Perhaps in the future every human individual will be considered disabled. Few might think this will happen, but if you… Read More

Perhaps in the future every human individual will be considered disabled. Few might think this will happen, but if you… Read More
Rick Sare is an American long-haul freight truck driver. When he is not at work, driving, he lives in Orlando,… Read More
September 27, 2015 Dear Prof. Turkle, I agree with the premise in your Sept. 26, 2015 New York Times Opinion… Read More
Figure 1. Concept map of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine article headings (March 2010–July 2015) generated using Leximancer. … Read More
I recently watched The Martian, a great advertisement for engineering. Back in the real world, I read an October 7,… Read More
In the wake of crisis situations that can bring tragedy through the loss of human life, or the devastating destruction… Read More
Surfing in the ocean. S. PILEGGI This evening I sat down to reflect on some significant happenings in the… Read More
At the 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS’15), SSIT was greatly honored with an opening address to… Read More
Throughout history, technological advances have had significant effects on military command, control, and logistics. In turn, military establishments — and… Read More
Slavery is the coercive and controlled use of another human. Contrary to the belief that the practice ended in the… Read More
How much stuff do you carry on your keyring? Besides keys, I mean. Some minimalists like my wife carry car… Read More
From a feminist perspective, author Donna Haraway makes inference to a type of teleology within technology itself that displaces the… Read More
In his new book, The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower Mind, theoretical physicist… Read More
Having recently relocated to a country where I know very few people, I tried looking for a local branch of… Read More
Minsky (left) was keynote speaker at ISTAS 2013 held at the University of Toronto, Canada. (Right: Steve Mann, ISTAS ’13… Read More
I have long pondered the issue of dehumanization through automation. I think the old adage: “no one is irreplaceable” now… Read More
Every day as engineers and technologists we go to work teaching, developing, building, implementing, maintaining technology. Do we care about… Read More
Autonomous weapons systems (AWS) are already here. Although some of the colloquial names for AWS may suggest science fiction (killer… Read More
In the early 1940s, why would ten American female basketball players in the heat of competition abruptly halt a match… Read More
Can we trust for-profit corporations to protect our privacy? Are these compatible concepts and institutions? These are difficult questions to… Read More