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Irish President Michael D. Higgins Delivers Opening Address at ISTAS 2015 in Dublin

By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Magazine Articles, News and Notes

SSIT was honored with an opening address from Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, at the 2015 IEEE-SSIT International Symposium…  Read More

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Figure 1. Concept map of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine article headings (March 2010–July 2015) generated using Leximancer.

Reflecting on the Contribution of T&S Magazine to the IEEE

By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact

Figure 1. Concept map of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine article headings (March 2010–July 2015) generated using Leximancer.    …  Read More

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Improving Our “Engineering-Crazed” Image

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

I recently watched The Martian, a great advertisement for engineering. Back in the real world, I read an October 7,…  Read More

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Mental Health, Implantables, and Side Effects

By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles

When I was 8 years of age my older sister who was 8 years my senior was diagnosed with paranoid…  Read More

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Speed Isn’t Enough: Usability and Adoption of an Optimized Alert Notification System

By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Communication Technology, Human Impacts, Societal Impact

In the wake of crisis situations that can bring tragedy through the loss of human life, or the devastating destruction…  Read More

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If Privacy Is Dead, What Can We Do Instead?

By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security

Figure 1. Privacy concerns arise for individuals when there is a high expectation of control over information pertaining to them…  Read More

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Tags: anthropomorphismartificial intelligenceJune 2016pornographyrightssex robotslavery

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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

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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

Tags: controversyJune 2016safetyToyotaunintended acceleration

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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

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RFID Implant Developments: Where Are We Headed and Why?

By Sharon Rose Bradley-Munn on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact

From a feminist perspective, author Donna Haraway makes inference to a type of teleology within technology itself that displaces the…  Read More

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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

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Social Network Neutrality, Anyone?

By Guest Author on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact

Having recently relocated to a country where I know very few people, I tried looking for a local branch of…  Read More

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Marvin Minsky: 1927-2016

By Guest Author on June 29th, 2017 in Magazine Articles, Societal Impact

Minsky (left) was keynote speaker at ISTAS 2013 held at the University of Toronto, Canada. (Right: Steve Mann, ISTAS ’13…  Read More

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When Uber Cars Become Driverless: “They Won’t Need No Driver”

By Katina Michael on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Robotics, Societal Impact

I have long pondered the issue of dehumanization through automation. I think the old adage: “no one is irreplaceable” now…  Read More

Tags: 2001A Space Odysseyartificial intelligenceAutomationdehumanizationJune 2016

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Do We Just “Build Stuff”?

By Greg Adamson on June 29th, 2017 in Magazine Articles, President's Message, Societal Impact

Every day as engineers and technologists we go to work teaching, developing, building, implementing, maintaining technology. Do we care about…  Read More

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