Category: Social Implications of Technology

The year 1962 saw the publication of at least three important works related to technology and society. Rachel Carson, a…  Read More

My friend Rich was 25 years old when he buried his 20-year old father. His dad, a green beret, was…  Read More

A Report from the International Planning Working Group on Nanoelectronics (IPWGN)   Nanotechnology exploded in scientific publications in the year…  Read More

Once or twice a year, I receive a call or email from someone claiming to be under intensive targeted surveillance…  Read More

Technology has helped to improve my life in many ways. Talking products such as alarm clocks, thermometers, scales, caller ID,…  Read More

People are busy. The more tools we come up with to help us be faster, smarter, and better at keeping…  Read More

By Gary T. Marx, University of Chicago Press, 2016. Reviewed by Donna L. Halper It goes without saying that we…  Read More

“One precious element in the Judeo-Christian tradition is respect for the human person. Each person is of infinite value in…  Read More

Figure 1. Popularity of the search terms (a) “Stereoscopy” and (b) “3D television” between January 2007 and October 2016, based on…  Read More

These remarks were delivered at the close of the 9th Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security (SINS16), Melbourne,…  Read More

Rapid advances in science and technology are opening doors for the fulfillment of human desires in ways that were not…  Read More

Heather M. Roff and Peter W. Singer [1] strikingly identify a problem for the next American president in the form…  Read More

What can parents do? Children need different rules at different ages of development. Here are some 3-6-9-12 Rules for the…  Read More

An Interview with Metropolitan Kallistos Ware Born Timothy Ware in Bath, Somerset, England, Metropolitan Kallistos was educated at Westminster School…  Read More

I sat staring at the computer on February 6th, 2006, thinking about the press release I was about to send…  Read More

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