Category: Social Implications of Technology

Within the next decade, reactive medical practices will evolve into what has been popularly coined “P4” medicine — predictive, preventive,…  Read More

This piece briefly outlines the legal implications of surveillance, sousveillance, and “whistle-blowing” in a German human rights context. For the…  Read More

Looxcie 2 Video Camera. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/54450095@N05/6345166957. The point of view (POV) camera is a compact portable device carried by police…  Read More

By Richard White. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2011, 660 pp. Reviewed by Patrick Kidd   In the broad sweep…  Read More

Growing use of software applications in the home, the workplace, and in public places has resulted in increased production and…  Read More

Aerial drones are increasingly being repurposed for domestic use and legislated for public and commercial purposes around the world. Japan,…  Read More

Cyberwar is insidious, invisible to most, and is fought out of sight. It takes place in cyberspace, a location that…  Read More

The United States is now debating the wisdom of limits on monitoring by the National Security Agency (NSA). While the…  Read More

PetaJakarta.org team survey damage along the Ciliwung River using GeoSocial Rapid Assessment Survey Platform (#GRASP) via Twitter, as neighborhood children…  Read More

These remarks were delivered by IEEE President and CEO J. Roberto B. de Marca at the 2014 IEEE Ethics Conference,…  Read More

To the Editor: [of the IEEE Reflector] In the beginning of June of this year I became aware that the…  Read More

The comments of Dr. Michael Eldred below, dated Sept. 27, 2014, were received in response to the IQ2 “Big Ideas”…  Read More

Click HERE to watch video of this performance, including visual elements.  This performance art piece was delivered by Katina Michael…  Read More

Figure 1. Designers Erik Addison, Luke Morey, and Grant Parrinello (not affiliated with this research) developed a marketing campaign for a…  Read More

Through wearables, bearables, and the Internet of Things, my neighbor with diabetes is eating healthier and losing weight; he is…  Read More

Back in 1997, Katina would use International Telecommunications Union (ITU) estimates of incoming and outgoing voice and data tele-traffic tables…  Read More

Kannanshanmugam, Shanmugamstudio, Kollam/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported The Aadhaar (Unique Identity) project has become the bane of average Indians,…  Read More

Contrarian computer scientist Jaron Lanier writes, “If you observe humans using computer programs that are designated to be “smart,” you…  Read More

At the IQ2 Debate, asking, are we becoming enslaved by technology? [1], the negative side (the side that was cheerleading…  Read More

The Circle. By Dave Eggers. Knopf, 2013. Reviewed by Scott D. Eldridge.   Have you taken the plunge and purchased one…  Read More