Category: Magazine Articles

On December 3, 2016, the world celebrated the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the…  Read More

The United States military has a long tradition of driving technological innovation and the field of neurotechnology is no exception….  Read More

Dear Editor, After receiving my discharge from the United States Marine Corps, the most deplorable fight of my life/career started….  Read More

Nanotechnology in the Military The military sector has been investing in nanotechnology solutions since their inception. Internal assessment committees in…  Read More

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine contributor Alexander Hayes interviewed Glass Explorer Cecilia Abadie on January 21, 2013. The complete Google…  Read More

The Greely Expedition of 1881 is a harrowing tale of starvation and the death of all but six of the…  Read More

Machine Analytique de Charles Babbage, exposée au Science Museum de Londres (Mai 2009). Bruno Barral (ByB). WIKIMEDIA.   I am…  Read More

The arc of Norbert Wiener’s fascinating life became clear to us one day in the M.I.T. Institute Archives. In one…  Read More

Governments and corporations gather, store, and analyze the tremendous amount of data we chuff out as we move through our…  Read More

The postwar period was one of intense interdisciplinary ferment, nowhere more so than at the famous Macy conferences on circular…  Read More

My childhood memories of Norbert Wiener are of a strange looking person who came repeatedly from his New Hampshire home…  Read More

In this issue of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine we acknowledge one of the quintessential multi-disciplinarians of our time, Dr….  Read More

In December 17, 2014, T&S Editor-in-Chief Katina Michael interviewed Archbishop of Ottawa (Ret.) Lazar Puhalo, of the Orthodox Church in…  Read More

Mary Catherine Bateson in an interview from the 2014 Norbert Wiener Conference in Boston.   In the early part of…  Read More

“So will computers be smarter than humans? It depends on what you consider to be a computer and what you…  Read More

Te use of unmanned aircraft also known as drones is increasing in U.S. national airspace and the numbers will rise…  Read More

Historically, the evolution of research in the areas of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) has always been related, although with…  Read More

The Australian trucking industry uses the Global Positioning System (GPS) as its main tracking system. A satellite dish connects the…  Read More

“Resistance is futile” is a catchphrase that has become synonymous with the adoption of new technologies [1]. The idea was…  Read More

Computers tell us what to do, every day, all the time. Is this a problem? I may get irritated when…  Read More