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Crossing the Evolutionary Gap

By Joe Carvalko on June 29th, 2017 in Ethics, Fiction, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact

The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance – the idea that anything is possible. — Ray…  Read More

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Home Is Where the AI Heart Is

By Isabel Pedersen on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Magazine Articles, Robotics

The desire to create a sentient Artificial Intelligence (Al) as complex as a human intelligence, or one that even surpasses…  Read More

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Mediating the Body: Wearable Tech and Disembodied Reality

By Rebecca Ricks on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles

Where does wearable technology exist? The question is more complex than it might first appear, when one considers the thin…  Read More

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Unintended Consequences of Living with AI

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

The Paradox of Technological Potential – Part II In November 2015, as editors, we started sorting through submissions for a…  Read More

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Help for Cybersex Addicts and Their Loved Ones

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

When Fantasy Turns into Obsession Craig is a banker from Iowa who became addicted to adult chat rooms. He explained,…  Read More

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Gone Fishing: Breaking with the Biometric Rhythm of Tech-Centricism

By Katina Michael on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles

On the 9th of December in 2015, I set out for a camping trip with my three young children to…  Read More

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Love, Philosophy, and Processors: Interview with a Robot

By Ramona Pringle on June 29th, 2017 in Interview, Magazine Articles, Robotics, Societal Impact

The robot Bina48 is funny, and melancholy, and at times, uncannily profound. Like a human, she is complicated and contradictory,…  Read More

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Are Wearables Really Ready to Wear?

By Isabel Pedersen on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles

The introduction and announcement of Google Glass on April 4, 2012, changed the landscape of computing for the everyday person….  Read More

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The Police Crisis of Visibility

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

A rugged male Metro Toronto police officer stares down a female protester outside the Toronto G-20 meetings in 2010. She…  Read More

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Beyond Human: Lifelogging and Life Extension

By Katina Michael on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Robotics

I have often wondered what it would be like to rid myself of a keyboard for data entry, and a…  Read More

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Personal Safety Devices Enable “Suicurity”

By Steve Mann on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security

“Security” is a Latin word which means “without care,” from the Latin prefix “Se” (meaning “without”) and “curity” meaning “care.”…  Read More

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Privacy Nightmare: When Baby Monitors Go Bad

By Katherine Albrecht on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security

A secure crib and a baby monitor are on the “must-have” safety checklist for many new parents. But when you…  Read More

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Pondering Effects of Video Games on Children

By Guest Author on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion

Dear Drs. Albrecht and Michael, I recently came across your Editorial titled: “We’ve Got to do Better” [1] and felt…  Read More

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Personal Rights in the Age of Omnipresent Cameras

By jstanley@aclu.org on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security

George Orwell once observed that “the ages in which the dominant weapon is expensive or difficult to make will tend…  Read More

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Google Glass and Highway Safety — Messy Choices

By Robert Rosenberger on June 29th, 2017 in Human Impacts, Leading Edge, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact

When Cecilia Abadie — a Google Glass “explorer” testing out the new device — received the first ever traffic ticket…  Read More

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“I’ll Be Watching You”

By Brenda McPhail on June 29th, 2017 in Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security

Anecdotally, most people know that the video technology they use in everyday life is changing at an alarmingly fast pace….  Read More

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Starting a New Chapter

By laurajacob on June 29th, 2017 in Magazine Articles, President's Message

This past year, 2013, was a busy year for me, and for SSIT. Some of this activity was highly visible….  Read More

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We’ve Got to Do Better

By Katina Michael on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact

Each year, thousands of film buffs gather at the Sundance International Film Festival in Park City, UT, U.S.A., to see…  Read More

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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

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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

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