Rick Sare is an American long-haul freight truck driver. When he is not at work, driving, he lives in Orlando,… Read More
Category: Magazine Articles
Technology and Change – Open Letter
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
September 27, 2015 Dear Prof. Turkle, I agree with the premise in your Sept. 26, 2015 New York Times Opinion… Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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