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Category: Human Impacts
Community Awareness
By Jim Isaak on December 15th, 2017 in Articles, Human Impacts
It is delightful when high profile leaders of high tech companies present the case for positive social benefit
Privacy and Gun Control
By Jim Isaak on October 20th, 2017 in Articles, Human Impacts, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
Periodically, often after a unconscionable massacre such as Las Vegas or Orlando, the United States reviews the balance between the… Read More
Tech Evolution for Village Communities
By Jim Isaak on October 16th, 2017 in Articles, Human Impacts, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
Consider the fairly typical residence in this picture from Mfuwe, Zambia. This site has external sanitation facilities, a wood cook… Read More
Retreat to Move Forward : Alleviating Allostatic Load for the Brave
By Christine Perakslis on October 9th, 2017 in Human Impacts, Last Word, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
We need our brains to adapt advantageously for ingenious design and development, especially as the time between stimulus and response becomes precariously pressurized.
The Next Generation of Socio-Technical Systems
By Steghofer on September 29th, 2017 in Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
The next generation of socio-technical system can be seen as a kind of “focal point” for the convergence of a number of current trends in computing, information systems, and information technology. These trends include the technology-driven instrumentation of infrastructure by ubiquitous computing and/or “intelligent” devices, with the prefix “smart” now taking precedence over the prefix “e-,” i.e. SmartGrids, SmartCities, SmartMotorways, etc., rather than the e-commerce. e-health, e-learning initiatives commonplace at the turn of millennium.
Go “Get Chipped”
By Katina Michael on September 18th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles
In 1997 Eduardo Kac became the first human to implant himself with a non-medical device in the performance art work titled “Time Capsule”
Intentionality: Value Apart from the Machine
By Christine Perakslis on August 4th, 2017 in Human Impacts, Last Word, Magazine Articles
The effect of technologies on our lives might be less about technology and more about the priorities and parameters we set.
Ikehara Collection: Norbert Wiener’s Japan Connections
By Heather Love on August 4th, 2017 in Commentary, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
A new archive of material added a new historical dimension to our discussions of cybernetics at the 2016 Norbert Wiener Conference in Australia.
Thinking Machines in the Physical World
By Arthur Winston on August 4th, 2017 in Commentary, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Arthur Winston addressed to attendees of the 2016 IEEE Conference on Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century, Melbourne, Australia, held… Read More
Creating the Bionic Ear: The Central Role of Cybernetics
By Graeme Clarke on August 4th, 2017 in Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles
Graeme Clark is the inventor of the cochlear implant. He was the dinner Keynote Speaker at the 2016 Conference on… Read More
A Review of Technology Advances for Assisting Paralyzed People
By Sunil Jacob on August 1st, 2017 in Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Leading Edge, Magazine Articles, Robotics
Many stroke survivors retain some degree of paralysis and thus have limited use of their body. According to published surveys,… Read More
Pressed for Time
By Guest Author on July 29th, 2017 in Book Reviews, Human Impacts, Societal Impact
Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism. By Judy Wajcman. Chicago, IL: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2015,… Read More
Going Fishing Matters
By Guest Author on July 28th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles
Dear Editor, Katina Michael, in “Gone Fishing: Breaking with the Biometric Rhythm of Tech-Centricism” (IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, Dec…. Read More
Operationalizing SSIT’s 5 Pillars
By Paul Cunningham on July 28th, 2017 in Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, President's Message
Pillar 1: Sustainable Development and Humanitarian Technology IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology volunteers are making significant progress in… Read More
Consumer Issues for Planning and Managing Digital Legacies
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Human Impacts, Leading Edge, Magazine Articles
Growing use of software applications in the home, the workplace, and in public places has resulted in increased production and… Read More
Excessive Conference Fees
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts
To the Editor: [of the IEEE Reflector] In the beginning of June of this year I became aware that the… Read More
Are We Enslaved by Technology?
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles
The comments of Dr. Michael Eldred below, dated Sept. 27, 2014, were received in response to the IQ2 “Big Ideas”… Read More
Enslaved
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Click HERE to watch video of this performance, including visual elements. This performance art piece was delivered by Katina Michael… Read More
Assessing Factory-Grown Cultured Meat
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Environment, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles
Figure 1. Designers Erik Addison, Luke Morey, and Grant Parrinello (not affiliated with this research) developed a marketing campaign for a… Read More