Category: Societal Impact

Katina Michael on “What Makes Us Human?” Recorded on 14 June 2013 at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Video credit…  Read More

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine Editor-in-Chief Katina Michael has been recognized with SSIT’s highest award for service with the Brian M. O’Connell…  Read More

There is an increasing interest in, and implementation of the Internet of Things. As the number and types of interconnections…  Read More

A new archive of material added a new historical dimension to our discussions of cybernetics at the 2016 Norbert Wiener Conference in Australia.

Arthur Winston addressed to attendees of the 2016 IEEE Conference on Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century, Melbourne, Australia, held…  Read More

The future as depicted in works of science fiction, especially of the multiplex variety, is almost uniformly dystopian. The bleakness…  Read More

What are your values? I’m asking you, the reader. As a quick exercise, try to write down ten values you…  Read More

In the context of the IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems, and with support…  Read More

At the IEEE 2016 Conference on Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century, held in Melbourne, Australia, July 13–15, 2016, Keith…  Read More

Responsibilities of Scientists and Engineers in Times of Chaos and Upheaval If the future is coming at an ever accelerating…  Read More

Not So Fast: Thinking Twice about Technology. By Doug Hill. Univ. of Georgia Press, Oct. 15, 2016, 240 pp. In…  Read More

Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism. By Judy Wajcman. Chicago, IL: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2015,…  Read More

By Christopher Cooper. New York: Race Point Publishers, 2015, 195 pages. Ask a “twentysornething” or “millennial” A what the word…  Read More

Norbert Wiener and the Call for Ethical Engagement Over the last century, the greatest acceleration of technological development has come…  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

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