Kannanshanmugam, Shanmugamstudio, Kollam/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported The Aadhaar (Unique Identity) project has become the bane of average Indians,… Read More
Author: ieeessit
The Circle
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Book Reviews, Privacy & Security
The Circle. By Dave Eggers. Knopf, 2013. Reviewed by Scott D. Eldridge. Have you taken the plunge and purchased one… Read More
SSIT Past and Future
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Ethics, Magazine Articles, President's Message
The year 1962 saw the publication of at least three important works related to technology and society. Rachel Carson, a… Read More
Father’s Day Algorithms or Malgorithms?
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts
My friend Rich was 25 years old when he buried his 20-year old father. His dad, a green beret, was… Read More
Nanoelectronics Research Gaps and Recommendations
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
A Report from the International Planning Working Group on Nanoelectronics (IPWGN) Nanotechnology exploded in scientific publications in the year… Read More
Learning from Delusions
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Health & Medical, Magazine Articles
Once or twice a year, I receive a call or email from someone claiming to be under intensive targeted surveillance… Read More
Tools for the Vision Impaired
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Communication Technology, Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles
Technology has helped to improve my life in many ways. Talking products such as alarm clocks, thermometers, scales, caller ID,… Read More
Ich liebe Dich UBER alles in der Welt (I love you more than anything else in the world)
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Leading Edge, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
People are busy. The more tools we come up with to help us be faster, smarter, and better at keeping… Read More
Stealing Cars: Technology & Society from the Model T to the Gran Torino
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Book Reviews, Magazine Articles
Stealing Cars: Technology & Society from the Model T to the Gran Torino By John A. Heitmann and Rebecca H…. Read More
Reality Check: How Science Deniers Threaten Our Future
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Book Reviews
By Donald R. Prothero. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, August 1, 2013. Reviewed by A. David Wunsch “Global warming is the… Read More
Technological Expeditions and Cognitive Indolence
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles
The Greely Expedition of 1881 is a harrowing tale of starvation and the death of all but six of the… Read More
Reintroducing Wiener: Channeling Norbert in the 21st Century
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
The arc of Norbert Wiener’s fascinating life became clear to us one day in the M.I.T. Institute Archives. In one… Read More
The Next Macy Conference: A New Interdisciplinary Synthesis
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Magazine Articles
The postwar period was one of intense interdisciplinary ferment, nowhere more so than at the famous Macy conferences on circular… Read More
Norbert Wiener: Odd Man Ahead
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
My childhood memories of Norbert Wiener are of a strange looking person who came repeatedly from his New Hampshire home… Read More
21CW: Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
In this issue of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine we acknowledge one of the quintessential multi-disciplinarians of our time, Dr…. Read More
A Conversation with Lazar Puhalo
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Human Impacts, Interview, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
In December 17, 2014, T&S Editor-in-Chief Katina Michael interviewed Archbishop of Ottawa (Ret.) Lazar Puhalo, of the Orthodox Church in… Read More
Creating The Norbert Wiener Media Project
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Mary Catherine Bateson in an interview from the 2014 Norbert Wiener Conference in Boston. In the early part of… Read More
Automatic Tyranny, Re-Theism ,and the Rise of the Reals
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
“So will computers be smarter than humans? It depends on what you consider to be a computer and what you… Read More
Unmanned Aircraft: The Rising Risk of Hostile Takeover
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Leading Edge, Magazine Articles, Robotics, Societal Impact
Te use of unmanned aircraft also known as drones is increasing in U.S. national airspace and the numbers will rise… Read More
Robots Don’t Pray
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Robotics, Societal Impact
Historically, the evolution of research in the areas of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) has always been related, although with… Read More