Cyberwar is insidious, invisible to most, and is fought out of sight. It takes place in cyberspace, a location that… Read More
Category: Societal Impact
To Let Them Monitor or Not … Is that the Real Question?
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security, Societal Impact
The United States is now debating the wisdom of limits on monitoring by the National Security Agency (NSA). While the… Read More
Big Data’s Big Future – But for Whom
By Guest Author on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
PetaJakarta.org team survey damage along the Ciliwung River using GeoSocial Rapid Assessment Survey Platform (#GRASP) via Twitter, as neighborhood children… Read More
Enslaved
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Click HERE to watch video of this performance, including visual elements. This performance art piece was delivered by Katina Michael… Read More
Social and Economic Sustainability
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Back in 1997, Katina would use International Telecommunications Union (ITU) estimates of incoming and outgoing voice and data tele-traffic tables… Read More
Nanoelectronics Research Gaps and Recommendations
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
A Report from the International Planning Working Group on Nanoelectronics (IPWGN) Nanotechnology exploded in scientific publications in the year… Read More
Ich liebe Dich UBER alles in der Welt (I love you more than anything else in the world)
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Leading Edge, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
People are busy. The more tools we come up with to help us be faster, smarter, and better at keeping… Read More
ODE to…Digital Humility
By Christine Perakslis on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
“One precious element in the Judeo-Christian tradition is respect for the human person. Each person is of infinite value in… Read More
Why Did the 3D Revolution Fail?: The Present and Future of Stereoscopy
By Guest Author on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Figure 1. Popularity of the search terms (a) “Stereoscopy” and (b) “3D television” between January 2007 and October 2016, based on… Read More
Human by Design: An Ethical Framework for Human Augmentation
By Guest Author on June 29th, 2017 in Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Rapid advances in science and technology are opening doors for the fulfillment of human desires in ways that were not… Read More
Brain Implants and Memory
By Guest Author on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Robotics, Societal Impact
Heather M. Roff and Peter W. Singer [1] strikingly identify a problem for the next American president in the form… Read More
Human Microchipping, Past, Present, and … Future?
By Guest Author on June 29th, 2017 in Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security, Societal Impact
I sat staring at the computer on February 6th, 2006, thinking about the press release I was about to send… Read More
What if My Disability Will not be Relevant in the Future?
By Laszlo Lovaszy on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
On December 3, 2016, the world celebrated the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the… Read More
Socio-Ethical Implications of Implantable Technologies in the Military Sector
By Katina Michael on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Nanotechnology in the Military The military sector has been investing in nanotechnology solutions since their inception. Internal assessment committees in… Read More
The Sky Is the Limit
By Alexander Hayes on June 29th, 2017 in Interview, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security, Societal Impact
IEEE Technology and Society Magazine contributor Alexander Hayes interviewed Glass Explorer Cecilia Abadie on January 21, 2013. The complete Google… Read More
Norbert Wiener and the Counter-Tradition to the Dream of Mastery
By Doug Hill on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Wiener was far ahead of his time in recognizing that our habits of technology-fueled consumption pose significant threats to health and the environment. He predicted that within the foreseeable future we would be facing growing coal and gas shortages, growing scarcity of water with which to supply our cities, growing rates of infection due to increased air travel and antibiotic resistance, growing problems related to processed and synthetic foods, growing risks of nuclear power accidents, and growing risks of nuclear war.
Reintroducing Wiener: Channeling Norbert in the 21st Century
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
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
Norbert Wiener: Odd Man Ahead
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
My childhood memories of Norbert Wiener are of a strange looking person who came repeatedly from his New Hampshire home… Read More
21CW: Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
In this issue of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine we acknowledge one of the quintessential multi-disciplinarians of our time, Dr…. Read More
A Conversation with Lazar Puhalo
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Human Impacts, Interview, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
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