dinosaurs with virtual reality. Jamnya School, Jamnya, Satpuda Ranges, Maharashtra State, India. Photo by Swinburne IT for Social Impact Team, December 2016.

December 2017

ISTAS 2016 - Disruptive Technologies, Ethics, and Global Development

ISTAS 2016 was an important milestone for the SSIT community in India. It introduced topics such as ethics, society, and technology externalities to the local IEEE community, in particular among young student and professionals.

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• Refrigeration Nation by Karl Stephan Posted in: Book Reviews, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact - Jonathan Rees’s Refrigeration Nation has a great deal to say about the way refrigeration technology brought about profound changes in eating habits,… ...  Read More
• Book Review: Computer Accessibility Rights by S. Henry-Buckmire Posted in: Book Reviews, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - Petrick provides historic perspectives of how computer technology was developed in the United States allowing persons with disabilities full participation… ...  Read More
• Go “Get Chipped” by Katina Michael Posted in: Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact - The big issue is the mass scale big data collection strategies using social media intelligence, CCTV, behavioral biometrics using facial… ...  Read More
• Social Media and Disasters: Highlighting Some Wicked Problems by Asslam Umar Alie and Robert Ogie Posted in: Communication Technology, Human Impacts, Leading Edge, Magazine Articles - Information generated on social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and Instagram are fast becoming powerful and ubiquitous new… ...  Read More
• Information Technology in a City Enterprise by David Gancarz Posted in: Commentary, Ethics, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - We must challenge ourselves to transcend our familiar notion of the IT artifact as just an inanimate tool standing by… ...  Read More
• Raising Teens to Live with Technology Responsibly by Josh Shipp Posted in: Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - Today, over 90% of U.S. teenagers are online. When it comes to social media, 50% of all teenagers log on… ...  Read More
• Digital Maturity: Perceiving the Digital-Panopticon by Christine Perakslis Posted in: Last Word, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact - As technological advances disrupt existing markets and value networks, change can outpace our ability to adapt. ...  Read More
• Appointment of the Planet’s Policy Custodian by Joe Carvalko Posted in: Editorial & Opinion, Environment, Ethics, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact - The Trump administration cannot simply reject current theories of climate change based on nothing more than that it may conflict… ...  Read More
• Pervasive Technology: Aboriginal Communities and Oppression by Alexander Hayes Posted in: Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security - Australian Aboriginal sovereignty is no longer just about Aboriginal communities retaining rights to their own land. The most brutal types of dispossession are the latest forms of… ...  Read More
• The Unstoppable Changing of the Electricity Guard by Antonio Gomez-Exposito Posted in: Commentary, Environment, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact - Twenty-five years ago we didn't know that solar energy, including modular photovoltaic (PV) plants ranging in size from 1 kW… ...  Read More

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