Mary Catherine Bateson in an interview from the 2014 Norbert Wiener Conference in Boston. In the early part of… Read More
Category: Societal Impact
Automatic Tyranny, Re-Theism ,and the Rise of the Reals
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
“So will computers be smarter than humans? It depends on what you consider to be a computer and what you… Read More
Unmanned Aircraft: The Rising Risk of Hostile Takeover
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Leading Edge, Magazine Articles, Robotics, Societal Impact
Te use of unmanned aircraft also known as drones is increasing in U.S. national airspace and the numbers will rise… Read More
Robots Don’t Pray
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Robotics, Societal Impact
Historically, the evolution of research in the areas of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) has always been related, although with… Read More
GPS in Interstate Trucking in Australia: Intelligence, Surveillance, or Compliance Tool?
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security, Societal Impact
The Australian trucking industry uses the Global Positioning System (GPS) as its main tracking system. A satellite dish connects the… Read More
Resistance Is Not Futile, nil desperandum
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
“Resistance is futile” is a catchphrase that has become synonymous with the adoption of new technologies [1]. The idea was… Read More
Coping with Machines
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Magazine Articles, President's Message, Robotics, Societal Impact
Computers tell us what to do, every day, all the time. Is this a problem? I may get irritated when… Read More
Digitus Secundus: The Swipe
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
As 2015 marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Holocaust concentration camps, I downloaded an audio recording of… Read More
Held Captive in the Cyberworld
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Fiction, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
At breakfast the next morning, Phi disclosed, “You know, Psi, I’m sick of this country. Let’s head on back home… Read More
Blockchain Thinking : The Brain as a Decentralized Autonomous Corporation
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Blockchains are a new form of information technology that could have several important future applications. One is blockchain thinking, formulating… Read More
Alternative Planning and Land Administration for Future Smart Cities
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Leading Edge, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
According to urban scholars, industries, and governments [1], [2], future cities are only smart when investments in human and social… Read More
Corporate Individualism–Changing the Face of Capitalism
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Leading Edge, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Perhaps in the future every human individual will be considered disabled. Few might think this will happen, but if you… Read More
On the Road with Rick Sare — and Google Glass
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Interview, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Rick Sare is an American long-haul freight truck driver. When he is not at work, driving, he lives in Orlando,… Read More
Technology and Change – Open Letter
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
September 27, 2015 Dear Prof. Turkle, I agree with the premise in your Sept. 26, 2015 New York Times Opinion… Read More
Reflecting on the Contribution of T&S Magazine to the IEEE
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Figure 1. Concept map of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine article headings (March 2010–July 2015) generated using Leximancer. … Read More
Improving Our “Engineering-Crazed” Image
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Ethics, Magazine Articles, President's Message, Societal Impact
I recently watched The Martian, a great advertisement for engineering. Back in the real world, I read an October 7,… Read More
Speed Isn’t Enough: Usability and Adoption of an Optimized Alert Notification System
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Communication Technology, Human Impacts, Societal Impact
In the wake of crisis situations that can bring tragedy through the loss of human life, or the devastating destruction… Read More
Is Big Data the New “God” on Earth?
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Surfing in the ocean. S. PILEGGI This evening I sat down to reflect on some significant happenings in the… Read More
Crafting an Ethical Global Society
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
At the 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS’15), SSIT was greatly honored with an opening address to… Read More
Militarized Zones: The Thinking Machine, the Occupying Machine, the Intensive Machine
By ieeessit on June 29th, 2017 in Editorial & Opinion, Magazine Articles, Societal Impact
Throughout history, technological advances have had significant effects on military command, control, and logistics. In turn, military establishments — and… Read More