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FM Power to the People

By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Book Reviews, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact

Low Power to the People: Pirates, Protest, and Politics in FM Radio Activism. By Christina Dunbar-Hester. Cambridge, MA: M.I.T., Nov….  Read More

Tags: activismMarch 2016Prometheus Radio Projectradio

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Probing the Sky

By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Book Reviews, Communication Technology, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact

Probing the Sky with Radio Waves: From Wireless Technology to the Development of Atmospheric Science. By Chen-Pang Yeang. Chicago, IL:…  Read More

Tags: ionosphereMarch 2016radio waves

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Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Creating the Digital Revolution

By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Book Reviews, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution. By Walter Isaacson. Simon and Schuster,…  Read More

Tags: December 2015innovation

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Faxed: The Rise and Fall of the Fax Machine

By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Book Reviews, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact

By Jonathan Coopersmith, Johns Hopkins University Press. 320 pages, 2015 Reviewed by Erik L. Stayton   I have never had…  Read More

Tags: December 2015fax

Deterministic and Statistical Worlds

By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, President's Message

Technologists are problem solvers. We work out answers to questions (sometimes simple, sometimes difficult), and apply these to the world….  Read More

Tags: determinismJune 2015unexpected consequences

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Alan Turing: The Enigma

By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Book Reviews, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact

The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game. By Andrew Hodges. Updated Edition. Princeton Univ. Press, 2014. Reviewed by…  Read More

Tags: Alan TuringenigmaSeptember 2015

Thank You for Being Late; book by Thomas Friedman

A Not-So-Flat World – Friedman 2.0

By Jim Isaak on June 7th, 2017 in Blog Posts, Human Impacts, Societal Impact

I’m preparing a course for this Fall on the future, and pursuing a number of related books that will no…  Read More

Tags: Big DataCloud ComputingfutureSensors

Call Me Irresistible (or Else)

By Jim Isaak on May 5th, 2017 in Blog Posts, Health & Medical

This new book, Irresistible: the Rise of Addictive Technology, points to a challenge that may be hitting a tipping point:…  Read More

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The Boundaries of Ethics

By Jim Isaak on April 26th, 2017 in Blog Posts, Case Studies, Ethics

The U.S. government recently announced sanctions targeting Syrian scientists (and no doubt engineers; newspapers are not clear on the differences)….  Read More

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IEEE SSIT Newsletter – April 2017

By ieeessit on April 17th, 2017 in Newsletter

In this issue: Committees-Introductions and Volunteer Opportunities, Imminent Deadlines for Journal and Conference Call for Papers, Remembering Virginia Mary Edgerton…  Read More

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Algorithm Problem

By Jim Isaak on April 17th, 2017 in Blog Posts, Ethics, Societal Impact

United Airlines has been having it’s problems since recently ejecting a passenger to facilitate crew members getting to their next…  Read More

Tags: AI

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AI Apocalypse (not)

By Jim Isaak on April 11th, 2017 in Blog Posts, Ethics, Societal Impact

Presumably we will reach a tipping point when Intelligent Devices surpass humans in many key areas, quite possibly without our…  Read More

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IEEE SSIT Newsletter – March 2017

By ieeessit on March 17th, 2017 in Newsletter

In this issue: New Student Branch, Volunteer Opportunities and Introductions, Ethical Dilemma Publication Opportunity, CFPs, Conferences, IEEE Foundation Grant for…  Read More

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Predictive Fiction

By Jim Isaak on February 21st, 2017 in Blog Posts, Environment

A recent anthology of “climate fiction,” Loosed Upon the World, projects climate change forward some years into dystopian scenarios. The editor,…  Read More

Tags: climate changepredictive fiction

Call for Papers – Robotics and Social Implications – Joint Special Issue

By terribookman on February 16th, 2017 in Social Implications of Technology

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine and IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine are pleased to announce a Joint Special Issue for March 2018. Due…  Read More

Tags: Robotics

IEEE SSIT Newsletter – February 2017

By ieeessit on February 15th, 2017 in Newsletter

In this issue: Call for volunteers to support and promote SSIT’s Five Pillars, SSIT volunteer introductions, joint special issue Call…  Read More

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Your TV Might be Binge Watching You!

By Jim Isaak on February 7th, 2017 in Blog Posts, Privacy & Security

VIZIO is reportedly paying fines for using TVs to track user’s viewing patterns in significant detail as well as associating…  Read More

Tags: Internet of ThingsPrivacyTV

IEEE SSIT Newsletter – January 2017

By ieeessit on January 16th, 2017 in Newsletter

In this issue: SSIT Board of Governors election results, awards and publications notices, and conference reminders. Happy New Year! 2016…  Read More

Tele-Kiss … Hmmm

By Jim Isaak on January 11th, 2017 in Blog Posts, Societal Impact

London haptic researchers have developed a device to add to a cell phone that will allow remote persons kiss, as…  Read More

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Online Physical Attack

By Jim Isaak on January 3rd, 2017 in Blog Posts, Health & Medical

It should be noted that an early, if not first, instance of an online physical attack on a person has…  Read More

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